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Cyber crime heads to the cloud
News Fraud-as-a-service is opening up computer crime to people with no technical expertise warned Uri Rivner, head of new technology at security company RSA. Cloud computing crimeware means networks of zombie machines can be... [31 Oct 2008]
UK struck by cyber crime wave
News The UK is suffering a cyber crime wave that has seen online financial fraud jump 20 per cent, according to a new report. Reports of cyber crime in the UK rose nine per... [30 Oct 2008]
Cyber crime ring stung by police raid
News The forum, described by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) as "one of the most pernicious online criminal forums in the world", enabled participants to buy and sell personal data, and trade in equipment used in... [17 Oct 2008]
World Bank hit by cyber intrusion epidemic?
News The World Bank Group was first notified of the intrusions by the FBI in September 2007, when the bureau was investigating another cyber crime case involving transactions out of Johannesburg, South Africa. [13 Oct 2008]
Police fraud centre ready for takeoff
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie of the Metropolitan Police Service, one of the architects of the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), has revealed pilots for the National Fraud Reporting Centre are due to kick... [02 Oct 2008]
Do you have what it takes to be an e-caped crusader?
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie of the Metropolitan Police Service - one of the architects of the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) announced today - has proposed recruiting individuals from industry to assist... [01 Oct 2008]
Can £7m dent £105bn cyber crime menace?
News British business has questioned how a newly created £7m police unit will help tackle a global cyber crime industry estimated to be worth £105bn. The unit will also train officers in local forces in... [01 Oct 2008]
Large International Retailer Chooses SSH Tectia for Secure System Administration and Secure File Transfer of Customer and Company Data
White Paper From customer data and credit card numbers to inventory records and corporate financial information, the company must remain ever vigilant to protect sensitive data against the growing threat of... [19 Sep 2008]
UK climbs IT competitiveness rankings
News The EIU report also found that the legal regimes covering intellectual-property protection and cyber crime law are slowly improving in countries such as China. The US remains the most competitive IT... [17 Sep 2008]
'Broken: E-crime policing in the UK'
News E-crime policing in the UK is broken, according to one MP spearheading a new cyber crime fighting taskforce. Former deputy home secretary, MP Alun Michael, told silicon.com that insights... [15 Sep 2008]
Email and web snoop plans slammed - again
News UK security chief at Microsoft and former top cyber security agent for the FBI in the UK Ed Gibson raised similar concerns about the scale of the proposals. It follows an earlier admission by a Home Office spokesperson... [04 Sep 2008]
Virtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
News Virtual worlds are playgrounds not just for people who want some online fantasy role-playing but for cyber criminals who are looking for places to launder money and steal data, according to security firm McAfee. [28 Aug 2008]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News The Lords science and technology committee has called for people to be able to report crime directly to the police, rather than having to rely on banks to pass it on to law enforcers.silicon.com's... [08 Jul 2008]
E-crime unit on track, says police chief
News Plans for a national UK cyber crime policing unit remain on track despite the government stalling on funding, a top cyber cop has said. Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie,... [13 Jun 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News The UK Threat Assessment of Serious Organised Crime pinpoints a surge in attempts to hijack bank accounts using email phishing and key logging malware.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling... [06 Jun 2008]
