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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 unnoticed.

Tags: security, e-crime, cyber crime

[29 Apr 2008]

National fraud reporting centre to arrive next year

News A spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said: "A proof-of-concept model is being developed and will be tested from the summer, for six months, with aim to identify what information is not being compared currently and join up information that...

Tags: security, cyber crime, fraud

[28 Apr 2008]

Police e-crime unit set for green light

News We're looking at days rather than months.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit. We want to hear your views about this campaign and your experiences of being a victim of cyber crime.

Tags: funding, government, police, e-crime

[25 Apr 2008]

Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'

News Mobile devices are going to become the next big target for cyber criminals who will be helped by the greater availability of tools to develop software for them. Speaking to silicon.com at Infosec 2008 in London, former advisor to the White House on...

Tags: criminals, schmidt, security, sdk

[24 Apr 2008]

Cool tech gets down with the kids

News In this respect, Jones said cyber crime can be a barometer of social dissatisfaction - pointing to illegal music downloads as an example of younger generations' mass dissatisfaction with restrictive digital distribution models.

Tags: ipod, apple, virtual worlds

[23 Apr 2008]

Dear silicon.com... File-sharers, women in tech and the price of 'experts'

Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Photos: Australian broadband goes for a deep-sea dive ¦ FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat ¦ Peter...

Tags: file-sharers, home office, women

[17 Apr 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.

Tags: cyber crime, e-crime, phishing

[16 Apr 2008]

Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?

Comment And check out our interview with the FBI cyber crime chief. It's a small claim to fame, I know, but I was one of the passengers who flew from the newly opened Heathrow Terminal 5 last week - and my luggage even came with me.

Tags: project, t5, ba

[16 Apr 2008]

FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat

Comment The growth of international cyber crime and terrorism over the past five years has spurred the FBI to establish dedicated cyber squads at each of its 56 field offices across the US and support 70 cyber task forces nationwide, backed up by global...

Tags: security, malware, cyber crime

[15 Apr 2008]

The state of security in carrier service delivery: 2006 survey results

whitepaper Security simply has not been built into IP or wireless communications protocols, and as these new services gain increased adoption, they will become an increasingly attractive target for the cyber-crime organizations currently targeting the data...

Tags: voip - ip telephony, carrier, crime, delivery

[11 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...

Tags: criminals, government, us, cyber crime

[09 Apr 2008]

UK businesses: No one cares about cyber attacks!

News UK businesses are calling for a national police cyber crime unit as a growing number of companies fall victim to e-crime. More than three quarters (74 per cent) of the nearly 4,000 organisations that responded to The Invisible Crime: A Business...

Tags: e-crime, cyber crime

[09 Apr 2008]

Nato allies form cyber defence command

News We need to be ahead of the bad guys, the threat can come from many sources, cyber crime, cyber terrorism or state activity. Nato is creating a cyber command to protect its allies against crippling online attacks on national infrastructure.

Tags: cyber, defence, nato

[08 Apr 2008]

UK a hotbed for cyber crime

News The cost of global e-crime surged to a record $240m last year, with the UK ranking number two in the world for cyber criminals. Online reporting body the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is reporting a $40m jump in the cost of international e...

Tags: e-crime, cyber crime, security

[08 Apr 2008]

Cyber crime: Police not taking it seriously

News Just six per cent said cyber crime should be a lower priority for police and 11 per cent of silicon.com readers said the police have the balance "about right".silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police...

Tags: hacking, police, e-crime

[07 Apr 2008]

UK 'failing on cyber crime'

News Shadow home secretary David Davis said a crime is committed online in the UK "every ten seconds" - costing UK businesses £10bn a year.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit.

Tags: pceu, cyber crime, e-crime crackdown

[03 Apr 2008]

Gov't pledges to take e-crime seriously

News The government has pledged to meet with law enforcers to forge new policies on tackling cyber crime.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit. The centre would provide leadership and expertise to...

Tags: e-crime, e-crime crackdown, cyber crime, crime

[26 Mar 2008]

Prosecutor's Office Puts Server System on Trial and Cuts Support Costs by at Least 30%

whitepaper The Rockingham County Attorney's office prosecutes criminal cases in the county, including cyber infractions, yet the domain controller they were using for day-to-day business was, if not a crime, at least erratic and unpredictable.

Tags: application servers, domain, county, controller

[23 Mar 2008]

PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech

News He said: "I can confirm that, to meet future security needs, we have set aside funds to modernise our interception capability; that, at GCHQ and in the Secret Intelligence Service, we are developing new technical capabilities to root out terrorism...

Tags: gordon brown, cyber crime, security, funding

[20 Mar 2008]

Dear silicon.com... NHS 'savings', e-crime coppers, skills crisis?...

Comment Small businesses and web start-ups will simply not be able to afford proposed costs, giving cyber criminals the knowledge of who to attack, who is likely to be the most vulnerable. With most e-crime targeting UK business coming from servers in...

Tags: vista, skills, nhs, e-crime

[20 Mar 2008]

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