Tag: cybercrime
International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act
SENATORS HATCH AND GILLIBRAND INTRODUCE FIRST OF ITS KIND MEASURE TO BOLSTER CYBERSECURITY – Bill Fosters International Coordination, Cracks Down on Foreign Countries That Offer Cyber Criminals Havens… Washington, D.C. March 23, 2010 – With the growing cost of cybercrime, Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation [...]
Internet & Cyber Crime Terms and Definitions
Address Munging: the practice of disguising, or munging, an e-mail address to prevent it being automatically collected and used as a target for people and organizations who send unsolicited bulk e-mail address. Adware: or advertising-supported software is any software package which automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertising material to a computer after the software is [...]
The Evolution Of Digital Forensics
First, let me articulate, I am not an expert in digital forensics. So warning… if you are an expert you may want to move on to the next article. This article is for fellow interns, aspiring private investigators, the computer challenged, or just to my fellow knowledge thirsty nerds. It is no surprise that digital [...]
Social Networking and Cyber-Crime
The internet is exploding into a social revolution. The fast paced growth has been primarily due to social networking sites and the exchange of personal information within these sites. Some examples of these sites are MySpace, Facebook, and Flicker. Just recently, a 16-year-old–youth from Southwest Florida was charged with cyber-stalking. The case of Joseph D. [...]
