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• Cisco disrupts $60M ransomware biz

  Finds Angler servers at a Dallas hosting provider during research

• iiNet investigates hacking claim

  iiNet subsidiary Westnet has confirmed that it is investigating an alleged database hack.

• Interpol battling 'crime-as-a-service'

  Purchasing stolen credentials is so easy that anyone with a couple of hours of Google research and not many technical skills can do it according to Interpol cyber innovation and outreach project manager Steve Honiss.

• Stupid hacker tricks: Exploits gone bad

  If the Internet is the new Wild West, then hackers are the wanted outlaws of our time. And like the gun-slinging bad boys before them, all it takes is one wrong move to land them in jail.

• OAIC should have more power: Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre

  The UNSW Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre has called on the Federal Government to expand the Office of the Information Commissioner’s (OAIC) powers to better protect personal information and privacy online.

• AusCERT 2011: Police lack tools to combat cybercrime

  Police officers are behind the eight ball when it comes to dealing with cybercrime, a Queensland Police Service officer has said.

• EMC: RSA SecurID info swiped via sophisticated hack attack

  EMC issued a warning today that hackers have stolen information about its RSA SecurID two-factor authentication that could be used by cybercriminals to more easily breach customers' systems,

• ISPs to retain data for three months if Australia joins European Cybercrime Convention

  Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will be required to retain the browsing history of their customers for up to three months if the Australian Government accedes to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime.

• Australian cyber crime investigation skills lacking says Swinburne professor

  A high number of local cyber crime incidents are not investigated due to a lack of eForensic experts according to Swinburne University ICT dean Professor Leon Sterling.

• New cyber crime intelligence service launched

  A new service to identify enterprise vulnerabilities to cyber-crime attacks is being launched by RSA, the security division of EMC.

• U.S. teams with Italy to fight cyber crime

  The head of the U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the head of the Italian police and the chief executive officer of the Italian Postal Service to set up an international task force to combat cyber crime.