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London: Card fraud hotspot
News The UK's top card fraud hotspots have been revealed in a report that shows the crime is spread across the country. London, specifically the south east of the capital, saw the most card-not-present fraud over the past six months, with Romford and... [24 Jul 2008]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News Banks are failing to pass on information about online fraud to police, according to a House of Lords committee. The government has said it will review whether people could report online fraud directly to the police but Broers said it had only... [08 Jul 2008]
E-crime unit on track, says police chief
News It comes after Home Office minister Vernon Coaker told a House of Lords science and technology committee that the National Fraud Reporting Centre (NFRC) could take the lead on co-ordinating e-crime investigations nationwide. [13 Jun 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News It also warns of bank accounts being taken over by fraudsters tricking call centre workers, a 37 per cent rise in the cost of phone, internet and mail order fraud and the threat from chip and PIN devices being modified to capture card details. [06 Jun 2008]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News Soca has also sent out 46 alerts to UK business, which included 11 alerts to UK financial institutions detailing more than 46,000 online account details that had been compromised by phishing and virus attacks, a system for UK call centres to... [15 May 2008]
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National fraud reporting centre to arrive next year
News Recently the UK's payment association Apacs launched the Payment Industry and Police Fraud Intelligence Unit to collate reports of fraud. A national centre to co-ordinate strategy for combating fraud in England and Wales should be in place by next... [28 Apr 2008]
Beware the insider security threat
News Graham Yellowley, director of technology services at investment bank Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International, said: "Undoubtedly, the statistics show that 70 per cent of fraud is perpetrated by staff rather than by external people or events. [17 Apr 2008]
UK phishing attacks shoot up 200 per cent
News Sandra Quinn, director of communications at Apacs, said in a statement: "Although online banking fraud losses fell last year the fraudsters clearly aren't giving up. Online banking fraud losses decreased a third from £33.5m in 2006 to £22.6m in... [16 Apr 2008]
UK businesses: No one cares about cyber attacks!
News Virus-related equipment failure or data loss affected 19 per cent of businesses surveyed, credit card fraud affected 11 per cent, theft of PC/laptop eight per cent, hacking seven per cent and four per cent or less were affected by unauthorised... [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... [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... [07 Apr 2008]
Gov't pledges to take e-crime seriously
News A spokesman for the Home Office said: "No decision has been taken on the formation of an e-crime unit, but we will be considering how we take an overall approach to issues such as electronic fraud, and will be discussing these with a number of law... [26 Mar 2008]
Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere
News Lemon warned that the internet was fuelling a rise in global credit card fraud and that the UK and the US were the targets. Her warning came as payment clearing industry body Apacs released figures showing that £532.2m was lost to card fraud in... [19 Mar 2008]
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. One of the threats that needs a co-ordinated police response is online fraud, according to Tony Johnson... [18 Mar 2008]
