Privacy International, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Human Rights Watch welcome the opportunity to participate in the second session of the Ad Hoc Committee. Preliminary remarks on criminalization We have observed that, even as cybercrimes often threaten peoples’ rights, efforts to address and combat cybercrime have also given rise to risks […]
Cybercrime
Syria’s cyber-crime law aims to breed fear | Haid Haid
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After months of rumours, the Syrian regime recently passed far-reaching cyber-crime legislation that goes beyond what is necessary to keep the internet safe. Despite tackling issues like cyber-bullying and fraud, the most serious legal and financial penalties introduced by the new legislation are reserved for those who criticise the president, […]
Cybercrime Is Skyrocketing, but the Legal Profession Isn’t Keeping Up
Cyberattacks have increased dramatically over the past year, both in the number of attacks and the degree of harm they cause, and law firms and law schools need to up their game in training lawyers to deal with cybersecurity, says technology lawyer Sunny Handa. Handa is one of the leaders of […]
The Godfathers of Cybercrime: The 2022 Verizon Report
Ed. note: This is the latest in a new article series, Cybersecurity: Tips From the Trenches, by our friends at Sensei Enterprises, a boutique provider of IT, cybersecurity, and digital forensics services.Roughly Four in Five Breaches Emanate from Organized Crime Granted, the three authors of this article are geeks. And […]
Feds: We Won’t Use Cybercrime Law to Stop ‘Good Faith’ Security Research
In a win for cybersecurity research, the Justice Department says(Opens in a new window) it’s going to steer clear from prosecuting those who conduct “good-faith” security research that technically violates the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The change involves revising policy guidelines on how federal prosecutors should tackle […]
How cybercrime laws are used to silence dissent in Middle East | Middle East | News and analysis of events in the Arab world | DW
The battlefield is gruesome, global and growing — cyberattacks have become a dangerous threat to governments, people and institutions all over the world. In response, around 80% of the world’s countries have implemented cybercrime legislation, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. But in some Arab countries, these […]
Biden Signs Bill To Create Cybercrime Reporting System
Image showing the Colonial Pipeline Houston Station facility in Pasadena, Texas (East of Houston) … [+] taken on May 10, 2021. – US President Joe Biden said that a Russia-based group was behind the ransomware attack that forced the shutdown of the largest oil pipeline in the eastern United States. […]
US Passes Law Requiring Better Cybercrime Data Collection
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Incident & Breach Response DOJ, FBI Tasked With Compiling Detailed Stats, Developing Taxonomy to Sort Data Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 6, 2022 President Biden signed a bipartisan bill to strengthen law enforcement cybercrime statistics. (Source: Wikipedia) U.S. President Joe Biden […]
Schatz Legislation To Help Fight Cybercrime Set To Be Law
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Better Cybercrime Metrics Act today, March 29, legislation authored by U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz that will help fight cybercrime and help keep people safe from online scams. The bipartisan bill, which will improve data collection on cybercrimes and give law enforcement and policy […]
Australia launches federal cybercrime centre as part of national plan
Image: Getty Images Australian Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews has launched a centre to bolster the country’s cybercrime fighting efforts. The AU$89 million cybercrime centre forms part of Home Affairs’ national plan to combat cybercrime, which was announced alongside the centre’s launch on Monday morning. The AU$89 million was provided […]