tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56628262011-05-10T09:56:47.257-07:00CybercrimeblogIntersection of computers and crimeKirstennoreply@blogger.comBlogger571100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1082501689702730112004-04-20T15:43:00.000-07:002004-04-20T15:57:47.373-07:00Economics of Cybercrime
Just what is the cost of computer crime? The 2003 CSI/FBI report puts the average loss at $800,000 per respondent. For an interesting overview of computing the financial cost and what metrics to use to measure the results of a security program, see an article by Lawrence Gordon and Robert Richardson. Should you use NPV, ROI or do you look at externalities? Martin P. Loeb Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1081945924218896802004-04-14T05:16:00.000-07:002004-04-14T05:39:15.890-07:00Cybercrime Treaty
The cybercrime treaty signed in November 2001 has been ratified according to ZDNet UK. For the treaty to come into effect, only 5 countries (including 3 member States of the Council of Europe) that had signed in 2001 were needed to ratify it. Ratification was by Croatia, Albania, Estonia, Hungary, and Lithuania. None of the major powerhouse governments had ratified the treaty Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1078878665986822592004-03-09T16:23:00.000-08:002004-03-09T16:33:56.966-08:00Cyberviruses
In a follow-up to the battle between worm writers, the author of the NetSky worm is bowing out (according to a story in The Globe). The current variant of NetSky is the 11th in less than a month but this one contains a message in the code "We want to destroy malware writers' business, including MyDoom and Bagle ... to F-Secure and so on, we do not want damage systems ... We have Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1078793652689920842004-03-08T16:18:00.000-08:002004-03-08T16:56:27.390-08:00Cyberviruses
With all of the news that has been forthcoming in the last few weeks, just what is the cost of viruses, worms, and malicious emails? A recent story in The Globe reported some answers from a white paper " Worms Gobbling Broadbrand Profits" written by Sandvine, Inc. The white paper claims that North American ISP's will see as much as $245 million in profits eaten by worms. They claim Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1076266911386099702004-02-08T10:43:00.000-08:002004-02-08T11:06:47.090-08:00Cybercrime Units
Switzerland is the latest country to actively move to the forefront in fighting cybercrime. They have launched a special unit, Cyco, to police the Internet. Currently they are receiving over 500 complaints a month about website content with over 50% of the complaints about pornography. Persons can "report Internet suspect matter" such as to Cyco: hardcore pornography, depiction Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1076265680835459982004-02-08T10:33:00.000-08:002004-02-08T10:43:42.840-08:00Cybercrime-Appropriations
President Bush has released his budget request for the 2005 fiscal year which includes $59.8 billion for information technology, according to ZDNet. Over $80 million would be distributed to the Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division. The Department of Justice would see an increase from $157 million to $265 million for cybercrime. The budget Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1076265006358262842004-02-08T10:18:00.000-08:002004-02-08T10:31:51.233-08:00Cybercrime
A student identified as distributing a variant of the Blaster virus has been indicted in Romania according to the Miami Herald. The student is charged with distributing the Romanian version of the Blaster virus that infected 27 computers at a university. Romania, which only last year passed their first cybercrime law, has one of the strictest-the student could be spending up to 15 Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1076263529713803472004-02-08T09:42:00.000-08:002004-02-08T10:07:19.170-08:00Cybersecurity
From The Globe, in the aftermath of the MyDoom virus, several security experts are questioning how future virus attacks can be stopped. It appears that the current technology is unable to slow down the propogation of the viruses particulary when most home computer users do not bother to install antivirus software while over 99% of corporations do. The current method of attacking Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1075732315493768302004-02-02T06:13:00.000-08:002004-02-02T06:33:34.170-08:00Cybercrime-Worm
MyDoom.A has struck the SCO website as anticipated. Reuters has the details. What is interesting about the attack is that it was scheduled to hit at 1609 GMT Sunday-apparently so many people have their computer clocks incorrectly set, that the hits were set-off hours earlier before 1609 GMT. This is one of the largest Denial of Service attacks to date-over 1 million computers Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1075482779010871852004-01-30T08:55:00.000-08:002004-02-01T14:07:49.420-08:00Cybercrime-Viruses
Rewards and mutants are in the news. Daily Press is reporting a story of a reward of $250,000 that has been offered by Microsoft Corp. for those who help law enforcement to capture the designer of the "MyDoom.B" virus. The MyDoom.B virus is a mutant of the MyDoom virus that was spawned last week. MyDoom originally was to create Denial of Service (DOS) attack on The SCO Group Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1075318405169843682004-01-28T11:26:00.000-08:002004-01-28T11:38:26.623-08:00Cyber-alerts
CNN is reporting that the Department of Homeland Security is now offering the opportunity for Americans to receive free cyber alerts and computer advice. The cyber alerts will let receivers know about major virus outbreaks and what you can do to protect your computer. What is interesting is that there has generally been a philosophy in the computer world not to let known security Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1074813259258700132004-01-22T15:09:00.000-08:002004-01-22T15:43:24.793-08:00Cybercrime-WiFi hacking
WiFi is one of those options for computer users that sounds so great until you realize that you are susceptible to war driving. And for some around the holidays, WiFi hacking was very beneficial. Many companies and retail businesses have not fully realized the potential for being hacked. According to BusinessWeek Online a Lowe's in Michigan as well as Wake Internal Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1074812688621362572004-01-22T14:56:00.000-08:002004-01-22T15:34:50.640-08:00International Cyber-law
China and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) have signed a MOU of cooperation with regards to their joint efforts in combating transnational crime. Non-traditional crimes that are also transnational crimes include terrorism, money laundering, cybercrime, and international economic crime.
