online security cyber
Jonathan Zittrain
AS Profile As cyber law professor at the University of Oxford, Jonathan Zittrain's expertise and razor-sharp insight has established him as an authority on the future of the internet. He burst into the limelight in 2008 with his... [07 Oct 2008]
Phishers cash in on credit crisis
News The scammers are gathering the information to sell to cyber criminals who will use it to transfer money out of victims' accounts or commit identity fraud, he said. Cyber criminals are even using Google... [03 Oct 2008]
'Broken: E-crime policing in the UK'
News Early priorities are likely to be securing a central contact for reporting all cyber crime, a charter of security responsibilities for industry - from ISPs to software vendors, the creation of dedicated... [15 Sep 2008]
Email and web snoop plans slammed - again
News UK security chief at Microsoft and former top cyber security agent for the FBI in the UK Ed Gibson raised similar concerns about the scale of the proposals. The Home Office proposals... [04 Sep 2008]
Virtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
News Virtual worlds are playgrounds not just for people who want some online fantasy role-playing but for cyber criminals who are looking for places to launder money and steal data, according to... [28 Aug 2008]
Internet Security Outlook
White Paper But as more business and personal interactions move into the cyber-domain, vast amounts of personal information is being collected, stored, and analyzed. Whether people are collaborating on a strategic business project,... [04 Aug 2008]
Coming soon - malware threats to iPhone 2.0?
News Howard Schmidt, former advisor to the White House on cyber security, similarly noted in April that the availability of SDKs for mobile devices increases the likelihood of malware writers creating... [14 Jul 2008]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News The Lords science and technology committee has called for people to be able to report crime directly to the police, rather than having to rely on banks to pass it on to law enforcers.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling... [08 Jul 2008]
Homeland Security and the Threat to Critical Infrastructure
White Paper Learn how your enterprise can prepare to meet the challenges of increased cyber-terrorism-including best practices-and protect critical infrastructure with a coordinated, comprehensive effort. During our free Web... [03 Jul 2008]
Jonathan Zittrain on why the internet is on a knife edge
News It's also true in many schools, libraries and cyber cafes - and it's what users are increasingly asking for as they install ever more foregrounded security software on their own machines. He points to... [30 Jun 2008]
MessageLabs Intelligence Reports
White Paper Your organization's best defense against cyber threats is to be well informed on not only the threats, but how to guard against them. MessageLabs protects businesses from online threats and other content... [19 Jun 2008]
Nato fires up cyber defences
News Nato is also creating a Cyber Defence Management Authority to protect its allies against online attacks such as that suffered by Estonia in 2007. A Nato cyber defence centre of... [16 May 2008]
Police e-crime unit set for green light
News We're looking at days rather than months.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit. We want to hear your views about this campaign and your experiences of being a... [25 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?
Comment And check out our interview with the FBI cyber crime chief. Online check-in worked fine, as did the fast bag drop. Security was tortuously slow which meant less time in duty-free or... [16 Apr 2008]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
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. We think that this is one area where a lot... [15 Apr 2008]
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