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UK spam mountain just got bigger
News He said: "Spamming is now done by organised crime using local gangs who know how to target customers and how to make their spam look legitimate. Field said: "It tends to go in cycles who they target with gangs tending to target the banks with most... [12 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 e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a... [08 Jul 2008]
Digital and Electronic Crime; An Overview
White Paper In the wired age, where connectivity is all no one is safe from computer crime attack. This article assesses and presents an overview of the threats posed by the digital and electronic crime. Governments, Military organizations, Banks and virtually... [03 Jul 2008]
A Practical Approach to Managing Phishing
White Paper Surely only a few individuals, who have been living a life of seclusion on the French Riviera for the last few years, won't know what the crime of "phishing" is. In short, phishing is a "con trick" by which consumers are sent email purporting to... [21 May 2008]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News The police body tasked with fighting e-crime in the UK has revealed some of its cyber crimefighting successes - but e-crime still appears a low priority. The Serious Organised Crime Agency's (Soca) 2007 to 2008 report details work by the agency... [15 May 2008]
FSA warns banks to wise up on security
News Speaking at the FSA annual conference on financial crime, FSA director, financial crime and intelligence division Philip Robinson said: "It is worrying that despite increased public awareness of the impact that identity theft can have on customers... [25 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?
Comment Because most internet crime cases involve misuse of bank accounts and bank or credit cards, how banks treat losses to the customer's accounts is paramount to maintaining consumer confidence in online trading. [15 Apr 2008]
e-Crime Crackdown - silicon.com launches national campaign
News Compounding this shortfall is the fact that Soca focuses mainly on computer crime linked to major international drug and people smuggling and fraud - leaving everyday phishing, hacking, distributed denial of service and other malicious attacks to... [12 Mar 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment The threat of terrorism is soaking up funds badly needed to combat cyber crime. The urgent question we need to answer - whether at conference, government, business or law-enforcement level - is does any effective counter-measure exist to challenge... [27 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: Lords above!
Comment Their other suggestions included increasing resources for the police to deal with internet-based crime, and allowing victims of online card fraud to report to the police - rather than to the banks which seem reluctant to act in many cases. [27 Feb 2008]
Lords take fresh look at data security
News Other recommendations ignored included increasing resources and skills for the police to deal with internet-based crime and the reversal of the requirement that victims of online card fraud report the crime to their banks rather than to the police. [22 Feb 2008]
Commerzbank gets ready for Sepa
News But the Sepa changes also mean there will be a greater opportunity for organised crime to move money around Europe to avoid detection. It should pave the way for cheaper cross-border payments charges for consumers across Europe and allow European... [15 Jan 2008]
Police seek full costs of HMRC CD search
News At the investigation's peak, 47 detectives from the Met's Specialist and Economic Crime Command were charged with searching for the two CDs that went missing in October last year after a junior official at the HMRC sent them unrecorded in the post... [14 Jan 2008]
Building society installs anti-money laundering tech
News According to Newcastle Group financial crime manager David Moore, this activity was sufficient up until a few years ago, when the building society branched out into offering a savings account platform for third-party financial services companies. [11 Dec 2007]
Security experts slam HMRC over data loss
News Monitoring your bank account is no defence against this crime. It is likely banks will suffer as a result of the breach, according to Gartner analyst Aviva Litan, as they are forced to go into emergency response mode. [22 Nov 2007]
