e-crime crackdown unit
UK 'failing on cyber crime'
News Shadow home secretary David Davis said a crime is committed online in the UK "every ten seconds" - costing UK businesses £10bn a year.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown... [03 Apr 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News The UK Threat Assessment of Serious Organised Crime pinpoints a surge in attempts to hijack bank accounts using email phishing and key logging malware.silicon.com's e-Crime... [06 Jun 2008]
UK phishing attacks shoot up 200 per cent
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... [16 Apr 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... [08 Jul 2008]
Will SOCA kick online fraud into touch?
Comment One of the objectives of SOCA is to launch a crackdown on financial crime, such as money laundering and online fraud. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is to bring 4,000... [04 Apr 2006]
'Broken: E-crime policing in the UK'
News Absolutely nothing.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit. The unit would... [15 Sep 2008]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News The National High Tech Crime Unit (NHCTU) was rolled into Soca in 2006, prompting claims from business and politicians that cyber crime policing was being diluted.silicon.com's... [15 May 2008]
Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere
News She said: "The thing that is disturbing us the most is the exchange of stolen credit card data and the scale on which it is being traded on the internet and its availability to be bought.silicon.com's... [19 Mar 2008]
Cyber crime: The global battle
News The breadth of the international cyber crime-fighting arsenal highlights ways in which the UK's cyber defences could be bolstered, as called for by silicon.com's e-Crime... [05 Jun 2008]
National fraud reporting centre to arrive next year
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... [28 Apr 2008]
UK businesses: No one cares about cyber attacks!
News More than three quarters (74 per cent) of the nearly 4,000 organisations that responded to The Invisible Crime: A Business Crime Survey survey by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), called for a... [09 Apr 2008]
Can £7m dent £105bn cyber crime menace?
News The unit will also train officers in local forces in dealing with high-tech crimes and co-ordinate "initiatives to crack down on online offences".silicon.com's e-Crime... [01 Oct 2008]
Security 'perfect storm' is a-brewing
News His warning echoes silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign, which calls for a dedicated police cyber crime unit in the UK. Coviello urged regulators... [09 Apr 2008]
Top 10 security stories of the year
News Police: There's no piggybacking crackdown Despite wi-fi piggybacking hitting the headlines this year, the police said the arrest of a man for piggybacking on someone else's wi-fi-enabled broadband connection was not part... [13 Dec 2007]
Leader: Playing sheriff of the wild, wild web
Leader Even the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, which traces huge amounts of laundered money around the world, said at last year's e-Crime Forum that tracking small payments is... [02 Feb 2006]
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