Microsoft donates to national effort fighting cybercrime
by Marcia Savage
Microsoft said Wednesday that it has assigned a full-time analyst and
supplied more than $46,000 in software to the National Cyber-Forensics and
Training Alliance (NCFTA).
NCFTA is a partnership between the FBI, the National White Collar Crime
Center, Carnegie Mellon University, and West Virginia University to bring
together academia, industry, and government to fight cybercrime.
The Microsoft analyst will focus on analyzing real-time data related to
phishing scams and help analyze information for CAN SPAM cases in addition
to facilitating information sharing of industry case data with law
enforcement. The analyst also will help spot computer crime trends and train
law enforcement officials and IT professionals on techniques for
investigating cybercrime
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