F-Secure Calls For "Internetpol" To Fight Crimeware

KingofGnG points out F-Secure's Q3 2008 security summary, in which its Chief Research Officer Mikko Hypponen proposes establishing an "Internetpol," an international organization empowered to target and root out cybercrime anywhere in the world. Hypponen gives examples of why such a supernational force is needed — and these are not hard to find — but provides few details about how such an outfit could get started or how it would work. He does mention the wrinkle that in some countries malware writing, cracking, spamming, and phishing are not illegal or not prosecuted. Is an Internetpol even possible, let alone practical?

Comments

Re:What kind of crime would it fight?

[TooMuchToDo]

THIS!

Re:RBN?

[jonwil]

No the Russian Mafia wont cooperate with this. Which is why you tell Moscow and Putin and Medvedev that if they dont do something about all the internet garbage (malware, spam, botnets, viruses, phishing etc) coming from their country, Russia wont join WTO (if it can work for AllOfMP3, it can work for this crap)

Russia needs the WTO more than the western governments need Russia in the WTO.
The question is, does Russia need the WTO more than they need the Mob?