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E-crime and Hacking

Hacking and cyber crime continue to make the headlines, with ever more divisive attempts in play to steal data from networks and systems. Potentially sizable financial gains are attracting criminals from organised crime and the knowledge being created in this area is giving rise to a new wave of industrial espionage.

In this special report, we examine how businesses can best protect themselves from today's threats, analyse the latest trends in malware and look at how governments can overcome the challenges in tracking down cyber criminals.


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Analysis: A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime

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Analysis: A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime
Cyber crime is clearly an international problem. Yet certain parts of the world still get blamed for particular threats. Is there any basis to this? Will Sturgeon takes a trip around the globe to investigate.


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Opinion: What's the point of security?
Security trade shows are booming - but does that mean companies are any safer?

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Analysis: How to catch a cyber criminal? Do it yourself
Though law enforcement has come a long way in fighting e-crime, its efforts are still only scratching the surface and businesses are learning they must build cases against culprits themselves.

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Analysis: What's the next malware threat?
Gone are the days of simple worms and viruses. Now botnets and phishing dominate malware. But what's next? Ron Condon reports.

Opinion: The fight against e-crime is failing

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Opinion: The fight against e-crime is failing
Though businesses are becoming more aware of the need to invest in security, police and law enforcement are still woefully unprepared to catch cyber criminals, says Simon Moores.


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Leader: UK FBI risks abandoning e-crime victims
If SOCA is going to fight e-crime it needs to make it easier for the public - and business - to report problems. Otherwise it could be kicking the fight against internet crime back into touch.

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Will SOCA kick online fraud into touch?
Tony Blair has launched the UK's very own FBI to fight back against organised crime. But will e-crime get lost in the mix?

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Opinion: What a year it's been for e-crime
Looking back at the past year, it seems the security threats to businesses are only becoming more pervasive and more costly.

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E-crime and Hacking News

UK record industry in illegal file-sharing crackdown
Bots will sniff out perpetrators…

Kevin Mitnick has little sympathy for Nasa hacker
'Gary McKinnon... he's the UFO guy, right?'

Charities vulnerable to major security risks
But many are waking up to the need to be as secure as private sector companies...

UK Nasa hacker loses extradition fight
Judge paves way for Gary McKinnon to be tried in the US...

US hacker gets five years in the slammer
Infected 400,000 computers...

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