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Dr Akhil Bansal sentenced 30 years for illegal online pharmacy
The most awaited decision against Indian Doctor, Akhil Bansal, was pronounced last month by the US District Court Judge Paul Diamond. He has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for organizing and operating an illegal internet pharmacy network.
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Federal Judge Issues $780,000 Damage Award Against Cyber-Pirate
In a landmark judgement, a U.S. District Court convicted Cyber-Pirate Mark Musselman and his website, www.courtsonline.org, for violating rights of
SearchSystems.net, a highly regarded site for researching public records around the world.
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FBI Arrests Bot Masters As Cyber Crime Worsens
Since the announcement of "Operation Bot Roast" by FBI in June, eight individuals have been indicted, plead guilty, or were sentenced for criminal activity related to botnets and that 13 warrants have been served in the U.S. and overseas in connection with the effort.
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N.J. curbs sex offenders' Web use
A new US law has been signed first-in-the-nation measure giving the state virtually unparalleled power to monitor and restrict Internet access by convicted sex offenders.
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Feds Plan To Unveil U.S. Cyber Security Plan
A new U.S. Cyber Security Plan was unveiled by the Department of Homeland Security, it provides for a domestic spying plan giving federal and state authorities greater access to satellite images.
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Blunt proposes funding increase to fight online crimes
Governor Matt Blunt announced his recommendation to increase funding for the Internet Cyber Crimes Task Forces and the Cyber Crime Grant Program.
The governor is proposing an increase of $250,000, which would bring the budget that funds both programs up to $1.5 million.
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Europe
1. EBay goes far to fight fraud -- all the way to Romania
EBay has sent over equipment and a team to help the Romanian authorities, which is emerging as a top source of organized scams on the auction site.
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2. Dutch arrest 14 mules in ABN AMRO scam
14 have been arrested by Dutch Police, who allegedly lent their bank accounts at ABN Amro to cybercriminals in Russia and Ukraine.
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3. Online bullying and fraud costs firms €25k
The cost of cyber fraud to Irish small and medium-sized businesses has in some cases gone as high as €25,000 and 44pc of businesses are being affected by various firms of cyber crime from both inside and outside their premises, according to the Small Firms Association (SFA).
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4. Email lottery scams reaping rich rewards
More than fifty percent of all spam involves lottery, making it one of the fastest growing areas of cyber-crime, according to research commissioned by Microsoft across European Countries.
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5. Cyber-criminals to target social networking sites
It is predicted that Social Networking site will remain as top target for Cyber Criminals in 2008 says Mary Landesman, senior security researcher at ScanSafe, as "the third party
applications available on sites such as Bebo and Facebook, users are more susceptible to phishing scams and hackers."
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6. Business wants a cyber crime unit
British business needs a central cyber crime fighter to tackle daily attacks on their outfits which go unreported until they become damaging headline stories.
Delivering his verdict, David Roberts of the Corporate IT Forum, which represents IT users in FTSE 100 companies, said police are struggling to cope with e-crime due to its complexity.
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Asia
1. Yahoo China guilty of copyright violation
"The ruling against Yahoo China is extremely significant in clarifying copyright rules for Internet music services in China. By confirming that Yahoo China’s service violates copyright under new Chinese laws, the court has effectively set the standard for Internet companies throughout the country.”
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2. Middle East countries are among the most zealous Internet censors
In Iran, a large red icon pops up on computer screens. In Syria, there is a discreet note from the filter. Other Arab nations display “blocked” in bold letters or issue “page not found” replies.
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3. Gulf: Expert warns of cyber fraud during festivals
The recent trend of sending Internet greeting cards through e-mail rather than traditional Christmas cards, has led to the creation of malicious websites that are returned when people search for ‘Eid Muburak’ or ‘Christmas shopping.’
These sites host malware designed to steal a user’s financial information and identity...
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4. China detains cyber-dissident who criticised Olympics
A Chinese cyber-dissident who criticised the government over human rights abuses ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games has been detained on suspicion of subverting state power, his wife said.
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5. Iran Shuts Down Two Dozen Cyber Cafes
According to Iran Focus, Iran has shut down 24 Internet cafes and arrested 23 people, 11 of them women, in the last couple of days in a new crackdown. After “inspecting” 435 coffee shops, the Iranian authorities gave warnings to 170 of them for allowing “immoral” activities on their computers.
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6. Chinese company takes Google to court for using same name
A Chinese company has taken Google’s China operations to court over what it says is an infringement of the Chinese translation of its name, “Guge,” a court document said.
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Australia & Africa
1. NZ: Noose closes on Whitianga computer whizkid
The noose appears to be tightening on an 18-year-old Whitianga computer whiz after Dutch regulators this week imposed a record €1 million fine on companies allegedly using his malicious software.
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2. Sydney cyber cafe raided
The Australian Federal Police have raided an internet cafe in Sydney's CBD where large volumes of pirated music and movies for re-sale were suspected of being illegally downloaded.
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3. NZ police, FBI continue international cyber crime operation
New Zealand police are still working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in an international investigation over a multi-million dollar cyber crime ring alleged to involve a Whitianga teenager.
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4. Regional security chiefs meet on cyber crime, other areas
The Caricom Standing Committee of Commissioners of Police (CoPs) and Chiefs of Defence Staff met recently to facilitate technical and administrative discussions and proposals towards the execution of policy decisions as regard regional crime and security, a press release said.
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Security
1. 'We're all at risk' of attack, cyber chief says
Private industry and governments need to make cyber security a priority, no matter what the cost, in order to defeat hackers and terrorists and to keep operations running during a crisis, a federal official said here Tuesday.
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2. ICANN - CEOs and Directors need to tackle Cyber Security Threats
CEOs must make cyber security a top priority or their businesses could fall victim to industrial espionage similar to recent cyber attacks on such large companies as Rolls-Royce and Royal Dutch Shell.
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3. US Government leadership in cyber security lacking
“You all know our adversaries will stop at nothing to destroy the infrastructures we all work so hard to protect. … We’re all at risk, we’re all responsible. and there’s much more we have to do to protect
our critical systems,” Garcia said.
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4. Trojan Found in Google Text Ads
Advertisements placed by Google in Web pages are being hijacked by so-called Trojan software that replaces the intended text with ads from a different provider, Romanian antivirus company BitDefender says.
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5. Computer Hackers Wanted For Organized Cyber Crime
Can you imagine a help wanted ad like that in your local newspaper or pay-per-click ad in your favorite search engine? Yet, organized cyber crime has become the most profitable – low risk – high return crime
of our age.
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6. Social Networking: Shut Down Cyber Abuse
Online social networking is big part of daily teenage life these days. E-mail, text messaging, instant messaging, blogging, and video viewing are great ways to connect and share with friends
you already know, but also to new people you come across online.
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