Microsoft Launches Internet Crime Portal
Posted by malebolgia on 02 September 2005 - 20:10 · 3 comments & 503 views
At a High Technology Crime Investigation Association event on Wednesday, Microsoft Latest News about Microsoft announced plans to launch a Web site that will aid police in investigating Internet crime. Analysts say the move should resonate with the law enforcement community as a valuable crime-fighting tool. The announcement comes on the heels of the FBI's Microsoft-aided investigation into the origins of the ZoTob worm, which crippled business across the U.S. last month. "Over the past months, cybercrime has gone from casual to malicious to criminal," said Joe Wilcox, a senior analyst at Jupiter Research.

Poised for Battle

Planned resources for the site include online training sessions on how to conduct Internet investigations, extract information from hard drives and trace an IP address back to its source to identify Web site owners. The portal also will offer information on recently passed legislation related to Internet crime. Analysts say that Microsoft's enormous resources and intimate knowledge of its software prompted the creation of the Web portal. Given Microsoft's recent focus on security Latest News about Security and its in-house taskforce of roughly 50 investigators, some analysts see the new portal as a win-win for the company, its users and law enforcement.

News source: NewsFactor

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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by carl0ski on 03 Sep 2005 - 01:54
nice to know they are renaming Microsoft Internet Explorer with a more appropriate name
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by SniperX on 03 Sep 2005 - 06:50
'Cyber'crime? Is that Cyber word still used by people who haven't got the first clue of what they are talking about.
Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by Arcticflare on 03 Sep 2005 - 18:03
"Cyber-crime"... isn't that when someone gets raped on internet relay chat?
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