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McAfee has announced its 'Initiative to Fight Cybercrime' which is calling for action to deliver more effective investigations and prosecutions of cybercrime. While it is unlikely we will ever abolish cybercrime, I do believe that we can make the internet a safer place. Cybercrimes often go unreported with the victims unsure of who to report to. Security vendors have warned of an increase in cybercrime during the holiday season. Data will continue to be the primary motive for future cybercrime, according to a 2009 forecast from researchers at Georgia Tech. In its annual crime report released Tuesday, McAfee warned governments that growing cybercriminal activity will have a further impact on consumer confidence. Louis Freeh, former director of the FBI, said Tuesday that pouring resources into the prevention of cyberterrorism can be a difficult sell -- but it can't be for much longer. 24 Romanians believed to be part of an organised cybercrime ring were arrested during the past week. The president's signature is the only thing standing in the way of a rare event: an IT-security related bill becoming law. A recent U.S. Department of Justice survey indicates that the majority of American businesses have detected one or more cyberattacks. A bipartisan bill that would impose harsher restrictions on cyberattacks and permit identity theft victims to seek financial restitution in federal court is on its way to the U.S. House of Representatives after speedily passing through the Senate Thursday night in a unanimous vote. An intricate network of servers operated by Chinese criminals has moved into the void created when the notorious Russian Business Network (RBN) shut down, according to a report from anti-crimeware vendor Finjan. Calls for a new unit dedicated to policing digital crime are growing louder at the same time as the information commissioner laid out ground rules for protecting individual privacy. Cybercrime organisations are today being run by bosses parading as business entrepreneurs, complete with criminal staff. Microsoft's has discovered some interesting new trends in cybercrime. The firm's Research Unit, which has just released its six-monthly Security Intelligence Report, found that the number of attacks designed to steal personal information had risen, as had cases of theft through social engineering. Like many products in this group review, the CWAT (Cybercrime, Warning, Alert, Termination) product takes a modular approach to data leakage prevention. The U.S. House of Representatives is unlikely to take up a tough identity theft law passed by the Senate last month before considering a broader measure proposed by the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, a committee counsel has told SCMagazineUS.com. Brazilian hackers now more technically sophisticated than Russians, "fraud as a service" model emerges. Two U.S. senators have introduced a bipartisan bill that would lower the threshold for what constitutes a cybercrime, while providing law enforcement with additional funds to investigate and prosecute offenders. A highly organised gang of phishers took some time off to rebuild its botnet infrastructure -- but experts expect the scams to return with a vengeance.