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RSS criminalsGartner: $2.75bn lost to card fraud
News Avivah Litan, vice president and research director at Gartner, said in a statement: "Criminals sometimes counterfeit ATM and debit cards with just account numbers and PINs in hand, and they can use this stolen... [03 Aug 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.12.05
Round-Up A syndicate of organised, if deeply un-cool, criminals are believed to be behind a betting scam which made a fortune out of betting on the winners of programmes such as Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor. [16 Dec 2005]
Leader: Is 'cyber-terror' a less credible Y2K?
Leader Yet, today we received a press release which told us: "We have entered an era of sustained digital attacks from radicals, criminals and zealots. In recent years there has been a lot written about the threat of cyber-terror. [10 Nov 2004]
Facebook to fuel spear-phishing boom?
News The amount of information that exists if [criminals] want to get it is extraordinary. Security experts are warning of a drastic rise in personalised phishing campaigns, with social networking at the heart of the problem. [05 Jul 2007]
UK spooks use web to tackle terror threat against businesses
News Electronic attack may come from a range of sources - criminals, foreign intelligence services, terrorists or lone hackers," the site says. UK secret intelligence agency MI5 has overhauled its online presence with a... [30 Apr 2004]
Clothing recognition tech nabs armed robber
Case Study CCTV has been around long enough for criminals to be aware of their presence and take precautions about covering their faces, which is what the two Belfast robbers did.silicon.com Public Sector The Police Service of... [13 Dec 2007]
Identity theft is fastest-growing threat
News Criminals have found the personal information on the electoral roll, online directories and online genealogy sites. Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the UK, according to software company SAS Institute. [18 Sep 2001]
Tech upgrade for biometric passports and ID cards
News As long as it remains possible for passports to be processed completely by post, criminals will attempt to obtain passports in false or stolen identities knowing that detection of a fraudulent application would be very... [19 Jul 2005]
Re:Viewing 2006: The year in retail and leisure
News And while chip and PIN has helped reduce card fraud on the high street, criminals have turned their attention to the internet, phone and mail order transactions with a 21 per cent rise in card-not-present fraud since 2005. [18 Dec 2006]
National ID card plan slammed
News Criminals found they were able to hack into details on stolen cards and then they had access to entire lives. Home Secretary David Blunkett is calling for the technology industry to support his idea for an electronic... [15 May 2002]
Is chip and PIN really a success?
News But while high street fraud may have fallen, criminals have shifted their attention to the internet and other areas. Back on Valentine's Day this year, romance was not the only thing on the minds of retailers and bankers. [15 Aug 2006]
Busted: $3.9bn online fraud
News Criminals have been quick to tap the potential of the web by building impressive web pages to camouflage fraudulent operations with a veneer of respectability. The fraud, which relied on faking the web pages of Bloomberg... [11 Apr 2001]
Cheap VoIP? It's a 'vish' come true for scammers...
News Criminals are better organised and moving to more sophisticated tactics to get their hands on confidential data and turn PCs of unwitting users into bots, or compromised PCs commandeered by remote attackers, law... [11 Jul 2006]
Surfers still too careless with ID, says BT
News Detective chief superintendent Nigel Mawer, head of the Met Police Economic and Specialist Crime Unit, said: "Criminals are always looking for new ways to make money. BT has said UK web surfers are still doing too little... [15 Feb 2006]
Half of Brits don't have all chip and PIN cards
News It will tackle lost and stolen card fraud, so [criminals] are now turning their attempts to card-not-present fraud. Less than half of Britons have received chip and PIN replacements for all their credit and debit cards,... [19 Jul 2005]
