CYBERCRIME RESOURCES

Featured Sites:

United State Internet Crime Task Force- A non-profit agency comprised of law enforcement officers around the US united for a common cause to stop the exploitation of our Nation's children and curbing internet fraud.

Computer Security Resource Center - A great site, operated and maintained by NIST's Computer Security Division as a service to the computer security and IT community.

Internet Crime Complaint Center - IFCC's mission is to address fraud committed over the Internet. For victims of Internet fraud, IFCC provides a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of a suspected criminal or civil violation.

Computer Crime Research Center - An excellent computer crime portal, with extensive information.

CCIPS (Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, US.. Dept. of Justice - The U.S. Dept. of Justice's cyber crime site. Provides specific directions for different types of cyber crime.

McAfee AVERT (Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team) - The top-ranked anti-virus research center in the world, employing researchers in 16 different countries.

NIPC (National Infrastructure Protection Center- the NIPC's mission is to serve as the U.S. government's focal point for threat assessment, warning, investigation, and response for threats or attacks against our critical infrastructures.

Carnegie Mellon CERT Coordination Center - The foremost online resource to study Internet security vulnerabilities, provide incident response services to sites that have been the victims of attack, publish a variety of security alerts, do research in wide-area-networked computing, and develop information and training to help you improve security at your site.

• Access Center - Internet privacy resources
  
• AntiOnline - Computer security news and resources
  
• Business Software Alliance - An agency that deals with software piracy
  
• Children's Protection and Advocacy Coalition
  
• CIAC Internet Hoaxes
  
• Computer Virus Hoaxes - The Police Notebook
  
• Council of Europe's Convention on Cyber-Crime - Detailed treatises on Europe's view of cyber-crime.
  
• CyberAngels - the online branch of New York's Guardian Angels
  
• Data Fellows - Virus Security site
  
• Epic.org - The Electronic Privacy Information Center is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.
  
• Gonzaga University's CyberJurisdiction and CyberCrime - Excellent academic research on the current state of cyberlaw.
  
• HTCIA - High Technology Crime Investigation Association is dedicated to improving methods for investigating and prosecuting crimes involving advanced technologies.
  
• The High Tech Crime Consortium
  
• How to Report Internet Crimes - The Dept. of Justice tutorial on which offices you should use to report different types of Internet-related crimes.
  
• IACIS - International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists is a non-profit corporation composed of law-enforcement professionals who have been trained in the forensic science of seizing and processing evidence from computer systems.
  
• Institute for Law and Justice's - stalking in cyberspace resource.
  
• Microsoft's security section- Microsoft's fixes, patches and security alerts section.
  
• Online Predators Exposed - a blog discusses online predators and how to deal with them.
  
• The Police Officer's Internet Directory
  
• Security-Focus
  
• Security Portal
  
• Symantec Anti-Virus Research Center
  
• Take Down - Tsutomu Shimomura's book site about the pursuit and capture of Kevin Mitnik. An excellent book, documenting a detailed insight into the tracking of a legendary hacker.
  
• University of Dayton's Cybercrimes Site - Details on how to report cyber crime from the University of Dayton School of Law.
  
• WHOA Women Halting Online Abuse - A volunteer organization that has been working since 1997 to fight online harassment through education of the general public, education of law enforcement personnel, and empowerment of victims.
  
• Web Police - claims to be " the largest international crime fighting organization in the world dedicated to serving and protecting citizens of the Internet community".
  
• WiredPatrol - A good place to report child porn sites, cyberstalking and cyber emergencies.
  
• TechTv's CyberCrime Glossary- A comprehensive cyber-crime definition list.
  
• Xaragua - Providing post Internet fraud and abuse investigative services.
  
• Zeno's Forensic Website

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