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From the Computer Crime Research Center: Internet fraud: volumes are increasing: “According to certain data, there are 30 kinds of illegal operations with cards in the Internet. The most widespread are payment using non-existing cards, creating false Internet shops, e-thefts, false payments at gambling websites.”
From PC Magazine, Identity Theft: What, Me Worry? is a useful article that documents the experiences of one couple who were victims of “low-tech” fraud, offers a series of steps to protect against such crimes, a guide to e-gov resources and credit bureau telephone numbers and web links, as well as a list of check …
“The International Internet Sweep is an example of worldwide consumer protection agencies working to together to combat cyberscams. ICPEN is a network of consumer protection authorities of 31 countries. Its main objective is to take action to prevent and redress deceptive marketing practices with an international component. The network fosters cooperative efforts by member authorities …
States and Internet Enforcement, by Joel Reidenberg, Fordham University School of Law, Pub-Law Research Paper No. 41, University of Ottawa Law & Technology Journal, Vol. 1, 2004: “This essay addresses the enforcement of decisions through Internet instruments….[and] maintains that states will increasingly try to use network intermediaries such as payment systems and Internet service providers …
The National Cyber Security Alert System, a joint venture between the Department of Homeland Security and the private sector launched on January 28, has already received over one million hits from citizens concerned about the escalating threat of worms and viruses. There is also some controversy associated with this new service, as reported yesterday by …
From the Federal Trade Commission, a new alert, Who’s Spamming Who? Could it be You? details how your email address can be used to send unsolicited email without your knowledge, along with security measures you can use to secure your computer.
Press release: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Improves America’s Cyber Security Preparedness–Unveils National Cyber Alert System: “The National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today unveiled the National Cyber Alert System, an operational system delivering to Americans timely and actionable information to better secure their computer systems.” The service is …
From the FTC’s Identity Theft Data Clearing House, a new report, National and State Trends in Fraud & Identity Theft, January – December 2003. From the January 22 press release: “For the fourth year in a row, identity theft topped the list, accounting for 42 percent of the complaints lodged in the FTCs Consumer Sentinel …
A Security Analysis of the Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment (SERVE), January 20, 2004: “This report is a review and critique of computer and communication security issues in the SERVE voting system (Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment), an Internet-based voting system being built for the U.S. Department of Defense’s FVAP (Federal Voting Assistance …
EPIC Urges Support for ID Theft Victims: “EPIC and over a dozen consumer protection groups sent a letter to the State Attorneys General urging them to accept identity theft affidavits. Acceptance of the affidavits allows identity theft victims to exercise important rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. For more information, see the EPIC FCRA …
Net Aids Identity Theft of Deceased: A woman at the center of an identity theft scam used the Web to retrieve Social Security numbers and credit information on 80 deceased people in at least five U.S. states, authorities say.”
SYMANTEC CORP. – On the record: This extensive and interesting interview with Symantec Corp’s CEO John Thompson, whose company is well known for enterprise wide and home PC web security applications such as Norton Anti-Virus, discusses the politics of IT infrastructure security issues (he is a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council), cybercrime, ID …
