Congresswoman Lofgren Comments on Technology, Security
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren addressed a range of issues, including national security, civil liberties and cybercrime, in this speech from May 29.
Category «Cybercrime»
Federal Prosecutions Against Internet Crime
Fact Sheet, Operation E-Con: Cracking Down on Internet Crime, released by the DOJ on May 16, 2003. “Since its inception, Operation E-Con has conducted over 90 investigations involving 89,000 victims and estimated losses of more than $176 million….To date Operation E-Con has executed over 70 search and seizure warrants that have led to 130 arrests …
FTC Campaign Against Internet Fraud Escalates
The FTC issued a press release today announcing the filing of 45 criminal and civil actions (state and federal) in conjunction with the SEC, the Postal Service and other state law enforcement agencies, in an aggressive and wide ranging campaign against “Internet scammers and deceptive spammers.” Links are provided to the full-text copies of the …
Banking Web Site Scam
PCWorld reports on a scam used against Bank of America customers which lured them via an unauthorized e-mail message to a fake site used to capture their personal data. The article also references a site that collects links to fake banks and examples of bank scam e-mails from around the world, called Scam o Rama.
Cybercrime and Computer Misuse Statutes
Cybercrime’s Scope: Interpreting “Access” and “Authorization” in Computer Misuse Statutes, links you to the abstract and here is the link to download the entire paper (pdf), by Orin S. Kerr, George Washington University – Law School. From the abstract: “In the last twenty-five years, the federal government and all fifty states have enacted new criminal …
NJ Updates Computer Crime Law
On April 14, New Jersey Governor James E.McGreevey signed S. 1355, which revises New Jersey’s computer crime law to incorporate recent technological changes. See the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee statement for details of the bill, which “adds definitions of “Internet,” “personal identifying information,””alter, damage or destroy”, and “user of computer services” and makes other …
Researchers Warn of Potential Impact of Cyberattacks
Several recent reports by computer security experts merit a mention, and although they present complex data and analysis, are well worth your review, expecially in light of the current hightened global focus on security issues, both online and offline. Cyberatacks With Offline Damage Defending Against An Internet Attack on the Physical World Cybersecurity: Who’s Watching …
GAO Report on Critical Infrastructure
Information Security: Progress Made, but Challenges Remain to Protect Federal Systems and the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure, by Robert F. Dacey, director, information security issues, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census, House Committee on Government Operations. GAO-03-564T, April 8. Highlights (pdf).
Key Gov't Agencies Fail to Assess Cyber Risks
From the GAO, Critical Infrastructure Protection: Challenges for Selected Agencies and Industry Sectors. GAO-03-233, February 28. According to this report, four federal agencies (DOE, HHS, Commerce and the EPA) have not completed an analysis of their respective critical infrastructure assets and their associated vulnerabilities to cyberattacks, five years after mandates to do so. See also …
Authentication Systems, Privacy and Security
Currently available online only in OpenBook format, a free pre-publication version of Who Goes There?: Authentication Through the Lens of Privacy, Stephen T. Kent and Lynette I. Millett, Editors, Committee on Authentication Technologies and Their Privacy Implications, National Research Council. The report provides analysis of and recommends guidelines for the development, implementation and deployment of …
States Fail in Cybersecurity Planning
A new study from Zeichner Risk Analytics LLC, State Implementation of Cyber-Security Requirements (pdf) identifies 36 states that have failed to prepare for and implement appropriate cybersecurity measures as required by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 to protect critical financial and information infrastructure from cyberattacks.
Homeland Security and Cyber-Attacks
The Department of Homeland Security issued a press announcement on Operation LIBERTY SHIELD, which “is a comprehensive national plan designed to increase protections for America’s citizens and infrastructure while maintaining the free flow of goods and people across our border with minimal disruption to our economy and way of life.” Under the topic CyberSecurity, the …