The Toronto Star reports on the popular use of cybercafes in India as Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1074812108381795732004-01-22T14:49:00.000-08:002004-01-22T15:10:08.250-08:00Cyber-reports
The FTC will be releasing a report on January 22, 2004 on the top consumer complaints of 2003. Among the top 10 related to computers and crime are: internet auctions and internet services and computer complaints. Identity theft was 42 percent of the reports (40 percent in 2002). A copy of the entire report can be found online. Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1074599488292906242004-01-20T03:36:00.000-08:002004-01-20T03:56:01.513-08:00Cybercrime-worm
The Washington Post is reporting another internet worm is showing up in US mailboxes today as many go back to work after the weekend and Monday holiday. The "Bagle" or "Beagle" worm is showing up with a subject line of "Hi" and "test :)" in the body of the email. Once the reader clicks on the attachment, the worm then attempts to send emails to email addresses found in the Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-10745984575590822004-01-20T03:21:00.000-08:002004-01-20T03:37:06.903-08:00Cybercrime-Phishing
The St. Paul Pioneer Press is reporting an email scam that appears to be coming from a Minneapolis-based bank asking for bank account numbers and other confidential customer information. In the email, the customer is told that their account at the bank has been blocked and are directed to a bogus website where they can provide confidential information. The emails appear to Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1074262202014660312004-01-16T06:02:00.000-08:002004-01-16T06:13:00.140-08:00Cybercriminals
The Washington Post reported today the FBI bust of an international child pornography ring that was operating out of Belarus and Latvia. 15 people in New Jersey have already been arrested with more arrests expected. Many of the downloaders used credit cards to pay for memberships on the websites. What is interesting about this story is that law enforcement officials in Belarus Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1073950328095876752004-01-12T15:27:00.000-08:002004-01-12T15:39:41.576-08:00Malicious computer reports
Probably the first virus/worm of the year is now being reported by Tech Web. It is a Swen-like Trojan horse posing as a Microsoft XP update. Allegedly it is a back-door Trojan that maliciously downloads a Trojan horse to the computer allowing attackers to access the computer undetected and also be used to send DOS attacks on other machines. Once again it is apparent toKirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1073949580365647972004-01-12T15:16:00.000-08:002004-01-12T15:20:58.810-08:00Cyberstalking
LLRX has a very interesting article on cyberage stalking. Barbara Fullerton reviews what it is, some cases that have occurred, what federal or state laws might be applicable, and how to protect yourself from cyberstalking. She also includes a bibliography and resources. Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1073949026130564232004-01-12T14:59:00.000-08:002004-01-12T15:17:11.106-08:00Cyberlaws
The Globe reported on the anti-spam bill that was passed by Congress and was sent to President Bush to be signed. But who are those people who send out spam to the rest of us clogging our in-box. For an profile of one, see an article in The Atlanta Journal Constitution on a spammer who is a graying grandmother and sends the spam to make money.Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1073948295092626232004-01-12T14:44:00.000-08:002004-01-12T15:00:16.590-08:00Cybercriminals
Adrian Lamo admitted on January 8, 2003 that he had broken into the NY Times and LexisNexis computer system and accessed personal details of contributors such as home telephone and Social Security numbers in 2002. Among other things, he used LexisNexis to search for his own name and exploits. See the story at CNET.Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1073520745833318672004-01-07T15:30:00.000-08:002004-01-07T16:17:35.153-08:00Cybercriminals
Extortion not only happens in the UK but here in the US. A Minnesota man decided that he would convince Best Buy to provide him with money or he would publicly reveal an alleged security breach in their system. He was only asking for $2.5 million for this. Best Buy decided that it would be better to work with the authorities than to try and ignore the email, or do all the work Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1073348306932109692004-01-05T15:49:00.000-08:002004-01-05T16:21:08.123-08:00It's a new year and time to update The Blog on cybercrime. Look for changes as I rearrange the news and topics to provide a different view of cybercrime.
