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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]
UK phishing attacks shoot up 200 per cent
News Apacs said consumers must be vigilant after the number of reported incidents shot up by more than 10,000 during the first quarter of 2008.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit. [16 Apr 2008]
Security 'perfect storm' is a-brewing
News Coviello urged regulators and policy makers to work more closely to tackle the global security threats and said tackling cyber crime needs to be a much higher priority. His warning echoes silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign, which calls for a... [09 Apr 2008]
Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere
News The unit would provide leadership and expertise to co-ordinate investigations nationwide and collate reports from forces across the country, as well as offering a central point of contact for reporting cyber crime. [19 Mar 2008]
Nato: Cyber terrorism 'as dangerous as missile attack'
News Countries also need to resolve issues of law enforcement across national boundaries and the technical challenges of tackling the spread of cyber crime, he added. Nato's cyber defence chief has warned that computer-based terrorism poses the same... [07 Mar 2008]
Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008
Photo As well as backing the alliance, Touré called for a global alliance against cyber security, saying "the whole world has to unite to fight this crime". The industry has until 1 July to voluntarily reduce charges for mobile broadband abroad or face... [18 Feb 2008]
Police unprepared for security 'arms race'
News A former US intelligence tech specialist has warned of the need for a dedicated cyber-crime task force in the UK. Businesses have also called for a dedicated police cyber crime unit. Bret Hartman, CTO at security company RSA and former IT... [14 Feb 2008]
Data breaches misunderstood by gov't, say Lords
News The government has failed to understand the threat to the continued growth of the internet posed by cyber crime, according to the influential House of Lords Science and Technology Committee. The government rejected this, saying there is no clear... [01 Nov 2007]
Viruses - is the threat over?
News The security company has also warned that cyber crime is becoming an increasingly professional business with malware toolkits for sale on the internet. Whether through better security protection or hackers turning their attention to more lucrative... [26 Sep 2007]
Leader: Time to rethink cyber crime priorities
Leader We're often warned of the menace of cyber crime to UK business - and hear plenty of ideas for what needs to be done to fight back. And of course, silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign has been trying to make businesses and government take data... [24 Aug 2007]
BP warns of cyber-terror threat
News Martin also added BP is more likely to be affected by cyber-crime, still a far more likely threat, than cyber-terrorism. There's been a lot of hype about cyber-terrorism and, in a sense, it's been dismissed as a threat but we have to look at how... [25 Jun 2007]
Security 2007: Data theft still the one to watch
News Heiser said: "For approximately five years, we've been experiencing a steady increase in the professionalisation of cyber crime," warning this trend is likely to continue to grow at a worrying rate as criminals within and outside the organisation... [04 Jan 2007]
Cyber crime more feared than muggings or burglary
News Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden warned the public will lose out on the enormous economic and social benefits the internet provides unless the important issue of cyber crime fear is addressed. Consumers are more worried about falling victim to... [09 Oct 2006]
Will RIPA lead to an infestation of Vamp-ires?
News But Caspar Bowden, former director of FIPR warned that introduction of the legislation could lead to a new wave of cyber-attacks. Detective Chief Inspector Matt Sarti told the a meeting organised by the Foundation for Information Policy Research... [15 Aug 2006]
FBI warns 'your corporate data faces theft risk'
News One of the FBI's leading agents in the field of computer crime has warned that industrial espionage and targeted data theft are on the increase. Crowe added: "Computer crime is like white collar crime before Enron. [21 Jul 2006]
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