Welcome to Cybercrime Laws!
This blog is part of my cybercrime module taught currently at the University of Essex (UK). I see it as a database with which I, and others, can work.
The updates are not daily, partly because of lack of time, partly because it is easier to group similar subjects in one post after a week or so. RSS feeds (and sharing) are available.
The original blog was on Blogger (blogspot.com), but for maintenance purposes, transfer to Wordpress became necessary. The original blog is still up and running (I just import/export posts)
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- Investigation-1- Police forces (training)
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- Jurisdiction
- Offences – Child pornography
- Offences – CMA s.3A
- Offences – Conspiracy
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- Offences – Fraud
- Offences – Hacking (unauthorised access)
- Offences – Hacking – Mr. McKinnon (Nasa hacker)'s case
- Offences – Harassment
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- Prevention – Security
- Privacy
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- Providers' liability
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- Social networking – Facebook
- Social networking – Twitter
- Spamming
- Surveillance
- Technology – neither good or bad but never neutral
- Trial – Evidence
- Trial – Judges
- Trial – Jury
- Trial – or mediation
- Trial – Right to
- Trial – Training of judges
- Uncategorized
- United Nations
- Virtual Worlds
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Cybercrime is not limited to PC
An obvious statement but often forgotten: as computers invade our daily life (Fridges, washing machines, photocopiers…), we should be a bit more careful.. See the iPhone, only one week old at the time of this post.“Exploit turns iPhone into a … Continue reading
Posted in General - Cybercrime patterns
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Cybercrime and police investigation
An often left on the side issue is the difficulties police forces encountered when investigating crime committed with the use of internet:for an example, encryption being a nuisance (although it is supposed to create security to prevent cybercrime, rather than … Continue reading
Just for fun: reinventing sentencing one day?
The following article brought a smile: will the criminal system ever introduce a bootcamp for hackers? Never know but look at the following: “Korea’s Internet Addiction Bootcamps Mistargeted” http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071119/003003.shtml 20 November 2007 and what about sex offenders and the use … Continue reading
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Cybercrime, copyrights law, and the post-scarcity economy
Copyrights is not always associated with crime but given the fuss about piracy by big companies controlling digital copies, it is worth looking at the issue a bit more closely. First this article on Techdirt which highlights the craziness of … Continue reading
Posted in Offences - Piracy
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How to use fear to steal information…
Not the first report on the practice, but the latest: how to use the fear of spyware to phish for credit card details… Very effective, thanks to people’s credulity… http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39290658,00.htm
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Cybercrime and legal response: an impossible task?
nothing new really, but it is interesting to see that the argument comes back regularly, often coinciding with a warning about the increase in cybercrimes. Can Government control the web? Here, Dr. Vinc Cerf reaffrims it can’t because of the … Continue reading
old crimes, new bottles…
To borrow the famous expression from David Wall, here is another example of how crime can be resilient and take new shapes with a new name: wi-fi piggybacking or the unauthorised use of electronic communications, just to get free access … Continue reading
Russia and China: shamed as worst offenders
Should not come as a surprise that China and Russia represent major threats for the online world; the amount of money at stake, and also the political stance, makes it to attractive to avoid spying, hacking, ‘zombying’ and the like. … Continue reading
Cybercrime and social networking: at last an awakening?
Richard Thomas, the information commissioner, spoke before the House of Lords Constitution Committee, raising concerns about the consequences of data-sharing, whether on social networks like Facebook, or with other data-sharing practices between public and private sectors. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39290834,00.htm http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39290672,00.htm It’s time … Continue reading
Posted in Offences - Fraud, Privacy, Social networking
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Fraud: the help of non legal tools
The article below is interesting for what it reveals about fraud: is there any lesson to be learnt by law enforcement agencies in detecting and investigating fraud? And how can the software be accurate in its detection without infringing HR? … Continue reading
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