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RSS gangs in newsCriminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News Criminal gangs are hacking chip and PIN terminals to steal customer card transaction and PIN details. Detective chief inspector John Folan, who heads up the DCPU, said in a statement: "These arrests are a significant... [14 Aug 2008]
UK spam mountain just got bigger
News He said: "Spamming is now done by organised crime using local gangs who know how to target customers and how to make their spam look legitimate. Field said: "It tends to go in cycles who they target with... [12 Aug 2008]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News She said: "It is not in the banks interest to not have these frauds investigated, these are organised gangs behind these crimes and it is in our interest to stop them doing it. Banks are failing to pass on information... [08 Jul 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News A government report on serious criminal threats to the UK has warned of the growing danger from international gangs of online and credit card fraudsters. The UK Threat Assessment of Serious Organised Crime pinpoints a... [06 Jun 2008]
Europe dishing out more spam than US
News Fredrik Sjostedt, one of Symantec's European product marketing managers, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that Symantec suspects gangs are taking advantage of the increasing European broadband market. [07 Feb 2008]
UK fraud hits 12-year high as methods go high-tech
News The UK suffered more than £1bn of fraud in 2007, 90 per cent of which was perpetrated by organised gangs carrying out ID theft and VAT scams, according to the KPMG Forensic Fraud Barometer. Security from A to Z [04 Feb 2008]
Macs no longer safe from cyberattacks
News If Mac users fall for scams that PC users have faced for years, it won't be long before criminal gangs exploit them, say security experts. Until recently, the relatively small number of Mac users had been safe because... [23 Jan 2008]
Russian malware gang goes to ground
News The site] was rented to multiple malware gangs. An alleged Russian malware hosting gang has abruptly disappeared, according to internet security company Trend Micro. The Russian Business Network (RBN), which was... [12 Nov 2007]
Businesses call for police cyber crime unit
News UK businesses are calling for a dedicated national police unit to deal with the growing computer crime threat posed by hackers and international gangs of criminals. Organisations must currently report any attacks on... [08 Oct 2007]
Cyber criminals building more but smaller botnets
News The zombie army can be controlled remotely with the botnet creators usually trying to build the largest possible botnet of compromised computers to rent out to gangs for as little as $100 for a couple of hours. [28 Sep 2007]
ID fraud reports rocket
News The internet is helping criminal gangs to coordinate their activities and steal personal details to perpetrate identity fraud. Experian said this dramatic increase is partly due to the growth of sophisticated criminal... [12 Apr 2007]
Data thieves facing two years in prison
News He stressed the international nature of the problem, citing the recent Channel 4 Dispatches programme which revealed criminal gangs selling UK credit card and passport details from Indian call centres. [07 Feb 2007]
Re:Viewing 2006: The year in outsourcing
News India's call centre and BPO industry was the scene of much controversy in 2006 with yet more undercover stings exposing poor security of customer data - most notably the Channel 4 documentary Dispatches which claimed its reporter was... [11 Dec 2006]
Gangs groom kids for cyber crime
News Organised crime gangs, sometimes posing as legitimate employers, are using tactics which echo those employed by the KGB to recruit operatives at the height of the cold war, the McAfee report reveals. Internet-savvy teens... [08 Dec 2006]
Indian call centre security breaches exposed
News An undercover TV investigation claims to have infiltrated criminal gangs selling thousands of UK credit card and passport details for as little as £5 each from the country's offshore call centres. The Channel 4... [05 Oct 2006]
