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Computer Forensics in the NewsProviding Tools, Techniques, and Training to Fight CyberCrimeRecent Media coverageGary 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
June 13, 2008 - Weak evidence links congressmen's cyberattacks to China - InfoWorld
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
Contact Information
Office: Campbell Hall Room 100
Telephone:205.934.8620 E-Mail: gar (at) cis.uab.edu Mailing Addressr:
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