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http://www.expatica.com/be/news/belgian-news/Computer-crime-course-for-East-Flemish-police-_262433.html Abney and Associates Cybercrime Reviews Les agents de police en Flandre orientale sont à donner un cours accéléré pour les rendre mieux équipés pour lutter contre la criminalité informatique. Nouvelles du nouveau cours sont donnés dans l'édition de mardi du quotidien « De Standaard ». Le cours est une joint-venture entre les autorités judiciaires de Dendermonde et l'Ecole de Police est flamande. La raison pour le cours, c'est que plus et plus belges sont touchés par différentes formes de criminalité informatique. À l'heure actuelle, on a étudié tous les actes criminels perpétrés en ligne spécialisé Computer Crime Unit de la Police fédérale. Toutefois, l'augmentation de grande criminalité informatique signifie que ce n'est plus tenable. L'objectif est que chaque agent de police doit être en mesure d'offrir ce que l'on appelle « premiers secours » en cas de « cybercriminalité ». Cela libérera la Computer Crime Unit de traiter des cas plus complexes. Comment faire face à la criminalité informatique est actuellement, ne fait pas partie de la formation générale donnée aux aspirants policiers. Cependant, ceci est placée pour changer ce mois-ci comme agents de police en Flandre orientale donnera une formation de base en criminalité informatique durant entre 1 et 3 jours en fonction de leur emploi. Jan Kerckhofs sur les autorités judiciaires de Termonde a déclaré à la VRT « Que nous espérons que tous les officiers au niveau local sera en mesure d'enquêter sur les cas de par exemple Courriel compte piratage, détournement de l'ordinateur, traque et autres. » Le cours est un projet pilote et s'il réussit il sera déroulé dans l'ensemble du pays. Au moins un tiers des 4 500 policiers travaillant en Flandre orientale suivra le cours avant la fin de l'année. Nouvelles recrues aura également le cours. Abney and Associates

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2013%2F3%2F17%2Fnation%2F20130317162220&sec=nation PETALING JAYA: Waging cyber war, even if done in the name of Malaysia, is still a crime. National Security Council (NSC) secretary Datuk Mohamed Thajudeen Abdul Wahab (pic) said that Malaysia outlawed cyber attacks and that anyone caught doing so, would be punished. "In Malaysia, cyber hacking is a criminal offense against the laws of the country, irrespective of whether the it has been committed by citizens or by foreigners," he said. Mohamed was referring to the three-day cyber war between Malaysian and Filipino hackers from Mac 1 to 4. Malaysian hackers first attacked Filipino Government and private websites, hours after after Sulu gunmen and security forces clashed outside Kampung Tanduo in Lahad Datu. Filipino hackers responded in kind, and up to two hundred websites belonging to both countries were defaced before a "ceasefire" was called. Mohamed said 36 local private websites were defaced, though he was mum about how many Government ones were affected. He said that NSC alerted "critical agencies" as soon as the attacks started. "None of these critical websites suffered any major problem," he said, adding that Government sites were in the past, vulnerable to attacks. Mohamed added that it was not easy to pinpoint the attacks, though he confirmed that neither Government was involved. "We understand that the Philippine side suffered a bigger problem compared to the Malaysian side," he said. Mohamed said that it was up to the Attorney-General to take action against hackers, adding that locals could be tracked "eventually", if not immediately. "Tracking attackers from the Philippine side would require close cooperation with the authorities there," he said. Hackers can be charged under Section 4 of the Computer Crimes Act 1997, which carries a fine of not more than RM150,000, a jail term of not more than 10 years or both. "Whe

Internet Reviews Abney Associates Blog Articles The US Federal Trade Commission has carried out a huge international crackdown on a number of "tech support" scams being run out of India which have conned people in the UK, US, Canada and elsewhere out of millions of pounds since 2008. As explained by the Guardian in 2010, the scams used "boiler room" tactics, dialling through phone books for English-speaking countries. People who answered the phone were told the call came from Microsoft or their internet service provider, and that the person's computer was "reporting viruses". The caller would then perform an unnecessary "fix" on the computer and charge the person for it - and sometimes sign them up to multi-year "support" contracts. The cost could run to hundreds of pounds. People in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand were targeted because they, like the people carrying out the scam, are English-speaking. The Guardian understands that the scam was worth millions of pounds a year to the organised gangs carrying it out. At the FTC's request in six cases, a federal district judge froze the US assets of 17 people and 14 companies that have been accused of taking part in the operations. The FTC has also shut down 80 internet domain names and 130 phone numbers used in the US to carry out the scams. The FTC is seeking an end to the scams, and repayments for people who were conned out of money. Though the FTC said it could not put a figure on how many people had been scammed, or how much they had lost, Microsoft - which has been working with the commission for the past two years to try to catch the criminals - provided data on more than a thousand people who had been scammed, whose losses averaged $875 each. Microsoft has repeatedly pointed out that it would not call people about any problems with their computers. In some cases, the scammers would try to sell antivirus software from reputable companies, and in some cases would install new copies of Windows

http://ruxxemarfild.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/reviews-by-abney-and-associates-code-85258081704-public-schoolboy-hacker-who-masterminded-15m-fraud-is-put-in-jails-it-class-docstoc/ Reviews by Abney and Associates, code 85258081704 - Nicholas Webber, 21, was jailed for five years for running a criminal website He started his criminal career at £24,000-a-year Bradfield College Prison IT Teacher Michael Fox was made redundant after the incident Fox protests he had no idea Webber was a hacker One of Britain's most notorious cyber criminals hacked into a prison computer system from inside jail - after he was allowed to join an IT class. Nicholas Webber, 21, jailed for five years in 2011 for masterminding a multi-million-pound internet crime site, triggered the security scare during a lesson. It is understood his actions caused 'major panic' but it is not clear what, if anything, he managed to access. The prison, HMP Isis in South London, blamed his teacher, Michael Fox, who was employed by Kensington and Chelsea College. He was banned from the prison but the college cleared him of committing any security breaches at a disciplinary hearing last March. However, he was made redundant when no alternative work could be found for him. More... Pictured with piles of cash: The public schoolboy jailed for five years for masterminding £18m internet scam Computer hacker, 21, jailed for masterminding £27 MILLION fraud in his bedroom taking credit card details from unsuspecting internet users On Friday, Mr Fox, from Bromley, Kent, began a claim for unfair dismissal, arguing that it wasn't his decision to put Webber, the son of a former member of Guernsey's parliament, in his class. He says he had no idea he was a hacker. At a hearing at Croydon Employment Tribunal, Mr Fox accused the college of not doing enough to find him another job. 'The perceived problem was there was a tutor who had been excluded by the prison and charged with allowing a hacking expert to hack in