<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Cybercrime</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/technology/techpolicy/cybercrime?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><description>Cybercrime</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Congress Moving to Tackle Spyware Problem]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55744-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55744-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An anti-spyware bill is gaining momentum in Congress, but disagreements among technology interest groups and lawmakers about what qualifies as "spyware" could delay final action.]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online Child-Sex Sting Results in 9 Arrests]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19962-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19962-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the past two weeks, sexual predators in the Washington area went trolling for children without fear of being spotted, authorities said Friday. But someone was watching -- 13 undercover police officers.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jamie Stockwell</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Westlaw to Limit Sale of Personal Data]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45443-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45443-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[One of the nation's leading brokers of personal data on millions of Americans said Thursday that it will restrict its sale of individual Social Security numbers amid growing public worries about privacy.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Industry Helping Banks Fight Back]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6367-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6367-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A bustling new sector of the technology industry is helping companies cope with a surge in online financial fraud known as "phishing," which uses e-mail to lure people into giving up their financial data at counterfeit bank and e-commerce Web sites. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate Democrat Drops Phishing Bill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63749-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63749-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The senior Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday introduced legislation to impose tough penalties against persons convicted of launching "phishing" scams. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Area Tops in Fraud Complaints]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55820-2005Feb1.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55820-2005Feb1.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If the number of complaints received by the Federal Trade Commission are any guide, consumers nationwide, and particularly in the Washington metropolitan area, are getting little relief from  fraud and Internet-related crime.]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology Fueling Wave of Phishing Scams]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17680-2005Jan18.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17680-2005Jan18.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Phishing "toolkits" and underground Internet chat rooms are making the economics of online fraud so much in favor of criminals that a continued increase in phishing activity is all but certain. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thieves Find Just What They Need on eBay]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51741-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51741-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With its global customer base of more than 100 million and software that allows strangers to exchange goods and money without ever meeting, eBay has maximized profit for its retailers. It has done the same for thieves. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Ariana Eunjung Cha</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Companies Forced to Fight Phishing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61916-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61916-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Phishing is a growing form of online fraud that blends old-fashioned confidence scams with innovations in technological trickery. In the second part of our two-part series, washingtonpost.com explores how banks, Internet service providers and other online businesses are trying to make e-commerce safe for their customers.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</b></font>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phishing Feeds Internet Black Markets]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59347-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59347-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Phishing is a growing form of online fraud that blends old-fashioned confidence scams with innovations in technological trickery. Today and Friday, washingtonpost.com explores the methods phishers use, how e-businesses are dealing with the problem and what phishing has done to its thousands of victims. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</b></font>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Phishing' on the Rise, But Don't Take the Bait]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35429-2004Nov8.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35429-2004Nov8.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Jan Boldt can hardly believe the number of fake e-mail warnings she receives almost daily from crooks impersonating the security divisions at eBay, AOL, PayPal and other businesses. She usually deletes them without even looking.]]></description><author> Don Oldenburg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI Pursuing More Cyber-Crime Cases]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25579-2004Nov4.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25579-2004Nov4.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The FBI is adding more Internet crime suspects to its top lists of wanted criminals, signaling a growing interest in cracking down on cyber-crime. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transatlantic Sting Nabs  Identity Theft Suspects]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7614-2004Oct28.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7614-2004Oct28.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Law enforcement authorities on both sides of the Atlantic have arrested 28 people on suspicion of operating Web sites that were allegedly designed to steal, sell and forge credit cards and identification documents.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Brian Krebs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police Arrest 28 in Online ID Theft Scams]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7152-2004Oct28.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7152-2004Oct28.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Law enforcement authorities have arrested 28 individuals in the United States and several other countries who are accused of operating public Web sites designed to help people steal, sell and forge credit cards and identification documents. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</b></font>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FTC Files First Federal Lawsuit Against Spyware]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28179-2004Oct12.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28179-2004Oct12.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Federal authorities have asked a U.S. District Court judge to shut down an operation that they said installed intrusive spyware on people's computers and then sold the victims anti-spyware software, a top consumer protection official said today.]]></description><author> David McGuire</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FTC Sues Spyware Suspects]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27637-2004Oct12.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27637-2004Oct12.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Federal authorities have asked a federal judge to shut down an operation that they said installed intrusive "spyware" on people's computers and then sold anti-spyware software to those same victims, a top consumer protection official said Tuesday. <BR><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</b></font>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Computer Users Face New Scourge]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20665-2004Oct9.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20665-2004Oct9.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Millions of consumers have been struggling with a recent surge in what computer experts call spyware or adware -- electronic hitchhikers with hidden programs that hijack hard drives.<BR><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> Ariana Eunjung Cha</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spyware Bills Win House Approval]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14520-2004Oct7.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14520-2004Oct7.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two bills designed to curb the proliferation of Internet "spyware" took another step toward law this week, but their backers are racing against the clock as Congress prepares to disperse for the November elections. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-Spyware Legislation Could Pass This Year]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42417-2004Sep22.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/cybercrime</link><guid 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path-breaking Pennsylvania law designed to prevent Internet users from seeing Web sites that contain child pornography.]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item></channel></rss>