criminals in comment and analysis
How to secure your on-the-go data
Comment Personal information about employees or customers can be used by criminals for identity theft. Worried about sensitive data on portable devices? Quocirca's Fran Howarth explains how to make sure it's safe and sound. [30 Jul 2009]
Inbox: Home Office hacking powers go too far
Comment For the police to obtain access means hacking into a computer just as the criminals do. The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. [23 Jan 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.01.09
Round-Up But before any of those fuming denizens of middle England (who haven't already rushed off to write a letter to their local MP) pass out with moral outrage, it should be pointed out that there are safeguards in place to stop... [16 Jan 2009]
Inbox: "Stupendous incompetence" from DfT
Comment It is idiot ideas that cost the taxpayers billions of pounds so that the police can keep tabs on the innocent majority whilst the real criminals get away. What about the real criminals? The latest... [19 Dec 2008]
Inbox: Brits baying for blood over ID
Comment But is it 100% safe against criminals hacking and changing data? The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. This week, ID cards were in the... [24 Nov 2008]
Is Nokia losing its enterprise mojo?
Comment Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals Nokia has announced it will stop marketing its own unified communications offerings for enterprise mobility. Natasha Lomas asks if the Mighty Finn has fallen out of love with business... [06 Oct 2008]
Legal Eye: Who's tracking your online trail?
Comment And that means everyone from ex-colleagues and employers to prospective partners or would-be criminals can, with relatively little effort, now access your personal information by following the trail we leave online,... [01 Oct 2008]
Regulators cracking down on outsourcers
Comment Just last week sensitive information on criminals was lost by a Home Office contractor - and this weekend it has emerged data on 5,000 staff also has gone missing, resulting in embarrassment and front page headlines in... [09 Sep 2008]
The Naked CIO: Going public about privacy
Comment But are we criminals? The outcry about the amount of data held on individuals is entirely understandable, says the Naked CIO. Our lives would clearly be much better if more information were held. Over the past few years... [21 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Prison IT, iPhone wi-fi, and the clock ticking on XP...
Comment We are constantly warned about the increasing numbers of high-tech crimes committed and here's our dear old government training convicted criminals to go and work in IT. First thing on readers' hit-lists this month was... [19 Jun 2008]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
Comment Scott O'Neal oversees the FBI's response to computer hacking and botnet attacks by criminals, terrorists and foreign powers. The cyber division is one of the faster growing operational departments within the FBI. [15 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?
Comment Phishing in particular, where members of the public are tricked into providing bank details or passwords by bogus emails, remains the method of choice for e-criminals. The banks and building societies have just signed up... [15 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... iPlayer vs ISPs, rip off outsourcing, social networking…
Comment It may even be negative.giving people false assurance that something is being done when it won't stop any criminals. This week readers are getting riled up by 'rip off' government outsourcing deals (with one reader... [10 Apr 2008]
People are mugs over identity theft
Comment Perhaps it's time individuals took a leaf out of business's book and adopted a personal information policy that will make life harder for criminals, says Simon Moores. At last month's e-Crime Congress in London we heard... [08 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: Is encryption really the silver bullet?
Comment It is notable that criminals, paedophiles and terrorists have been among the first to adopt the use of encryption to protect emails and data from inspection. But organisations would be wrong to pin all their hopes on it,... [27 Mar 2008]
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