Category «Cybercrime»

Gizmodo: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives

Follow up to postings on security issues and erasing hard drive, from Gizmodoa detailed article with accompanying screen shots and product references: “With stories abounding of identity theft aided by information lifted from discarded storage devices, you want devices you no longer plan to use to have no usable information when they head out the …

Subjects: Cybercrime, ID Theft, PC Security, Privacy

OnGuardOnline.gov Off to a Fast Start with Online Child Safety Campaign

News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today reported to Congress that it is getting the word out about Internet safety for children by aggressively promoting a new booklet, Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online, to schools, police and sheriff’s departments, and PTAs nationwide. Net Cetera explains to parents and their children how to …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

Leader of Hacking Ring Sentenced for Massive Identity Thefts from Payment Processor and U.S. Retail Networks

Follow up to Major International Hacker Pleads Guilty For Massive Attack On U.S. Retail And Banking Networks, this DOJ news release: “The leader of the largest hacking and identity theft ring ever prosecuted by the U.S. government has been sentenced to 20 years and one day in prison for his role in a series of …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Government Documents, Internet, Privacy

FTC Testifies on Efforts to Ensure Credit Report Accuracy, Prevent ID Theft, and Improve Credit Score Transparency

News release: Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Keeping Score on Credit Scores: An Overview of Credit Scores, Credit Reports and Their Impact on Consumers, Presented by David Vladeck, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Before the Subcommittee On Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit of the Committee On Financial Services, United States House of …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, Government Documents, ID Theft

New GAO Reports: Information Security, Joint Strike Fighter, Veterans' Disability Benefits, Recovery Act

Information Security: Concerted Response Needed to Resolve Persistent Weaknesses, GAO-10-536T, March 24, 2010: “Without proper safeguards, federal computer systems are vulnerable to intrusions by individuals who have malicious intentions and can obtain sensitive information. The need for a vigilant approach to information security has been demonstrated by the pervasive and sustained cyber attacks against the …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, PC Security

Cisco 2009 Annual Security Report

Cisco 2009 Annual Security Report Highlighting global security threats and trends: “The Cisco® Annual Security Report provides an overview of the combined security intelligence of the entire Cisco organization. The report encompasses threat information and trends collected between January and December 2009. It also provides a snapshot of the state of security for that period, …

Subjects: Blogs, Cybercrime, Internet, Knowledge Management, PC Security

Google Discontinues Censored Search in Mainland China

Official Google Blog: “On January 12, we announced on this blog that Google and more than twenty other U.S. companies had been the victims of a sophisticated cyber attack originating from China, and that during our investigation into these attacks we had uncovered evidence to suggest that the Gmail accounts of dozens of human rights …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Internet Crime Complaint Center Annual Report

News release: “The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), released the 2009 Annual Report about fraudulent activity on the Internet today. Online crime complaints increased substantially once again last year, according to the report. The IC3 received a total of 336,655 complaints, a …

Subjects: Cybercrime

FinCEN Provides Anti-Fraud Information for 12th Annual National Consumer Protection Week

News release: “FinCEN joins with other Federal, State and Local government agencies and consumer protection organizations to recognize the 12th Annual National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW), March 7-13. This coordinated consumer education campaign encourages individuals across the country to take full advantage of their consumer rights. FinCEN provides a number of special resources to educate …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, ID Theft, Privacy

M-Trends Report at U.S. Department of Defense: Cyber Crime Conference

News release: “MANDIANT, the information security industry’s leading provider of incident response and computer forensics services and solutions, today announced formal distribution of its inaugural M-Trends report at the U.S. Department of Defense: Cyber Crime Conference 2010 in St. Louis. M-Trends spans seven years of lessons learned on the front lines of intrusion investigations for …

Subjects: Cybercrime

New GAO Reports: Cybersecurity, Recovery Act, Food Safety

Cybersecurity: Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Defining and Coordinating the Comprehensive National Initiative, GAO-10-338, March 05, 2010 Recovery Act: California’s Use of Funds and Efforts to Ensure Accountability, GAO-10-467T, March 05, 2010 Food Safety: FDA Should Strengthen Its Oversight of Food Ingredients Determined to Be Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS), GAO-10-246, February 03, 2010

Subjects: Cybercrime, Government Documents, Legislation, PC Security