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  • Russian hackers 'the best in the world'

    The Russian police's cybercrime division, known as Department K, has warned that Russian hackers are the best in the world.

  • Russian Mafia threatens Net

    Organised crime rings in Russia and the rest of the former Soviet Union are increasingly hacking into U.S. e-commerce and banking Web sites, posing an enormous economic threat.

  • Arrest may spark review of copyright law

    He's an unlikely poster child for a movement to change a major US law. But the plight of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov is again shining the spotlight on a controversial law designed to expand copyright protections into the digital age.

  • Cracker Jacked!

    The most noteworthy aspect of the computer intrusion against Microsoft in late October may be that, in this case, someone might actually be caught and charged with the crime.

  • Is World War 3 being fought in cyberspace?

    Governments from all around the globe are engaged in a virtual war where the weapons are hackers and trojans and the prizes for winning a battle include corporate secrets and disruption of the enemies IT infrastructure.

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  • A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime

    Is the war on cyber crime as simple as pointing the finger at China, Russia and the US? We investigate whether these parts of the world are being unfairly blamed.

  • Russia's cybercrime-fighting Bond villain

    Antivirus guru Eugene Kaspersky says the lure of fame and fortune have resulted in a higher number of criminal activity on the Internet.

  • IT managers - logs can save you

    What's the biggest security risk in enterprise? Open ports, easy passwords? It could just be something that is normally beneath your notice - poor logfiles.

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