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Computer Forensics in the News

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Updated on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 3:20pm
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionGary Warner, the Director of Research in Computer Forensics, is available to speak to the media about any current cybercrime or computer security issue. Requests for interviews or content should be made through the UAB Media Office.

Journalists are invited to review the CyberCrime & Doing Time blog for current areas of interest.

Profile pieces

September 4, 2008 - UAB Spam Data Mine: Bringing Criminals to Justice - UAB Magazine
September 2, 2008 - Attacking the Sources of spam - Seattle Times (also in Vermont Today, and TimesArgus
July 1, 2008 - Stopping Spam - WBHM (with audio)
December 24, 2007 - The White Knight of Phish-Busting - PC World also ComputerWorld

Hurricane Gustav Fraud sites

August 31, 2008 - Spammers prep for Gustav, say researchers - ComputerWorld

Georgia-Russia Cyber conflict and DDOS

August 20, 2008 - Spammers prepare new anti-Georgia botnet onslaught - ComputerWeekly
August 20, 2008 - Georgian DDOS Traced to Populist Movement - Kansas City Infozine
August 19, 2008 - Spammers go down to Georgia - Secure Computing
August 18, 2008 - Spammers building new botnet - ComputerWorld
August 15, 2008 - Anti-Georgia spammers building new botnet - Network World

Fake CNN & MSNBC spam and malware

August 19, 2008 - CNN and MSNBC scam over for now - Birmingham News
August 17, 2008 - University warns of MSNBC spam trend - Baltimore Sun
August 14, 2008 - Latest round of spam e-mails posing as MSNBC news alerts - Birmingham News
August 13, 2008 - Fake CNN, MSNBC spam claims Elizabeth Taylor murdered, Mary-Kate Olsen killed Ledger - Los Angeles Times
August 13, 2008 - Spam Scam - CBS 42
August 7, 2008 - UAB expert says to beware links to fake CNN headlines - Birmingham News

DNS Flaw

August 7, 2008 - Race to Stay Ahead of Hackers in Fixing a Massive Internet Flaw - Digital Transactions

Botmaster AKILL Sentencing

July 20, 2008 - Clever, but not a genius - New Zealand Herald
July 15, 2008 - Botnet master Akill set free in New Zealand - IDG News

Romanian Cybercriminals arrested

July 18, 2008 - Romanian Cybercrime Ring Busted - SC Magazine

Chinese hackers and Congressional computers

Older News

April 3, 2008 - Men fall harder than women for Internet fraud, study finds - MacWorld
March 31, 2008 - BBC "The World Today" - (no longer online)
January 23, 2008 - Students need to be aware of phishing, spyware - UAB Kaleidoscope
December 27, 2007 - Hackers Lurk in Many Holiday Emails - Consumer Affairs
November 25, 2007 - E-mail from old 'friend' may not be friendly - The Huntsville Times
November 18, 2007 - Online crooks often escape prosecution - San Jose Mercury News
December 5, 2007 - Ukrainian botnet sent Ron Paul spam - ComputerWorld
November 2, 2007 - Ron Paul Supporters May be Using 'Botnets' - Fox News
October 31, 2007 - 'Criminal' Botnet Stumps for Ron Paul, Researchers Allege - WIRED Magazine

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