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RSS criminalsNetwork Associates issues funloving virus warning
News When executed, the virus launches a message saying "Fun Loving Criminals" and tries to shut down the computer. Security company Network Associates has issued a warning about a virus called Funlove.4099 that it found in... [15 Nov 1999]
Norwegian customs seizes 'Internet drugs'
News Otherwise, he claimed, "It's handing a business opportunity to criminals. The Norwegian customs authorities have reported a 2,000 per cent increase in seizures of illegal medical products this year. The dramatic rise in... [28 Oct 1999]
Lax US encryption export laws will benefit criminals warns Reno
News US Attorney General, Janet Reno, is warning that the relaxation of encryption export laws will benefit criminals as well as businesses. But at a White House news conference, Reno warned: "We must recognise that the... [17 Sep 1999]
Techno-crime steals the limelight in NCIS report
News Organised crime in the UK is already estimated to be worth £50bn a year, and criminals are increasingly adapting modern technology to their purposes, according to John Abbott, head of the National Criminal Intelligence... [07 Sep 1999]
US cybercrime legislation 'patently absurd'
News Privacy groups are up in arms over US government proposals that law enforcement agencies be given the authority to enter computer systems of suspected criminals. Draft legislation - which would give security forces the... [23 Aug 1999]
London police switch on to Jasmine
News London's Metropolitan Police has chosen Jasmine, the information infrastructure system from Computer Associates (CA) to run its database of images of criminals. The deal forms part of the 'digitally driven policing'... [23 Jun 1999]
Top prosecutor warns of cybercrime menace
News He claimed the "jurisdictional difficulties and anonymity of the Internet" offer improved opportunities for criminals to indulge in deviant behaviour. The director of public prosecutions, David Calvert-Smith, has warned... [22 Jun 1999]
Encryption chief praises power of the Net
News In an interview with Silicon.com, the founder of encryption software development company, Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) played down growing media fears that the Net encourages terrorism by giving potential criminals access... [11 May 1999]
Court overturns US encryption export ban
News The ruling is a blow to the US government, which has long argued that restrictions on encryption are necessary to keep the technology out of the hands of criminals. A US court has ruled that restrictions on the export of... [07 May 1999]
Zergo offers key escrow compromise
News Zergo's suggestion is that the police's right to access encryption keys should be restricted to suspected criminals only. Security specialist Zergo has come up with an alternative to key escrow in response to the UK... [01 Apr 1999]
Hackers provide the key to cybersecurity
News Pearson said: "Escrow is an expensive, ineffectual and blunt method of routing out criminals. The UK government should employ hackers to crack criminal communications, according to Tim Pearson, chairman of the Internet... [09 Mar 1999]
Stand urges MPs to fight encryption proposals
News Not only will they have to pay to set the technology up, it leaves them open to criminals and corporate espionage - if an encryption key is given out to the police it becomes easier to obtain. UK Web pressure group,... [15 Dec 1998]
UK police force spends £2m on database
News The authority plans to integrate the system with the National Criminal Database - used by every regional force in the country to get access to information about known crimes and convicted criminals. West Midlands Police... [05 Nov 1998]
NatWest buys into 5th Generation
News Current policy at ACPO (the Association of Chief Police Officers) is that emails cannot even prove association between criminals. UK high-street bank NatWest has bought a major stake in 5th Generation Messaging - a UK... [15 Oct 1998]
UK police and ISPs debate legal access to email
News Mitchell believed the ACPO initiative will encourage ISPs to set up a mutual system for tracking the emails of known criminals. Police and Internet service providers (ISP) in the UK have started working together to... [18 Sep 1998]
