Inside AusCERT's Cybercrime Symposium 

Inside AusCERT's Cybercrime Symposium

Australia's InfoSec stakeholders rub shoulders.
Former banker accused of $665,000 fraud 

Former banker accused of $665,000 fraud

Faces larceny charge.
AFP officers seek protection in cyber crime cases 

AFP officers seek protection in cyber crime cases

Officers in danger as they skirt slow treaties.
Melbourne domain kingpin hit with cyber death threats 

Melbourne domain kingpin hit with cyber death threats

DDoS of death.
Cybercrime costs $367b a year. Really? 

Cybercrime costs $367b a year. Really?

Digital crime rivals illegal drug trade, says Symantec.
Cybercrime bill passed lower house 

Cybercrime bill passed lower house

Greens furious.
Kaspersky: Australia shouldn't sign EU Cybercrime treaty 

Kaspersky: Australia shouldn't sign EU Cybercrime treaty

Calls for global police unit instead.
AusCERT presentation riles Queensland Police 

AusCERT presentation riles Queensland Police

Herald story leads to police queries.
Cybercrime: the biggest threat in policing history 

Cybercrime: the biggest threat in policing history

AusCERT: Police ask the business community to speak up.
Australia moves closer to European cybercrime treaty 

Australia moves closer to European cybercrime treaty

Parliamentary committee banks on European privacy safeguards.
Audit doubts FBI's ability to combat cyberthreats 

Audit doubts FBI's ability to combat cyberthreats

Auditors demand agencies get better at sharing information.
E-crime fighters collar three over bank attacks 

E-crime fighters collar three over bank attacks

Two suspects charged in connection with alleged online Spyeye banking crimes.
Hacker: Avionics vulnerable to next-gen attacks 

Hacker: Avionics vulnerable to next-gen attacks

Stuxnet concepts could give terrorists remote control.
Ex-Commissioner calls for privacy restructure 

Ex-Commissioner calls for privacy restructure

Unnecessary ID requirements could drive a criminal market.
Aussie Police probe virtual worlds for money trail 

Aussie Police probe virtual worlds for money trail

Banking security considered a 'laughing stock'.
Bank security experts play up social risks 

Bank security experts play up social risks

Identity data a commodity in underground economy.
Pirate Party guns for cybercrime treaty 

Pirate Party guns for cybercrime treaty

Human rights at risk from international crime fighters, says PPAu president Rodney Serkowski.
RSA breach leaves customers waiting for answers  

RSA breach leaves customers waiting for answers

Where to now for SecurID users?
Cybercrime treaty may violate Privacy Act: EFA 

Cybercrime treaty may violate Privacy Act: EFA

Mandatory data retention fears persist.
US crime fighters push for ISPs to retain logs 

US crime fighters push for ISPs to retain logs

Fears kiddie pr0n a pretext to trap suspected copyright infringers.
Researchers mine emails for criminal characteristics 

Researchers mine emails for criminal characteristics

Spammer identities to be exposed.
Twitter crime up 20% 

Twitter crime up 20%

Illicit activity on Twitter spiked during 2010.
Financial industry 'target of choice' for cybercrims 

Financial industry 'target of choice' for cybercrims

Government research paper attempts to put a dollar value on losses.
Feds seek comments on cybercrime treaty 

Feds seek comments on cybercrime treaty

Traffic data requirements a concern.
US wrongly suspends 84,000 websites 

US wrongly suspends 84,000 websites

Bungled action sacrifices free speech in pursuit of child abusers.
Price to hack a Facebook account: $25 

Price to hack a Facebook account: $25

The security of your identity ... priceless.
'Night Dragon' threat to oil and gas bids 

'Night Dragon' threat to oil and gas bids

Massive Chinese attack targets financial systems behind oil and gas fields.
Zynga thief folds on $11.9m fraud 

Zynga thief folds on $11.9m fraud

Jail on the cards for problem gambler.
Attackers target world's busiest stock exchanges 

Attackers target world's busiest stock exchanges

British and US stock exchanges enlisted security services to thwart cyber attacks.
2010: the year of the DDoS 

2010: the year of the DDoS

Anonymous to blame.
Net security author gives thumbs up to iCode 

Net security author gives thumbs up to iCode

Q&A with author and Financial Times IT reporter, Joseph Menn
Cybercrime migrating to mobile and Apple: Cisco report 

Cybercrime migrating to mobile and Apple: Cisco report

Annual Security Report also points to rise of "money mules".
Cyberpolice wrestle with command and control 

Cyberpolice wrestle with command and control

No neutral parties in dynamic online world.
Australia yet to ratify European cybercrime treaty 

Australia yet to ratify European cybercrime treaty

Convention calls for ISP data retention and extradition provisions.
Cybercrime response a win for self-regulation  

Cybercrime response a win for self-regulation

Internet industry happy with cautious response to cybercrime inquiry.
Greens announce cyber-safety policy 

Greens announce cyber-safety policy

‘Draws from the same pool’ as Coalition on filtering policy.
Computer users sanction peacetime cybercrime raids 

Computer users sanction peacetime cybercrime raids

Relaxed attitude uncovered in latest Sophos report.
Cybercrime costs businesses US$3.8 million per year 

Cybercrime costs businesses US$3.8 million per year

One attack per week.
EFA: Cybercrime treaty an 'advance party' for ACTA 

EFA: Cybercrime treaty an 'advance party' for ACTA

Legal amendments expected.
Australia to sign international cybercrime treaty 

Australia to sign international cybercrime treaty

DFAT accedes to 2004 Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime.
Rudd launches National Security College 

Rudd launches National Security College

Postgraduate cybercrime courses to be established.
Global cybercrime treaty rejected at UN 

Global cybercrime treaty rejected at UN

No agreement between developed and emerging nations.
Commentary: Is it safe to use Windows for internet banking? 

Commentary: Is it safe to use Windows for internet banking?

NSW Police follows up on our October story.
Cybercrooks getting bolder, says Trend Micro 

Cybercrooks getting bolder, says Trend Micro

Increasing competition among online criminals will lead to more brazentactics.
Web attacks still profitable for crooks: Cisco 

Web attacks still profitable for crooks: Cisco

Big money in banking trojans.
Mac and PC users equally likely to be cybercrime victims 

Mac and PC users equally likely to be cybercrime victims

No OS safe from phishing.
Hackers sentenced for trojan bank heist 

Hackers sentenced for trojan bank heist

Cyber thieves facing up to four years in jail.
UK Home Office delays McKinnon extradition 

UK Home Office delays McKinnon extradition

Long-running legal battle takes new twist.
SC World Congress: US Feds call for more collaboration 

SC World Congress: US Feds call for more collaboration

Though "significant" progress has been made.
Banks report 70 percent of phishing attacks hosted offshore 

Banks report 70 percent of phishing attacks hosted offshore

Former Soviet republics responsible for most scams.
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