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The Weekly Round-Up: 07.08.09
Round-Up The cyber driving instructor system will assess drivers' performance by analysing common manoeuvres such as cornering and braking. Barclays has been using much the same idea to jazz up a dull subject - ebusiness... [07 Aug 2009]
Jonathan Zittrain
AS Profile As cyber law professor at the University of Oxford, Jonathan Zittrain's expertise and razor-sharp insight has established him as an authority on the future of the internet. He burst into the limelight in 2008 with his... [07 Oct 2008]
Are we losing the security war?
Comment Five years ago, hopes were high that cyber crime could be cracked. A short cyber crime story on Al Jazeera TV on Sunday made me realise that this year's Infosec show in London had passed me by, almost... [29 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?
Comment And check out our interview with the FBI cyber crime chief. Security was tortuously slow which meant less time in duty-free or splashing out in the fancy restaurants. It's a small claim to fame, I know,... [16 Apr 2008]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
Comment We think that this is one area where a lot can be done, individual users could do more to educate themselves on security and that would have an impact on the overall cyber threat. On the explosive growth... [15 Apr 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment The threat of terrorism is soaking up funds badly needed to combat cyber crime. After all, if the FBI only has a team of 100 officers to deal with all cyber crime offences and Interpol has perhaps only... [27 Feb 2008]
Q&A: Bruce Schneier, CTO of BT Counterpane
Comment Security expert Bruce Schneier is well-known for his candid views on the security industry - one of the reasons he was named as one of this year's Agenda Setters.silicon.com caught up with Schneier at... [23 Oct 2007]
Leader: Time to rethink cyber crime priorities
Leader And of course, silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign has been trying to make businesses and government take data security more seriously, and to improve the reporting of cyber crime in the UK. We're... [24 Aug 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.06.07
Round-Up Good news for all would-be cyber criminals: nearly half the people in the UK don't know what a phishing email is. Michael Barrett, chief information security officer of PayPal (among the brands worst hit... [22 Jun 2007]
Analysis: How to catch a cyber criminal? Do it yourself
Comment The problem for traditional law enforcement in tackling cyber crime is, Charney said, the sheer scale and international nature of the task. One big attraction for anyone getting into cyber crime is the... [24 Apr 2006]
Opinion: The fight against e-crime is failing
Comment Though businesses are becoming more aware of the need to invest in security, government and law enforcement are still woefully unprepared to catch cyber criminals, says Simon Moores. The 2006 Congress... [11 Apr 2006]
Opinion: What a year it's been for e-crime
Comment Still, even with the relatively low odds of being caught, only a very desperate or audacious cyber criminal is going to domicile himself in the UK. Warmer climates with lots of cybercafés and little or no... [15 Mar 2006]
Q&A: Cisco CSO John Stewart
Comment The networking giant was already a target for cyber attacks but that move probably put even more heat on its security team. Cisco Systems drew the ire of the hacking community last summer when it decided... [17 Feb 2006]
Opinion: Microsoft vs Linux - the Empire strikes back?
Comment I'm not saying that the Windows platform itself is more intrinsically secure but that in a world increasingly swamped by cyber crime, business and consumers are possibly more confident in a single source of leadership... [23 Nov 2005]
Leader: The beginning of the end for 419 scams?
Leader The EFCC is also taking a tougher line on cyber cafes and other service providers used by the criminals to perpetrate their scams - and it seems criminals might start taking note, given that the average sentence in... [14 Oct 2005]
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