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If you do business on the Internet, you cannot afford to be uninformed about the dangers and pitfalls that cybercrime poses. The following is a daily survey of the latest cybercrime news from around the world.
27-Nov-00 08:45:19 ET
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"Games site Microprose.com -- famous for such simulation titles as GrandPrix 3 -- has been defaced..."
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"Delinquent Hacking Organisation (dhc) -- which already boast some 390 scalps -- has claimed responsibility for the act of vandalism. Curiously, instead of marking their effort with a grotesque picture or some inexplicable gibberish, the delinquents attempted a more literary..."
24-Nov-00 06:57:35 ET
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"They've learned material can be quickly and easily downloaded free off the Internet, a practice that is pushing copyright law to..."
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"For most students, getting music may be as easy as a few mouse clicks, but movies and other items take hours, if not days, to download and are often inconsistent in their quality. That hasn't stopped students from trying, however..."
22-Nov-00 12:11:14 ET
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"Forty-one countries stretching from Iceland to the former Soviet republic of Georgia could be close to approving a treaty that would fight cybercrime..."
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"The treaty would be more useful for fighting cybercrime in less developed countries, the lawyer said, as most western European countries have such laws in place..."
22-Nov-00 08:11:06 ET
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"Employees are the biggest threat to network security -- and they don't even know it..."
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"Protecting a company from external attacks from 'recreational hackers' was almost irrelevant if a system was not properly secured internally, Robin Dahlberg, UK MD of Internet Security Systems says. 'It is like locking all your doors but leaving the windows open...'"
25-Nov-00 03:10:28 ET
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"The recent spate of virulent viruses has spurred F-Secure to issue a set of safe computing guidelines which it said will allow PC users to avoid computer worm infestations..."
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"Hypponen, the firm's manager of anti-virus research, said that an up-to-date anti-virus program is still the best protection against worms and other types of viruses..."
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