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News Notable cyber crime success include Operation Ajowan, where Soca broke up a website where criminals traded stolen bank, credit and identity information that could have cost the UK finance sector at least £6m.
[15 May 2008]
Comment Scott O'Neal oversees the FBI's response to computer hacking and botnet attacks by criminals, terrorists and foreign powers. The cyber crime department's main priority is tackling child pornography but it also combats online fraud, such as phishing...
[15 Apr 2008]
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. Despite the widespread availability of security software and more sophisticated...
[15 Apr 2008]
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. The most commonly reported crime was auction fraud but they also included non-delivery of purchases, credit/debit card...
[08 Apr 2008]
News Lemon said technology played an increasing role in serious crimes handled by Soca - such as people trafficking, drug smuggling and major fraud - that its use was becoming more sophisticated and it was linking up criminals across the globe.
[19 Mar 2008]
News Shadow Home Secretary David Davis launched a stinging attack on the government's track record for tackling e-crime, saying it had exposed every person and business in the UK to online criminals. Paul Simmonds, global head of security for ICI and...
[12 Mar 2008]
News Last June eBay revealed details of a three-year long campaign to curb online fraud by criminals in Romania - leading to several hundred arrests. Lee added that eBay is often successful in tracking down the smaller online criminals but he warned...
[10 Mar 2008]
News He said: "I see the internet more as a shopping mall for criminals with plenty of ATMs around the place. Describing the government policy towards e-crime as showing a "lack of clear leadership", shadow home secretary David Davis revealed Tory plans...
[06 Mar 2008]
whitepaper As retail consumers eschew teller lines and physical check writing in favor of banking and paying bills online, criminals have followed their prey from the ATM and the physical mailbox to the home PC and broadband connection.
[28 Feb 2008]
Comment Criminals are increasingly targeting individuals in cases of financial fraud rather than businesses. Over the past 12 months, leading UK banks such as Barclays have been successful in reducing online fraud.
[27 Feb 2008]
whitepaper Criminals have become more skillful having discovered that there is a significant amount of money to be acquired with very little risk and as such, credit card fraud and identity theft have become much more common place in recent years.
[24 Feb 2008]
News Leading UK banks have been targeted by online criminals who used Storm botnets to unleash phishing attacks. The attacks could mark the emergence of a new threat from the Storm botnet, according to a report from security company RSA's Anti-Fraud...
[15 Feb 2008]
News Fraud in the UK hit a 12-year high last year as criminals increasingly turned to technology. A spokesman for KPMG said high-tech cons such as phishing and other online scams are providing new opportunities for criminals.
[04 Feb 2008]
Round-Up If these data loss scandals continue, and it would take a brave man with a highly casual approach to personal finance to bet against it, surely it would just be more cost-effective for the government to sell the data direct to criminals - just...
[25 Jan 2008]
Comment Law enforcement and government agencies can use geolocation to trace the internet routes of cyber criminals, look at domains and investigate the use-history of IP addresses associated with crimes to prosecute criminals.
[09 Jan 2008]
News The two lost HM Revenue & Customs CDs containing the personal and financial details of 25 million people could be worth £1.5bn to criminals. But Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said: "The police inform me that they still have no...
[29 Nov 2007]
Comment This could be executable JavaScript and infect the computer running the mash-up - giving criminals access to a whole range of new hosts. The security in the web has always been poor but the proliferation of personal information now available online...
[26 Nov 2007]
News Social networking sites have been cited by security companies as a major risk to organisations' information security, due to staff putting too many personal details on publicly accessible websites, which can be used by criminals to perpetrate...
[30 Oct 2007]
News Apacs said the introduction of chip and PIN has made it harder for criminals to commit card fraud in the UK, forcing them to go abroad where the tech is not in place. Online banking fraud has fallen by 67 per cent during the first six months of...
[04 Oct 2007]
News The advice stresses the importance of raising staff awareness about how criminals target card data in shops and encouraging employees to report any issues or concerns they have. Criminals can exploit chip and PIN readers by using bugging equipment...
[06 Sep 2007]
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