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London data centres hit by credit crunch
News It found that not one bank or law firm chose to take up space in London, with new space split roughly two-thirds retail and one-third technology. London's data centre sector has suffered a downturn, with no corporates taking up space in the capital... [04 Jul 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 for a national UK cyber crime police unit. [06 Jun 2008]
Lloyds TSB offshores 450 tech jobs to India
News Hundreds of IT jobs could be lost at Lloyds TSB as part of the bank's plans to offshore 450 posts from the UK to India this year, a trade union is warning. The bank is considering outsourcing further jobs in the programme management office... [19 May 2008]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News Notable cyber crime success include Operation Ajowan, where Soca broke up a website where criminals traded stolen bank, credit and identity information that could have cost the UK finance sector at least £6m. [15 May 2008]
Barclays banks on offshore
News Charles Stiller, global servicing new initiatives director at the bank, said its confidence has grown since its first serious foray in 2004 and that it now relies on about eight operational sites in India. [15 May 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo This month silicon.com senior reporter Nick Heath visited India to check out the high-tech goings on in Hyderabad and Chennai. Photo credit: Nick Heath Picture credit: Nick Heath Glowing green excerpts dance across a curved bank of 231 screens and... [29 Apr 2008]
Photos: Discover high-tech India
Photo Photo credit: Nick Heath Photo credit: Nick Heath Photo credit: Nick Heath Photo credit: Nick Heath Photo credit: Nick Heath Photo credit: Nick Heath Photo credit: Nick Heath Photo credit: Nick Heath Photo credit: Nick Heath [28 Apr 2008]
UK phishing attacks shoot up 200 per cent
News The sharp rise is evidence that fraudsters are still using fake emails to trick people into revealing personal information that allows access to their bank accounts, Apacs said. Phishing email attacks on the UK have gone up by 200 per cent this... [16 Apr 2008]
Photos: Eavesdropping on the net
Photo Picture credit: Nick Heath Picture credit: Nick Heath Picture credit: Nick Heath to slightly less challenging queries, such as the pick-up line seen here. Picture credit: Nick Heath Picture credit: Nick Heath [07 Apr 2008]
HSBC loses 370,000 customers' details
News The CD contains the names, dates of birth and insurance-cover levels of people with life assurance at the bank. A spokesman for the bank said that such information was normally sent over an encrypted electronic channel but that it had sent the CD... [07 Apr 2008]
Budget 2008: Tech companies fight for contract windfall
News An £800m environment fund to work with Japan, the US and other countries, as well as the World Bank, to fund clean technologies in developing countries. The technology industry has pledged to fight for a share of a public sector contract windfall... [12 Mar 2008]
e-Crime Crackdown: Timeline
News Warnings issued about cyber bank robbers using account-plundering Trojans UK citizens and businesses have weathered unrelenting attacks from online phishers and hackers in recent years, while witnessing a gradual erosion of the ability of police... [12 Mar 2008]
Police e-crime funding set for green light?
News McMurdie said the unit would also allow forces to share expertise, provide a national bank of contacts in high tech industries, allow businesses and the public to report cyber crime centrally using the Metropolitan Police's Stirling website and... [12 Mar 2008]
Windows-based cash machines 'easily hacked'
News Security experts have hacked ATMs to show how easy it is to steal money and bank account details from modern cash machines. Up to 90 per cent of the ATMs in the UK could be at risk from these attacks as they rely on desktop PC technology - usually... [04 Mar 2008]
HSBC computer fault denies customers account access
News HSBC customers were denied access to their bank accounts at the weekend after an upgrade to a telephone banking system caused a fault in its database. One customer who had their card rejected said the bank's customer service department told him it... [25 Feb 2008]
