Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Cyber Law Update January 2009 - Issue no. 1

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CYBER LAW NEWS
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Cyber attacks are the greatest threat to the United States after nuclear war

FBI exports stated cyber attacks created the greatest threat to the United States after nuclear war and weapons of mass destruction. US experts highlighted that the economy, where almost everything important is linked to or controlled by computers is especially under the risk of being hacked. Published in Ecommerce Journal

FBI calls for global cooperation on cyber crime

The FBI has called for greater international coordination in anti-hacking laws at the first International Conference on Cyber Security. Published in VNUNet

Fordham/FBI Conference Draws Experts In Fight Against Cyber Crime

Some 300 international experts on cyber security gathered at Fordham University Tuesday, Jan. 6 for a three-day conference on the emerging global threat of cyber crime and cyber terrorism.The conference, which attracted representatives from 37 nations, runs through Thursday and is sponsored jointly by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York Division and Fordham’s Department of Computer and Information Sciences.“We live in a world of instant connectivity . . . where we have no geographic boundaries, are not limited by time zones nor foreign languages,” said John Tognino, chairman of Fordham’s Board of Trustees, who joined Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham, in welcoming conference participants to the Lincoln Center campus. “It is also true that almost anyone today has the ability, despite increasingly sophisticated firewalls, to bring down an entire computer operation.”“How then, do we protect our nation, or local communities and even our very own identities?” Published in Fordham

Cyber attack has Pentagon worried

Senior military leaders took the exceptional step of briefing President George W. Bush last week on a severe and widespread electronic attack on Defense Department computers that may have originated in Russia, posing unusual concern among commanders and potential implications for national security. Published in Chicago Tribune

Its not just war; its cyber war! Israel and Gaza engaged in cyber war

News of cyber war fare is reported from the warzone! News bases sites, telecommunication etc are the initial targets on both sides. Israel and the Arab world are showing mastery of cyber war fare and hacking of enemy sites on the rise due to the recent escalation of tension.Published in Hacked Info

Iran cyber attacking Israel

Iranian hackers have launched a massive campaign against Israeli web sites and have managed to bring many of them to a standstill. Published in Press IT

Kosovo, Serb Hackers Fight Cyber War

A group of hackers from Kosovo defaced the website of Serbia’s ministry of energy on Thursday in a payback strike for a similar intervention on the website of Kosovo’s energy ministry by Serb hackers earlier this week.
"United States of Albania" and “Don’t play if you don’t know the game”, were the messages displayed in red and black colours on the page of the Serbian energy ministry, hacked by the self-proclaimed Albanian and Kosova Hackers Group. "Oops!! you got owned , This is our revenge." Publihsed in Balkanin Sight

New initiative in Omaha: Cyber crime put on notice

From the outside, the central Omaha office building doesn't look as if it would house FBI agents in dark suits searching for cyber predators. But on the second floor, investigators are tracking down criminals who exploit children, scam adults and steal identities via computer.Published in Omaha

Cyber security vital to prevent corporate espionage

"Business organisations need to induct integrated security technologies to safeguard their operations as hacking' for corporate espionage now constitutes a real threat," Naveen Agrawal, executive director for advisory services in KPMG said here on Saturday. Published in Times of India

Cyber hunters in China in for crash landing

BEIJING, Jan 3 — The cyber hunters who roam China's online space could soon become the hunted themselves. The Chinese legislature is deliberating a new law ...Published in The Malaysian Insider

Cyber court to help net online criminals

Malaysia may need a cyber court to deal with cyber crimes in view of the increasing number of such cases, says Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor.
He said the ministry had submitted more than 30 cases to the Attorney-General’s Chambers in three years.
“If in future we cannot cope any more, we may need to have a cyber court,” he told reporters after launching a community broadband centre in Kampung Merchang here yesterday.Published in the Star

Avoiding the Most Common Programming Errors

These mistakes show that the bad guys aren't necessarily skilled as they are simply exploiting your errors.Published in Internetnews

Spam e-mails pose many risks

For many, receiving one special e-mail can brighten a bad day. But opening the wrong e-mail can ruin a day, or worse, a computer’s operating system.

As spam e-mail gets more sophisticated, including spam posing as coming from familiar e-mail addresses, or even your own, it’s increasingly difficult for people to determine safe messages from detrimental ones.
Published in Carroll Country Times

'Cyber stalker' denied bail

A 30-year-old man asked a police officer posing as a child in an internet chat room to wear a miniskirt with no knickers when they met, a court in Perth has heard.Published in SMH

Hong Kong businessman guilty of spam to influence stocks

A Hong Kong businessman has recently pleaded guilty for his part in dispatching tens of millions of spam messages to pump up the prices of Chinese stocks between 2004 and 2006. Published in Network World

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