What is cybercrime? Cybercrime is generally understood to be crime committed on, by, or using the Internet (world wide web). The list of crimes that are generally considered under cybercrime include: hacking, cracking, identify theft, denial Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1071437525322663262003-12-14T13:32:00.000-08:002003-12-14T13:35:00.810-08:00Who's winning the battle-law enforcement or virus writers? According to a recent article on Zdnet, law enforcement is losing and virus writers are costing the global economy $13 billion dollars in 2003 alone.
But in a different slant, cyberdiversity is being studied as a way to thwart some of the virus writers. Two Carnegie Mellon University professors are studying cyberdiversity by drawing Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1071436923962225022003-12-14T13:22:00.000-08:002003-12-14T13:22:53.530-08:00The lone geek on the computer is being replaced by cybercrime gangs who have realized the money that is to be made through the internet or so, says a story in this weeks issue Newsweek, International Edition. Most of the hacking by these new criminals is directed at corporations who are reluctant to talk publicly about their losses. A spike has been noticed in wire fraud, credit-card theft, Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1071436179626281652003-12-14T13:09:00.000-08:002003-12-14T13:10:29.340-08:00A new criminal aspect of cybercrime-now there's cyberextortion coming to the forefront. Home owners who want faster delivery of internet services have found their computers turned into "zombie machines" by hackers and virus writers. Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1071435804957414582003-12-14T13:03:00.000-08:002003-12-14T13:04:14.763-08:00How to collect evidence after commission of an electronic crime-the European Commission has set-up the CTSOE (Cyber Tools On-Line Search for Evidence) project. Methodologies and procedures were identified by specialists from three research institutes. Some results from the project can be downloaded from the CTSOE website.Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1071231354501323552003-12-12T04:15:00.000-08:002003-12-12T04:16:41.856-08:00Slashdot has a story and comments about warflying over LA and Orange counties on December 10, 2003. Kallahar details the results of their flight-over 70% of the 2013 802.11b APs had no WEP encryption.Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1070677393814096892003-12-05T18:23:00.000-08:002003-12-05T18:27:34.546-08:00Nine Member States of the EU have not adopted new privacy rules for digital networks and services as required under the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications. Belgium, Germany, Greece, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Finland and Sweden have been sent letters asking why they have failed to adopt legislation as required under the Directive. "The e-Privacy Directive Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1070676748270911302003-12-05T18:12:00.000-08:002003-12-05T18:13:09.326-08:00The European Union is setting up an European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA. The role of ENISA will be to "support the internal market by facilitating and promoting increased co-operation and information exchang on issues of network and information security." Tasks for ENISA include advising Member States and coordinating activities between the various Member States, providing Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1070676170611108842003-12-05T18:02:00.000-08:002003-12-05T18:06:01.420-08:00Internet Security Systems has released a report detailing an increase in security incidents between the second and third quarter of 2003. The report is proposing that an increase in security incidents indicates a close corrolation between identification of vulnerabilities in systems and the resulting working exploit. The report contains information from four continents and all major industries.
Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1069202428363220042003-11-18T16:40:00.000-08:002003-11-18T16:41:22.403-08:00President George W. Bush has transmitted the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime along with the report of the Department of State with respect to the Convention and the Convention's official Explanatory Report to the Senate to receive their advice and consent. The United States signed the Convention in November of 2001. A copy of the Convention and the explanatory report can be found here.Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1068633298682116852003-11-12T02:34:00.000-08:002003-11-12T02:36:14.840-08:00Happy Birthday to computer viruses! Sad to say, but they have now been around for 20 years. Check out the article at the BBC -it was 20 years ago that Fred Cohen, a PhD student at the University of Southern California, demonstrated a working example of how a virus worked. The BBC article even includes a link to a portion of Fred Cohen's paper. What is Fred up to these days? Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1068506425875157722003-11-10T15:20:00.000-08:002003-11-10T15:20:23.523-08:00Microsoft has announced a bounty on hackers-$250,000 for "information leading to the arrest and conviction of the people responsible for releasing the MSBlast worm and Sobig virus". (Reported by the Globe and CNET) The rewards are open to the residents of any country (but subject to that country's laws). Security and virus information is available on the Microsoft website. But in a related Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1068505231903146102003-11-10T15:00:00.000-08:002003-11-10T15:03:59.070-08:00Should Congress mandate that every computer in the US have anti-virus software on it? Check out the article on IDG on the debate in Congress. Rep. Gene Green (D-TX) has proposed the Anti-Spam Act of 2003 referenced in the article as a way of fighting the spread of worms and viruses.Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1066819073043463042003-10-22T03:37:00.000-07:002003-10-22T03:52:30.410-07:00In an unusual move, US federal prosecutors asked that the conviction of a man who notified the customers of his former employer of a security flaw be overturned. The government conceded that the evidence did not estblish an intent to damage as required by the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
For further information on the case please see Chris Sprigman's article "The Federal Government's Strange Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1066818753602069612003-10-22T03:32:00.000-07:002003-10-22T03:32:33.283-07:00Romania is the country of the hour-it has emerged to be considered the current nexus of cybercrime. The country is experiencing an increase of unemployed computer professionals turning to computer crime to extort cash from companies after hacking into their computer systems, and designing and releasing numerous worms and viruses. The Romanian legistature in response passed one of the harshest Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1065916263316510892003-10-11T16:51:00.000-07:002003-10-11T16:53:31.366-07:00 Infoworld has an article on the European Parliament approving the creation of an European Cybersecurity agency beginning January 1, 2004 and lasting until December 31, 2008 and a budget of $28.7 million dollars. The agency appears to have similar activities to that of the office created in the Department of Homeland Security in the United States.Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1065720268426989382003-10-09T10:24:00.000-07:002003-10-09T10:25:03.793-07:00Sueing your customers-not exactly a winning business strategy--according to an article on Knowledge at Wharton. The article compares what happened with Henry Ford and the early auto industry and the current activities of the RIAA and downloading. The bill mentioned by Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) can be found here-"Consumers, Schools and Libraries Digital Rights Management Act of 2003".Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1065392491217664372003-10-05T15:21:00.000-07:002003-10-05T15:22:34.043-07:00From a post on Slashdot, New Scientist reports of an anonymous paper posted on a free Australian web hosting service that shows a promising defense that could be used by some defendants charged by the RIAA for illegal downloading of music.
Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1065391789345920302003-10-05T15:09:00.000-07:002003-10-05T15:09:49.710-07:00The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is now 5 years old but has it done what Congress originally intended. See a report recently released by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
EFF also contains an interesting article on how not to get sued by the RIAA for using P2P networks. You can also check to see if your name is in the Subpoena Database that RIAA is compiling. As of October 5, 2003 over Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1064190535268433152003-09-21T17:28:00.000-07:002003-09-21T17:32:59.333-07:00And yet another problem for Microsoft Windows Operating System- the Swen worm. TechNewsWorld is reporting the Swen worm (or Gibe as it is also known-w32.swen@mm is the technical name) has been posing as a Microsoft patch to unsuspecting email users. An unusual aspect of Swen is that it automatically posts to a website the number of computers that it has infected and as of Friday afternoon was at Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1063841404578409972003-09-17T16:30:00.000-07:002003-09-17T16:30:04.700-07:00For an interesting take on how Instant Messaging (IM) is used in the workplace, see the press release just out from Blue Coat. The press release includes a link to a white paper on establishing an internet usage policy.Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1063840566500328092003-09-17T16:16:00.000-07:002003-09-17T16:16:06.493-07:00The Globe has a story today on how hackers are distributing software to be used to break into computers using flaws that were announced last week for those who are using some version of Microsoft Windows Operating System.Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1063672223705835632003-09-15T17:30:00.000-07:002003-09-15T17:38:16.993-07:00The White House today named the new Director of the National Cyber Security Division of the Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection office which is located within the Department of Homeland Security. (Courtesy of the Globe and DHS) The creation of the National Cyber Security Division was announced by DHS in June 2003 as part of implementation of the President's National Strategy to Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1063326532632468882003-09-11T17:28:00.000-07:002003-09-11T17:28:52.643-07:00The law firm of Hale and Dorr have a current article on their website about using "scrapers", "spiders", "robots" or "bots" on websites. The article provides an overview of court cases and some advice for both website owners and those who want to use scrapers.Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1063235466193377972003-09-10T16:11:00.000-07:002003-09-10T16:11:06.243-07:00Bostoninternet.com has an article on the ABC's of the Sobig virus. They mention the cost of the economic damage ($7 billion from SoBig.F alone) and the possibility that companies are not doing what they need to such as the blocking of emails with .exe files attached. A link to the cost of computer virus damages for August alone is here.Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1063213218276734512003-09-10T10:00:00.000-07:002003-09-10T10:23:13.376-07:00Today I have finally been able to update the Cybercrimeblog after spending almost 2 weeks without access to the internet. During that time, I have had to use public computers to access emails. Having read several cases this past spring about persons who installed keystroke programs on public computers, I have been rather loathe to use them for much particularly where passwords are needed. Anyway,Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1062158377297954462003-08-29T04:59:00.000-07:002003-08-29T04:59:37.243-07:00At 5:16 am EDT, CNN was reporting that the FBI had identified one alleged author of "Blaster." The authorities are planning to arrest the teen on Friday. Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1062103891282406312003-08-28T13:51:00.000-07:002003-08-29T05:17:20.376-07:00An Associated Press article (courtesy of the Canadian Globe) today shows how music downloads are being traced by the RIAA. Music files apparently carry digital fingerprint files much like humans. The RIAA is claiming that they can trace back the music files to downloads from Napster in 2000.
Update:8/29/03 To see how RIAA is using tracking technology, see the Cryptome website and click on "RIAAKirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1062103081896381802003-08-28T13:38:00.000-07:002003-08-28T13:38:01.860-07:00Is cybertrespass dead? According to Hale and Dorr's recent legal update, it is probably on its last legs. Their update explains the history of chattels and some the case law history where cybertrespass had been acknowledged by several courts throughout the US.Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1062102651912246882003-08-28T13:30:00.000-07:002003-08-28T13:30:51.903-07:00From the Canadian Globe, courtesy of CNET, the FBI has become involved in the search for the perpertrators of the MSBlast worm and the Sobig.F virus. In the August 23rd post, the Globe had an article that authorities were afraid that a virus variant could be used in launching a massive denial-of-service attack around Sept. 11. The current article has changed the focus of the effect to possibly Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1061854090495876952003-08-25T16:28:00.000-07:002003-08-28T13:32:21.420-07:00Today the California Supreme Court ruled that barring a web publisher from posting DVD-copying code online was not an infringement of free speech. CNET carries the story here and the court opinion can be found here. Copying DVDs is covered by the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. The interesting point to the case is that the legal argument used in the case was not violation of the Digital Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1061650417291854372003-08-23T07:53:00.000-07:002003-08-23T07:55:11.653-07:00Worms and viruses are one way that computer crime is committed. For an interesting take on the current worm/virus Sobig, check out an article on the Canadian Globe. A worldwide map of the current infected computers can be found at McAfee. Go to Virus Information and under Tool Box is the Virus Map.Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1061557270046867492003-08-22T06:01:00.000-07:002003-08-22T06:01:09.940-07:00The United States, Japan, South Africa, and Canada participated in the drafting of the Convention on Cybercrime which was signed by 34 countries in November 2001. Only 3 countries, Albania, Estonia, and Croatia, have ratified the Convention. The goal of the Convention is "is to pursue a common criminal policy aimed at the protection of society against cybercrime, especially by adopting Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1061492322764843662003-08-21T11:58:00.000-07:002003-08-21T17:55:30.000-07:00A good place to start learning about cybercrime is the United States Department of Justice website. Everything related to the policy, US laws, selected cases, reports and manuals can be found here. The international aspects of cybercrime can also be found on the website.Kirstennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662826.post-1060445814946714002003-08-09T09:16:00.000-07:002003-08-09T09:16:54.923-07:00Cybercrime-of or relating to the use of computers/the internet/technology to commit crimeKirstennoreply@blogger.com