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Australia: Expert Warns Against Home Banking Risks From Phishing Attacks

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ONLINE banking in Australia was fraught with danger and "manifestly not suitable" for Internet transactions via the home computer, says leading Internet security expert, Professor Bill Caelli, AO. Professor Caelli, who recently briefed US policy advisers on Internet security, yesterday warned people to stop using home computers for personal banking or "any other sort of secure transaction". "A home PC was never designed for home banking," said Professor Caelli, who heads QUT's School of Software Engineering and Data Communications. "Do not use it, it's no longer safe." . . .

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CIT Hosting Cyber Incident: FBI Raid and Data Seizure Issues

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This is a scary, but true, story about how heavy handed the FBI is willing to be to a data center. Did you know that they can confiscate all of your servers on the suspicion that, while you did nothing wrong, you are inadvertently hosting a hacker? The FBI was simply impatient with the pace of the investigation on-site, so they took all of the servers to their own labs. People who fear the coming of Big Brother should, perhaps, ask themselves if he's here now. . . .

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Understanding Trojan Defense Risks in Cyber Crime and Forensics

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In October, 2002 Julian Green was arrested in Devon, England after police searched his home PC and found examples of child pornography. ISP had logs identified Green as the person responsible for the downloads, and the existence of the child porn on his PC seemed to be all the corroboration the constable would have needed to obtain a conviction. However, a defense forensic expert also found evidence that there were Trojans planted on Green's computer that were designed to piggyback his browser, and log into porn sites. The Trojans probably were downloaded as e-mail attachments -- made all the more likely by the fact that Green had a teenage son. Unable to definitively prove that Green knowingly and intentionally downloaded the files, the prosecution dismissed the charges. . . .

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Understanding Identity Theft Trends And Their Security Implications

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According to the 2003 Computer Crime Survey conducted by the Computer Security Institute in conjunction with the FBI, nearly 13 per cent of respondents were the victim of identity theft in the past year in the US, writes Fran Howarth OF Bloor Research. In total, losses from identity theft in the US in the past year are estimated to have amounted to around $50 billion.. . .

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