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Practical prevention guides

For the Australian Government initiative to protect home users and small business online see Stay Smart Online

• Children and internet safety
• Online scams, fraud and identity theft

• Brief guide to assist in preventing e-crime
  Queensland Police Service
• File security
  Queensland Police Service

Children and internet safety

• Good practice guidance for providers of social networking and other user interactive services 2008
  Home Office Task Force on Child Protection on the Internet, London : Home Office. 2008
• Chatting online and Child Safety
  crimereduction.gov.uk, 2006
• Children and the internet
  Queensland Police Service
•  A cybercop's guide to internet child safety (PDF 1.68MB)
  Glen Klinkart, 2002
• Cybersmart : tips for parents and families
  Cybersmart Kids Online
• Family guidebook: because it's a jungle out there
  Parry Aftab, 1997-2004. Information on internet risks and online safety tips for parents, teachers, children and teenagers.
• InSafe safer internet resources
  Safer Internet Exchange Project, European Union Safer Internet Programme
• Internet safety community awareness
  Australian Communications and Media Authority
• Internet Task Force for Child Protection on the Internet
  Home Office (UK)
• NetAlert advice centre
  Internet safety advice
• Protecting children online : an ECPAT guide (PDF 1.13MB)
  ECPAT International, 2002
• Searching the Internet and Child Safety
  crimereduction.gov.uk, 2006
• Security and infocrime guide
  Caslon Analytics, 2004
• Using computers and the internet
  UK Department for Education and Skills (DfES) initiative. Advice and information for parents regarding online bullies and abuse, pornography, pedophiles and other internet safety issues concerning children
• Wired Safety
  Internet safety, awareness and advice

Online scams, fraud and identity theft

• Fraudulent emails and 'phishing' scams
• Identity theft
• Resources for businesses
• Australian e-commerce safety guide 2005 (PDF 720kB)
  eBay Australia
• Consumer rights : scams
  Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
• Fighting spam in Australia : consumer information
  Australian Computer Society
• Fraud and cybercrime advice and information
  Fraud Advisory Panel (UK)
• If it sounds too good to be true...
  Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
• Internet auction fraud
  Queensland Police Service
• Internet scams
  Queensland Police Service
• Online scams
  Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Scamwatch
• Protect your financial identity
  Australian Bankers' Association, the Australian High Tech Crime Centre and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• Online shopping
  Queensland Police Service

Fraudulent emails and 'phishing' scams

• Consumer tour of phishing scams
  Fraud Watch International
• Fraudulent email s: watch out, some look surprisingly genuine
  Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Fido: financial tips and safety checks
• Have you been scammed? Identifying internet and email scams (PDF 98kB)
  Fraud Advisory Panel (UK), 2004
• Phishing - don't take the bait! Avoid being caught by fraudulent email
  Australian Government, Department of Communication, Information Technology and the Arts, fact sheet, 2004
• Phishing scams, emails and websites
  Fraud Watch International
• Spam
  Queensland Police Service
• Spam and internet security information
  Australian Communications and Media Authority

Identity theft

• ID theft - a kit to prevent and respond to identity theft
  National Crime Prevention Programme, Attorney-Generals' Department, 2004
• Identity theft : do you know the signs? (PDF 95kB)
  Fraud Advisory Panel (UK), 2003

Resources for businesses

• E-crime : a crime prevention kit for small business
  Australian Government, 2004
• Fraud and cybercrime advice and information
  Fraud Advisory Panel (UK)
• Good practice in e-tailing
  Crime Reduction (UK)
• Scams : protect your business from them
  Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Recent publications

• Computer security threats faced by small businesses in Australia
  07 February 2012
• Misperceptions about child sex offenders
  30 September 2011
• Cyber threat landscape faced by financial and insurance industry
  21 February 2011
• Online interactions involving suspected paedophiles who engage male children
  10 December 2010
• Cloud computing: Challenges and future directions
  18 October 2010
• Covert and cyber bullying
  26 February 2010
• Crime risks of three-dimensional virtual environments
  23 February 2010
• Online child grooming: a literature review on the misuse of social networking sites for grooming children for sexual offences
  06 July 2009
• Responding to online child sexual grooming: an industry perspective
  06 July 2009
• Top 10 computer security tools used by Australian businesses
  09 June 2009
• Industry sector and the prevalence of computer security incidents against Australian businesses
  09 June 2009
• Computer security incidents experienced by Australian businesses
  09 June 2009
• The Australian Business Assessment of Computer User Security (ABACUS) survey: methodology report
  09 June 2009
• The Australian Business Assessment of Computer User Security: a national survey
  01 June 2009
• New methods of transferring value electronically
  25 May 2009

Recent events

• International Serious and Organised Crime Conference 2010
  18 October 2010
• Australian Consumer Fraud Taskforce Agency Forum 2009
  08 October 2009
• Anti money laundering symposium
  30 September 2002
• Internet Crime
  16 February 1998