| ID: | 1759 |
| Title: | Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams - http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/emailscams_0905.pdf |
| Description: | Email provides us a convenient and powerful communications tool. Unfortunately, it also provides scammers and other malicious individuals an easy means for luring potential victims. The scams they attempt run from old-fashioned bait-and-switch operations to phishing schemes using a combination of email and bogus web sites to trick victims into divulging sensitive information. To protect yourself from these scams, you should understand what they are, what they look like, how they work, and what you can do to avoid them. |
| Category: | Cybercrime |
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| Date Added: | July 15, 2008 08:18:49 PM |
| Number Hits: | 2 |
| Cybercrime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybercrime Cybercrime on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Details | Report |
| Crimes Related to the Computer Network. Threats and Opportunities: A Criminological Perspective http://www.ulapland.fi/home/oiffi/enlist/resources/HeuniWeb.htm This paper focuses both on the phenomenology and prevention of crimes committed in the computer network environment. The paper attempts to provide an evaluation of available data for the purposes of further research and policy formulation. This will be done in three major steps driven by the basic tenets of the opportunity theory, according to which the level of crime is determined by the availability of suitable targets, the presence of motivated offenders, and the absence of capable guardians. Details | Report |
| Tracing in Internet Fraud Cases: PairGain and NEI Webworld http://www.cybercrime.gov/usamay2001_3.htm Fraud, including stock manipulation and the full panoply of other deceitful schemes, has found a comfortable home on the Internet. Many of these crimes are simply age-old schemes being committed over a new medium -- so called old wine in new bottles. Others, like Internet auction fraud or the easy dissemination of digital copyrighted works, are novel and have been spawned by the new technology. In either case, crimes committed over theInternet pose special challenges for law enforcement. Details | Report |
| The Rising Tide of Internet Fraud http://www.cybercrime.gov/usamay2001_1.htm By all accounts, the United States leads the world in using the Internet for commerce and communication, and in spending on electronic commerce. There are growing indications that along with the expansion of legitimate Internet use, the United States is experiencing a rising tide of fraud that exploits the Internet. Details | Report |
| Child safety on the Internet; An Analysis of Victorian Schools and Households using the Routine Acti http://www.criminology.unimelb.edu.au/research/internet/childsafety/internetchildsafety.pdf The thesis examines the issue of child safety on the Internet in Victorian schools and households. An empirical, exploratory study reviewed 333 school websites, 15 school Internet policies and the SchoolsNet Internet Network Administrator (SINA) software. Self-administered surveys were made of staff from 34 primary and secondary schools and 75 parents to examine the knowledge, experiences and responses of children’s guardians. Details | Report |
| Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section United States Department of Justice http://www.cybercrime.gov/ The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) is responsible for implementing the Department's national strategies in combating computer and intellectual property crimes worldwide. The Computer Crime Initiative is a comprehensive program designed to combat electronic penetrations, data thefts, and cyberattacks on critical information systems. CCIPS prevents, investigates, and prosecutes computer crimes by working with other government agencies, the private sector, academic institutions, and foreign counterparts. Details | Report |
| It's Not Just Fun and "War Games" -- Juveniles and Computer Crime http://www.cybercrime.gov/usamay2001_7.htm Details | Report |
| THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER: THE CHALLENGE OF UNLAWFUL CONDUCT INVOLVING THE USE OF THE INTERNET http://www.cybercrime.gov/unlawful.htm The Internet is rapidly transforming the way we communicate, educate, and buy and sell goods and services. As the Internet’s potential to provide unparalleled benefits to society continues to expand, however, there has been an increasing recognition that the Internet can also serve as a powerful new medium for those who wish to commit unlawful acts has also grown. Details | Report |
| Recognizing and Meeting Title III Concerns in Computer Investigations http://www.cybercrime.gov/usamarch2001_2.htm The dramatic increase in crimes involving the Internet, and computer crimes more generally, is well documented. The "2000 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey" documented that 90% of the 643 respondents (primarily large U.S. corporations and government agencies) detected computer security breaches within the last twelve months, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. In light of the increased criminal opportunities created by the ever-growing reliance on, and growing interconnectedness between network computers, there can be no doubt that experienced and sophisticated computer criminals pose a substantial challenge to law enforcement. Details | Report |
| US-CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/ The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is a partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors. Established in 2003 to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure, US-CERT coordinates defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the nation. Details | Report |