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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. The Serious Organised Crime Agency's (Soca) 2007 to 2008 report details work by the agency...
[15 May 2008]
News Europe is well on the way to introducing the eCall automatic emergency call system and several Latin American countries are considering mandatory tracking devices on all new cars to combat epidemic vehicle crime.
[06 May 2008]
News A spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said: "A proof-of-concept model is being developed and will be tested from the summer, for six months, with aim to identify what information is not being compared currently and join up information that...
[28 Apr 2008]
News Losing personal data took a step closer to becoming a criminal offence after the House of Lords backed a change in the law. Peers supported an amendment to the criminal justice and immigration bill which would make it a criminal offence to...
[28 Apr 2008]
News The UK's proposed central e-crime police unit is close to securing the necessary government funding to make it a reality, according to one of the architects of the project. We're looking at days rather than months.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown...
[25 Apr 2008]
News Speaking at the FSA annual conference on financial crime, FSA director, financial crime and intelligence division Philip Robinson said: "It is worrying that despite increased public awareness of the impact that identity theft can have on customers...
[25 Apr 2008]
News Schmidt also reaffirmed his backing of a central UK e-crime police unit which silicon.com has been campaigning for. Speaking to silicon.com at Infosec 2008 in London, former advisor to the White House on cyber security, Howard Schmidt, said...
[24 Apr 2008]
News In this respect, Jones said cyber crime can be a barometer of social dissatisfaction - pointing to illegal music downloads as an example of younger generations' mass dissatisfaction with restrictive digital distribution models.
[23 Apr 2008]
News Greater Manchester Police established an application called GMP Updates on Facebook, providing users with crime news, appeals and missing-persons stories. Assistant chief constable, Rob Taylor, said in a statement: "Greater Manchester Police is...
[22 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]
News Alan McInnes, general manager with the Association of Chief Police Officers crime prevention initiatives, told silicon.com the technology will help stamp out computer theft. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.
[14 Apr 2008]
News Violent crime has doubled, immigration has tripled and police now spend more time on paper work than patrol. The UK's ID card scheme has helped fuel a 2,000 per cent hike in the cost of Home Office consultants - taking the bill up to £147m last year.
[11 Apr 2008]
News Coviello urged regulators and policy makers to work more closely to tackle the global security threats and said tackling cyber crime needs to be a much higher priority. His warning echoes silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign, which calls for a...
[09 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 We need to be ahead of the bad guys, the threat can come from many sources, cyber crime, cyber terrorism or state activity. The Cyber Defence Management Authority (CDMA) will co-ordinate cyber defence among Nato allies after its formation was...
[08 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. Online reporting body the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is reporting a $40m jump in the cost of international e...
[08 Apr 2008]
News In a poll of more than 100 silicon.com readers, 83 per cent said police should place a higher priority on e-crime than they do now, compared to other crimes. Just six per cent said cyber crime should be a lower priority for police and 11 per cent...
[07 Apr 2008]
News The Tories have launched a stinging attack on the government's failure to pay £1.3m to fund a national e-crime policing unit. Shadow home secretary David Davis said a crime is committed online in the UK "every ten seconds" - costing UK businesses...
[03 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 More government funding will be pumped into security technologies, the prime minister has announced. Gordon Brown presented the government's National Security Strategy to the House of Commons yesterday, outlining plans designed to improve the UK's...
[20 Mar 2008]
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