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Stay informed of E-Crimes down under

2008-06-06 13:57:36 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...crimes THE Rudd Government will today launch a no-cost, no-jargon internet service that alerts computer users to cyber threats The plain-English Stay Smart Online alerts service, provided by the nations Computer Emergency Response Team, will help home and small business users secure their own PCs against rising levels of cyber-scams and...
 
Tags: service, no-jargon internet service, conroy launches service, alerts computer users, business users secure, cyber threats, casual user, government agency, e-crimes
 
 
 
 
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SF Expands On Childs's Crimes. Bail Maintained.

2008-07-24 09:49:30 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...crimes and suspicious behavior committed by Childs according to the city. These claims, along with the $10,000 Childs had on him at the time of the arrest, convinced the judge not to reduce bail from the extraordinary $5 million, even though Childs has released the passwords he held. The Chronicle article is full of the sorts of weirdness...
 
Tags: childs, terry childs, story implies, story, claim, cabinets, storage cabinets, san francisco chronicle, city
 
 
 
 
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SF Expands on Childs' Crimes. Bail Maintained.

2008-07-24 09:49:30 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...crimes and suspicious behavior committed by Childs according to the city. These claims, along with the $10,000 Childs had on him at the time of the arrest, convinced the judge not to reduce bail from the extraordinary $5 million, even though Childs has released the passwords he held. The Chronicle article is full of the sort of weirdness...
 
Tags: childs, terry childs, story implies, story, claim, cabinets, storage cabinets, san francisco chronicle, city
 
 
 
 
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The Ineffectiveness of Security Cameras

2008-04-07 13:33:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...crimes committed within 1,000 feet of the camera locations between Jan. 1, 2005, and Jan. 28, 2008 These were the total number of crimes for which police had reports -- regardless of whether the crimes were caught on video. The idea was to look at whether criminals stopped committing crimes at those locations because they knew cameras were...
 
Tags: cameras, crime, average daily crime, security, crimes, feet, motor vehicle theft, forcible sex offenses, positive deterrent effect
 
 
 
 
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Fear of Internet Predators Largely Unfounded

2008-02-26 06:30:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire in Durham Actually, Internet-related sex crimes are a pretty small proportion of sex crimes that adolescents suffer," Wolak added, based on three nationwide surveys conducted by the center In an article titled "Online 'Predators' and Their Victims," which appears...
 
Tags: internet, internet predators, internet predators represent, predators, sex crimes, sex, child, child predators, internet predators trick
 
 
 
 
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Giving Drivers Licenses to Illegal Immigrants

2008-02-13 05:57:39 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...crimes, tracking down suspects, and proving guilt Removing the 8 million-15 million illegal immigrants from these databases would only make law enforcement harder. Of course, the unlicensed won't pack up and leave. They will drive without licenses, increasing insurance premiums for everyone. They will use fake IDs, buy real IDs from crooked...
 
Tags: licenses, driver licenses, illegal immigrants, licenses helps, licenses andor, deny licenses, driver, law, respects law enforcement
 
 
 
 
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Cybercrime Convention will benefit Australia

2008-05-19 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b58194 in Network World on Security
 
The Convention on Cybercrime is the work of the Council of Europe and is aimed at facilitating international cooperation in the investigation and prosecution of computer crimes. Since the Convention came into being in 2001, the COE has been working to address the growing international concern over the threats posed by hacking and other...
 
Tags: convention, crimes, computer crimes, international cooperation, cybercrime, threats posed, international concern, council, coe
 
 
 
 
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Murder, His Hard Drive Wrote

2008-05-23 04:00:00 by Marty Graham in Wired Security
 
...crimes, Leamons says Cellphones pose a particular challenge, says Rebecca Adimari, one of the five examiners who work on them Each has its own operating system and frequency -- there's probably over 500 makes and models and not many of them are the same," she explains. "There can be so much evidence on there From the unique ringtone caught on...
 
Tags: lab, murder, regional forensic lab, hard, hard drive, san diego lab, data cables, data, murder investigations
 
 
 
 
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Five stolen Florida Department of Children and Families laptops

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2008-01-04 10:12:20 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...crimes resulting from the computer thefts. But she acknowledged that an identity-theft victim may not have considered the DCF theft as the source of their trouble Victim Reaction They could get information on anybody who works in this place. They could get our Social Security numbers," said Tracey Batchelor, a worker at the Children's...
 
Tags: agency, law enforcement agency, law, confidential information, information, confidential personal information, law enforcement led, laptops, sensitive personal information
 
 
 
 
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Spying on the terrorists

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2008-01-20 22:37:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog