President Obama has just announced a plan to tighten up Cybersecurity in the US, including the creation of the new cabinet-level position of “Cybersecurity Czar.” The job of the “Czar” will be a tough one indeed: protecting the nation from serious cyber-attacks, and devising responses and preparedness plans in case an unthinkable cyber-shut down should ever occur.
Obama Outlines New Cybersecurity Strategy
FBI Report: Internet Fraud Up Sharply
According to a recently released FBI report, 2008 was a record year for online fraud, with Internet fraud complaints rising an astonishing 33% over the previous year. ITWorld.com is reporting that the Federal Bureau of investigation processed over 275,000 new complaints in 2008. The dollar lost value associated with Internet fraud is estimated to be in the neighborhood of $265 million.
Tough New Anti-Piracy Law Halves Web Traffic in Sweden
Illegal file sharers seem to be running scared in Sweden after the enactment of a new tough anti-piracy law last week that streamlines the process of prosecuting for copyright infringement, based on computer IP addresses.
FBI Indicts European Hackers for 2003 Attacks
Two European hackers have been indicted by a US grand jury for a devastating denial-of-service Internet attack back in 2003. The indictments are part of the FBI’s ongoing “Operation Cyberslam,” which was established in 2003 after a series of vicious hacker attacks knocked both government and private Internet servers off-line in the west coast of United States. Losses resulting from the attacks are estimated at up to $1 million, according to an official FBI statement.
E-Commerce is Booming, but so are Internet Scams
This decade will likely go down in history as the time when online commerce finally came into its own. Even in 2008, with a sluggish US economy, online revenue has been brisk for many companies, and studies show that public acceptance of buying online has reached a new high mark. But as e-commerce continues to boom, state officials are also receiving a record number of consumer reports of scandals, spyware and e-mail spam.
Three Smart Ways to Avoid Online Scams
I remember recently reading recently a relatively well known Internet Marketer apologised to his customers for the lack of success they experienced after reading his eBook. In fact, he even went so far as to quote a statistic on a poll he did: only 2% of those who purchased his eBook actually made any profit. Two percent! That’s shocking!
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