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Institutional Identity Theft
White Paper Identity theft is a catch-all term for crimes involving illegal usage of another individual's identity. The most common form of identity theft is credit card fraud. Identity theft is often looked at as an individual's... [13 Nov 2009]
Achieving Universal Secure Identity Verification With Convenience and Personal Privacy
White Paper This information is a target for those who wish to exploit it for illegal purposes. The modern world has an unprecedented need for security. More than ever before, sensitive information, ranging from personal account... [12 Nov 2009]
Deep Content Control Keeps Data in the Enterprise
White Paper Data leakage, i.e.the loss of data more commonly occurs via internal vectors than the theft or destruction of data from intrusion or other external illegal activity. Information is at the heart of every organization and... [12 Nov 2009]
Full steam ahead for plans to cut off file-sharers
News Secretary of state for business, innovation and skills Peter Mandelson has reiterated the government's 'three strikes and you're out' plan to cut off illegal file-sharers' internet access. Speaking at a cabinet creative... [29 Oct 2009]
Amazon's Kindle ignites legal upheaval
Comment It will be interesting to observe whether, in due course, illegal e-book file-sharing attracts the same levels of controversy and media attention as illegal music file-sharing. And that will keep the... [27 Oct 2009]
Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
News Some of the reasons an organisation might want to monitor staff use of email and internet sound obvious - assessing skills or performance or keeping tabs on time spent on non-work activities, for instance, or preventing the distribution... [22 Oct 2009]
'Wi-fi hack makes plan to ban file-sharers unfair'
News ISP TalkTalk has criticised proposals by the government to cut illegal file-sharers' internet access, on the grounds of wi-fi vulnerability to hacking. As a result, Heaney said, millions of people could potentially have... [19 Oct 2009]
The Surprising Risks of Counterfeit Software in Business
White Paper Counterfeit software, also as defined by the BSA, is the illegal duplication and sale of copyrighted material with the intent of directly imitating the copyrighted product. In 2006, international market research firm IDC... [16 Sep 2009]
ISPs protest against plans to cut off illegal file-sharers
News Opposition to government proposals to disconnect suspected illegal file-sharers from the internet is making itself felt. Representatives from the UK's largest ISPs have signed a letter protesting against Whitehall's plans. [07 Sep 2009]
An Analysis of Data Mining Applications in Crime Domain
White Paper These techniques aim at finding the illegal activities of professional identity fraudsters based on knowledge discovered from their own histories. This paper gives comprehensive surveys of efficient and effective... [29 Aug 2009]
Open source hack could make mobiles vulnerable to prying ears
News Nohl wasn't certain of the legal ramifications of the project but said it's likely that using such a look-up table is illegal but possession is legal because of the companies that openly advertise their tables for sale. [26 Aug 2009]
File-sharers' internet access could be cut off
News Illegal file-sharers could see their internet connection cut off, under new government proposals outlined today. The plans, announced by Lord Mandelson's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, would see ISPs... [25 Aug 2009]
100 dodgy football ticket sellers shut down by cybercops
News According to the PCeU the initiative, known as Operation Phyllite, saw the unit work with bodies including the Premier League, FA and Fifa, as well as ISPs, registrars and Trading Standards, to shut down the illegal... [10 Aug 2009]
Stopping Illegal Mobile Phone Usage - With the Latest High Performance Servers
White Paper Mobile phone theft is a growing problem. In the UK a mobile handset is stolen every three minutes, impacting the lives of an estimated two million consumers per year1. When lost and stolen phones end up in the wrong hands, consumers and... [05 Aug 2009]
Amazon promises no Kindle repeat of George Orwell recall
News When we were notified of this by the rights holder, we removed the illegal copies from our systems and from customers' devices, and refunded customers. Amazon said late on Friday that it recalled two Kindle e-books... [20 Jul 2009]