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Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes

News The police body tasked with fighting e-crime in the UK has revealed some of its cyber crimefighting successes - but e-crime still appears a low priority. Notable cyber crime success include Operation Ajowan, where Soca broke up a website where...

Tags: nhtcu, soca, cyber crime

[15 May 2008]

National fraud reporting centre to arrive next year

News The Attorney General's Office for England and Wales (AGO) wants a National Fraud Reporting Centre to collate reports of all types of fraud - both cyber and traditional - to pinpoint levels of fraud across the two countries.

Tags: security, cyber crime, fraud

[28 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]

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

Comment The cyber crime department's main priority is tackling child pornography but it also combats online fraud, such as phishing, and property rights investigations. On the explosive growth of the FBI's cyber division

Tags: security, malware, cyber crime

[15 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]

UK a hotbed for cyber crime

News The most commonly reported crime was auction fraud but they also included non-delivery of purchases, credit/debit card fraud, computer intrusions, spam or unsolicited email and child pornography.silicon.com has won widespread support for its e...

Tags: e-crime, cyber crime, security

[08 Apr 2008]

Cyber crime: Police not taking it seriously

News Cyber crimes such as hacking, denial of service attacks and online fraud are not taken seriously enough by the police. Businesses are also complaining that local police forces do not have the resources or expertise to deal with growing cyber crime...

Tags: hacking, police, e-crime

[07 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]

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.

Tags: soca, cyber crime, e-crime, campaign

[19 Mar 2008]

Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources

Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources

News Local police forces do not have the resources or expertise to deal with growing cyber crime and online fraud threats facing businesses today. All 12 CIOs and IT directors on this week's CIO Jury are backing silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign...

Tags: cio jury, e-crime, cio, crime

[18 Mar 2008]

Editor's Blog: An everyday tale of e-crime

Comment What it is calling for is a dedicated cyber-crime police unit to lead investigation in this area. Identity fraud and cybercrime are of course difficult to investigate and because of the way they regularly cross international boundaries it's hard to...

Tags: crime, police, identity fraud, hacking

[13 Mar 2008]

Police backs calls for e-crime unit

News Leading police officers, global cyber security chiefs and FTSE 100 companies are backing a new campaign by silicon.com for the creation of a dedicated UK national cyber crime police unit. Some of the biggest names in law enforcement, business and...

Tags: cyber crime, nhtcu, e-crime, crime

[12 Mar 2008]

e-Crime Crackdown - silicon.com launches national campaign

News silicon.com is today launching its e-Crime Crackdown campaign for a properly funded and dedicated national UK police unit to combat the growing threat of high-tech fraud and cyber attacks. Britain is in the grip of the growing cyber crime menace...

Tags: cyber crime, e-crime, nhtcu, threat

[12 Mar 2008]

Tories: Time to wage war on cyber crime

News Describing the government policy towards e-crime as showing a "lack of clear leadership", shadow home secretary David Davis revealed Tory plans to create a police national cyber crime unit, a minister for e-crime, a fraud and cyber crime complaint...

Tags: e-crime, security, cyber crime, threat

[06 Mar 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 three for Europe, the Middle East and Africa...

Tags: cyber crime, internet, botnets, crime

[27 Feb 2008]

Europe wages war on cyber crime

News It said cyber crime comes in three forms: established crimes such as fraud, publication of illegal content, and crimes unique to the internet - such as denial of service attacks and hacking. Europe is stepping up the fight against cyber crime...

Tags: id theft, eu, ec, security

[24 May 2007]

How organized crime is profiting from the Internet

whitepaper This report examines how international cyber criminals are moving away from homes and into public places such as Internet cafes and Wi-Fi enabled coffee shops. Organized crime is capitalizing on every opportunity to exploit new technology to...

Tags: anti-hacking, wi fi, criminals, crime

[16 May 2007]

How organized crime is profiting from the Internet

whitepaper This report examines how international cyber criminals are moving away from homes and into public places such as Internet cafes and Wi-Fi enabled coffee shops. Organized crime is capitalizing on every opportunity to exploit new technology to...

Tags: anti-hacking, wi fi, criminals, crime

[16 Apr 2007]

Crime pays - and pays very well in cyberspace

Comment In any case, if you happen to be a clever, organised computer criminal indulging in identity theft, the chances of 'doing bird' are low enough to make cyber crime an attractive career option. At the same time, the daily impact from online crime...

Tags: cyber crime

[07 Mar 2007]

ID theft targeted by web search service

News James Van Dyke, president of Javelin Strategy & Research, which studies fraud, said: "There is a significant amount of personal information traded in the dark corners of the online world, and companies such as TrustedID could allow the consumer to...

Tags: id theft

[24 Jan 2007]

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