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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...
[15 May 2008]
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.
[28 Apr 2008]
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]
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
[15 Apr 2008]
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...
[09 Apr 2008]
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...
[08 Apr 2008]
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...
[07 Apr 2008]
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...
[26 Mar 2008]
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]
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...
[18 Mar 2008]
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...
[13 Mar 2008]
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...
[12 Mar 2008]
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...
[12 Mar 2008]
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...
[06 Mar 2008]
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...
[27 Feb 2008]
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...
[24 May 2007]
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...
[16 May 2007]
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...
[16 Apr 2007]
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...
[07 Mar 2007]
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...
[24 Jan 2007]
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