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  • End users weakest security link: AFP

    Fewer than half of all home computer users protect their systems from viruses, cyber-crime and other hacking, Australian Federal Police e-crime chief Neil Gaughan told federal parliament this week in a wide-ranging testimony.

  • AFP unites last tech units in fight against cybercrime

    The Australian Federal Police (AFP) yesterday finalised the restructuring of its high tech crimes division, with the announcement that the force's final two independent technical units have been amalgamated with High Tech Crimes Operations.

  • Virtual taskforce to fight online child abuse

    The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) launched an international Web site on Wednesday to help provide information on safe Internet use, direct victims of abuse to relevant support groups and provide a safe way for people to report online child abuse.

  • AU crime-fighters want real-world rules brought online

    The Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC) is trying to bring the rules of the "physical world" to the online environment in its international joint initiative to put police in internet chat-rooms said Alastair MacGibbon the body's director.

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