Pro-active measures need to be taken to bring down high tech crime rates, according to detective acting inspector Peter Wheeler from Melbourne's Computer Crime Squad, following today's release of the ...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), in its manual on computer crime, defines such crime as “any violations of criminal law that involve a knowledge of computer technology for their perpetration, ...

The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section ransomware is a computer infection that displays a screen requesting money before it allows you to access your Windows desktop. This screen locker ...

The Supreme Court on Monday indicated serious reservations about the ambiguity and scope of the nation’s only major cybercrime law, hinting it may narrow the law’s applicability to avoid criminalizing ...

Alastair MacGibbon is the CEO of CREST Australia, a not-for-profit organisation that certifies "white hat" ethical hackers, and is managing partner of Surete Group, a consultancy dealing with improved ...

Nervous System: Computer Crime and Punishment This month's history of cybersecurity looks back to the formation of the CFAA, where there was broad agreement that computer crime was a serious and ...

This month, police officers in Marion, Kan., crashed into the newsroom of the Marion County Record, a weekly newspaper, and the home of its publisher to seize computers, cellphones and documents.

Dealing with viruses, spyware, PC theft and other computer-related crimes costs U.S. businesses a staggering $67.2 billion a year, according to the FBI. The FBI calculated the price tag by ...