cybercrime in comment and analysis
Editor's Blog: An everyday tale of e-crime
Comment Identity fraud and cybercrime are of course difficult to investigate and because of the way they regularly cross international boundaries it's hard to get a conviction. We want to hear your thoughts and experiences of cybercrime. [13 Mar 2008]
Leader: Fraud - both a public and private sector problem
Leader No - while it is worth there being programmes run by the government, commercial organisations are best placed to cut down on cybercrime. It seems there are dozens of stories being written at the moment about schemes to protect gullible consumers... [09 Aug 2005]
Leader: Call centre security lessons
Leader It will take more than 'move along, nothing to see here' statements like this to reassure businesses and customers about the security of offshore operations and the breach will undoubtedly lead to more calls for stronger Indian data protection and... [11 Apr 2005]
Opinion: Is cybercrime unstoppable?
Comment Simon Moores reports on the state of cybercrime - and why it's so difficult to fight. Online crime is growing at breakneck speed while law enforcement, try as they might, have a hard time keeping up. The quiet bombshell dropped by Alan Jebson... [11 Apr 2005]
Criminal IT: How good security helps convict cybercriminals
Comment In cybercrime cases, computers often act as 'witnesses' providing digital evidence for or against the accused. But, asks Neil Barrett, how can we know whether to trust machines for this essential task? [23 Mar 2005]
Criminal IT: What you can do to help the fight against cybercrime
Comment Neil Barrett gives some insight into how IT workers can help law enforcement and expert witnesses like himself when prosecuting cybercriminals. My day job is a rather unusual one; I'm a computer expert witness, principally in criminal prosecutions... [23 Feb 2005]
Leader: Is ignorance bliss?
Leader Has your bank been a victim of a website hack or similar act of cybercrime? There is a strong belief among those in the security industry that the majority of cybercrime still goes unreported for a number of reasons - namely in preservation of... [26 Jan 2005]
Opinion: UK needs cybercrime strategy
Comment One way to help prevent online fraud and protect all of our PCs from viruses, worms and the like is for the UK government to come up with a national plan to fight cybercrime. But so far, says Simon Moores, there's been little progress towards such... [13 Jan 2005]
Leader: How to jail a cybercriminal
Leader A common frustration among those in the more technical circles of society is the apparent inability of law-makers and prosecutors to provide a real deterrent to cybercrime in the courts. If we are to see a greater array of convictions for... [12 Jan 2005]
Leader: Oh, hello... the police have woken up
Leader However, this is exaggerated by the fact few have made the link between cybercrime and the fact it often funds far more serious offline crimes, such as the trafficking of drugs and humans, and the layers of violence that surround such operations. [16 Aug 2004]
Security Q&A: Your questions answered (Part 1)
Comment Cybercrime appears to be becoming a lot more serious for today's businesses. Adam Monks asks: "From the bored kid in his bedroom to organised gangs in Eastern Europe, the problem of cybercrime appears to be becoming a lot more serious for today's... [04 Aug 2004]
Leader: Of course Linux is more secure...
Leader So why shouldn't those in the business of cybercrime not want to target the biggest returns? Research out today found that 78 per cent of developers working with Linux claim never to have had their systems hacked - cue widespread praise for the... [03 Aug 2004]
Analysis: What Europe (still) doesn't get about tech
Comment A recent exhibit, the Council of Europe's cybercrime treaty, is available for review at the group's website. Declan McCullagh, from silicon.com's sister site CNET News.com, offers his perspective on why the US is a more attractive option than... [23 Jun 2004]
Leader: Police must do more to stop phishing
Leader Industry groups say the police lack the resources - both funds and personnel - to properly fight cybercrime. Online scams are nothing new. Perhaps the most common and detrimental type these days is the phishing scam, whereby con artists send out... [28 May 2004]
Leader: Technology key to fighting 21st Century crime
Leader The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit will come under the remit of the new agency and will hopefully provide much needed focus for the unit, which has battled against limited government funding and apathy from the business world in reporting cybercrime. [09 Feb 2004]
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