cyber crime
RSS cyber crimeCopyright holders 'smiling' at sinking of Pirate Bay
News Still, Rick Carnes, president of the Songwriters' Guild of America, said he and everybody else "put out of business by cyber-looting" was smiling after the verdict. They are turning the internet into a... [20 Apr 2009]
Police launch £1bn-worth of e-crime investigations
News But we can use the money we have got to build a capability across the country to establish a reporting centre for the public, to provide regional e-crime centres that can deal with the packages of intelligence that come... [25 Mar 2009]
The state of security in carrier service delivery: 2006 survey results
White Paper Security simply has not been built into IP or wireless communications protocols, and as these new services gain increased adoption, they will become an increasingly attractive target for the cyber-crime... [18 Mar 2009]
Does Size Matter? The security challenge of the SMB
White Paper If a business does become a victim of a cyber crime attack, on average, it can take an entire week to get their business back up and running. According to a recent survey conducted by McAfee, many small... [18 Mar 2009]
How organized crime is profiting from the Internet
White Paper This report examines how international cyber criminals are moving away from homes and into public places such as Internet cafes and Wi-Fi enabled coffee shops. Organized crime is capitalizing on every... [18 Mar 2009]
London Olympics cyber cops hit the ground running
News The UK's new cyber crime unit has been tasked with protecting the London 2012 Games from hackers and online criminals. The Police Central E-Crime Unit (PCeU) is in talks with Atos Origin... [13 Jan 2009]
Full steam ahead for police plans to hack home PCs
News The European Union Council of Ministers approved a plan in November 2008 to grant law-enforcement authorities in member states the power to perform remote searches of suspects' computers, as well as to perform 'cyber... [05 Jan 2009]
Is that a police station in your pocket?
News I would say that we are about two or three years away from that - all we need to do is to agree where our priorities are and discover those killer applications," he told silicon.com.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown... [16 Dec 2008]
UK police: 'We need crime breathalysers for PCs'
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, architect of the UK's Police Central E-crime Unit (PCeU), said frontline police ideally need a digital forensic tool as easy to use as the breathalyser, to help them deal with... [11 Dec 2008]
Jobless techies turning to crime
News Both PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and security vendor Finjan are forecasting that the recession will fuel a significant rise in insider fraud and cyber crime in 2009. A PwC forensic expert claims the... [11 Dec 2008]
Help us find the fraudsters, police ask business
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, joint architect of the PCeU, said it is a priority for police forces nationwide to get ready for an influx of cyber crime reports when the National Fraud... [10 Dec 2008]
Europe to get cyber crime alert system
News Europe is to get a cyber crime alert system as part of an EU drive to fight online criminals. Europol, the European law enforcement body, is to get €300,000 to build the alert system to pool reports... [28 Nov 2008]
UK consumers worth £14k each to cyber criminals
News It echoes a recent report by the Corporate IT Forum that found 65 per cent of UK businesses had seen a rise in cyber attacks such as distributed denial of service assaults or malware infections. The value of the average... [17 Nov 2008]
Cops enlist HAL in fight against crime
News Looking at how AI techniques can boost digital forensics, the government-funded Cyber Security Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) will examine the potential use of AI in web counter-terrorism surveillance, fighting... [05 Nov 2008]
UK Plc feels abandoned to cyber crime onslaught
News The majority of UK businesses, 65 per cent, have seen an increase in cyber crime attacks, with a quarter having suffered a DDoS attack or had their corporate systems infected by malware, the Corporate IT... [03 Nov 2008]
