The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has just released a new logo and new information on their site, www.FBI.gov. Here's a quick summary of the information available on the site.

New Logo: Old Logo:

About the new logo: "Did you notice that 'new' FBI seal in the corner? Only 5 stars; no laurel leaves; shield moved up to the top of the blue field. That's the official FBI Anti-Piracy seal, just unveiled today... and you'll be seeing a lot of it in the days to come. Not just on the warning screens of videos and DVDs, but on the millions and millions of CDs, games, software packages, and other digital media that are produced each year."

So the old worn-out logo is gone. What else is new? The first page, "Pirates in Cyberspace", gives an overview of some of the new crimes to watch out for. Here's an example:

"If P2P software isn't configured correctly, it can open up your entire hard drive for others to see and download. If you're on a P2P network, you could be bumping up against all the worms and viruses carried by other users of that network. And you could become a carrier of worms and viruses that are written by misanthropic hackers specifically to spread via popular P2P networks. Run don't walk to our cyber letter, addressed to you, for details on these issues and on the crimes associated with P2P networks."

If you need more details, you can click on the link to the Cyber Letter detail page, which goes into much more detail about the concepts and issues:

"Peer-to-Peer networks also have been abused by hackers. Because these systems potentially expose your computer and files to millions of other users on the network, they also expose your computer to worms and viruses. In fact, some worms have been specifically written to spread by popular Peer-to-Peer networks. Also, if Peer-to-Peer software is not properly configured, you may be unknowingly opening up the contents of your entire hard drive for others to see and download your private information."

There are lots of other interesting facts and links, be sure to visit the site.