Last month, Attorney General Janet Reno promised some of these new steps to combat cyber-crime.
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These simple metaphorical questions describe the dilemma of dealing with cyber-crime and cyber-terrorism.
By this thinking, the top-trending searches each day are potential targets for cyber-crime.
This trick, said Mr Erasmus, is well known in intelligence and cyber-crime circles as a way to thwart surveillance.
As a new century begins, cyber-crime, including electronic terrorism, looms as a new way for criminals to threaten global security.
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This may be a helpful first step, but the government will not be able to keep up with the fast developments of cyber-crime.
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Although the cyber-crime it defends against is booming, Symantec is in transition, and the stock will be a winner only if the company adapts successfully.
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She proposed a round-the-clock cyber-crime network, along with the regional computer forensic labs and a secure on-line clearinghouse for law enforcement to share information about cyber-cases.
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In recognition of the challenges posed by cyber-crime, law enforcement agencies around Europe are looking at sharing information and resources to fight high-tech criminals across a common front.
In Internet-related news, China's mainstream media make no mention of Google chief Eric Schmidt's statement describing the country as an Internet menace that backs cyber-crime for economic and political gain.
And while Misha Glenny cracked open the hackers' fraternities and got the inside scoop from some of the best of law enforcers, what he couldn't find out is how much banks are losing from cyber-crime.
Action Fraud, the national reporting centre for fraud and internet crimes, said it had received more than 46, 000 complaints over the past 12 months from members of the public across the UK about "cyber-enabled crime".
The plan, drawn up by the Council of the European Union, makes broad statements on how to improve European cyber crime-fighting, including inviting countries to introduce remote searches if they are already provided for under national law.
Baroness Neville-Jones said some of the cyber crime activity was "state-sponsored" but although the government had the ability to strike back it was "anxious not to get into a barney with friendly countries" over the issue.
The Europol-funded hub will focus on the activities of organised crime and other cyber-attackers.
These measures already have proven invaluable in the international fight against terrorism, organized crime, cyber-crimes, and transnational crimes in the Information Age.
Now he has turned his attention to US legislation and has co-authored the Fighting Cyber Crime and Protecting Privacy in the Cloud report which was recently presented to the European Parliament.
This software package is an all-in-one computer crime kit that makes it easy for those with little technical knowledge to become cyber-thieves.
Now, the FBI has identified 12 alleged perpetrators of these cyber-attacks, according to a document posted by crime site The Smoking Gun, which they claim is a confidential affidavit.
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Another investigation has revealed that oft-cited statistics about the supposed cost of cyber crime are largely baseless.
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The main reason behind the decrease in spam volume is the overall heightened level of anti-spam protection, says the Moscow based junk mail and cyber crime fighting Kaspersky Lab.
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee, Margaret Hodge, welcomed the report, saying it showed the government needed to "work hand-in-glove" with businesses and individuals to build awareness about the threats of cyber crime.
Emma Short, a British psychologist who is setting up the world's first outfit dedicated to researching cyber-stalking, says that few victims think the police can help them and many do not report the crime.
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