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From the DOJ Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS): “…a summary chart of recently prosecuted computer cases. Many cases have been prosecuted under the computer crime statute, 18 U.S.C. §1030. This listing is a representative sample; it is not exhaustive. Click on the name of the case to read a press release about the …
Attorney General John Ashcroft’s Remarks Regarding Operation Fastlink and Internet Piracy (4-22-04): “Intellectual property enforcement is a priority for the Department of Justice. That is why last month I established the Intellectual Property Task Force. This task force is looking at how the Department can strengthen and improve our efforts to combat theft of intellectual …
Huge Surge In Phishing Scams As Fraudsters Seek Financial Gain This link on Antiphishing.org: “Earthlink ToolbarFeaturing ScamBlocker EarthLink ScamBlocker is part of a free browser toolbar that alerts you before you visit a page that’s on Earthlink’s list of known fraudulent phisher Web sites. Its free to all Internet users.” [Download]
From the UK National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC), Vulnerability Advisory Notice 236929, issued April 20, 2004. “The vulnerability described in this advisory affects implementations of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) that comply with the Internet Engineering Task Forces (IETFs) Requests For Comments (RFCs) for TCP…TCP is a core network protocol used in the majority …
Today the FTC hosted a public workshop, “Monitoring Software on Your PC: Spyware, Adware, and Other Software,” (Agenda, pdf) “to explore the issues associated with the distribution and effects of software that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge and which may send such information to another entity without the …
PCWorld reports on EarthLink’s plan to implement a software application called ScamBlocker, beginning April 19, at no cost to customers. Phishing employs a combination of email solicitations and fake websites to lure unsuspecting users into compromising their personal and financial data. Other references to ID theft and phishing.
FDIC Issues Warning About Fraudulent E-mails: “The FDIC has received complaints from consumers who received an e-mail that appears to have been sent by the FDIC. The e-mail is purportedly from security at fdic.com and the subject is fraud report. The e-mail informs recipients that their bank account has been temporarily closed because of fraudulent …
From the DOJ Criminal division, this Special Report on “Phishing, “the creation of fraudulent e-mails and websites used to deceive individuals into divulging their personal financial data.” For more information on how to protect yourself against such scams, with resources that include news updates, reports on phishing attacks, and white papers, visit the Antiphishing Working …
Manuel Miranda, the former Counsel to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, resigned his position on February 23, 2004 subsequent to the furor that resulted in response to his involvement in unauthorized access to thousands of Democratic computer files from the Senate Judiciary Committee server. This Legal Times article provides background on Mr. Miranda’s past work …
Yale Law School’s Information Society Project hosted the CyberCrime and Digital Law Enforcement Conference March 26-28. From the conference, links to selected presentations are as follows: Computer Crimes and Intermediary Liability: The Case for Protecting Vulnerability Publications The Digital Crime Scene: A Software Prospective The Legal Construction of Identity Theft Designing Accountable Online Policing
Via CalPundit, a pdf version of the report, and from Cryptome, an HTML version with “redacted names and ommited footnotes in red.” Previous postings, Report on Unauthorized Access to Senate Judiciary Cmte. Computer Files and Prosecutor Requested to Investigate Unauthorized Access to Senate Judiciary Cmte. Computer Files.
From Talking Points, a copy of a letter to AG Ashcroft signed by six Senators in response to the Report on the Investigation into Improper Access to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Computer System.
