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Comment The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTU) and the British Web Design and Marketing Association (BWDMA) think our industry needs to buck up its ideas in tackling cybercrime. We need more openness about... [28 Nov 2001]
Webcast: Cybercrime: The Anatomy of an Attack
White Paper Cybercrime is quickly on the rise and cybercriminals are constantly developing new attacks designed to grow their bank accounts. Cybercrime threatens organizations of all kinds and it can disrupt your... [13 Dec 2007]
Cybercrime training to turn PCs into PC pros
News UK police forces are developing new training to help officers tackle crimes that either directly or indirectly involve a computer, including a Masters degree in cybercrime. Apart from specialist... [04 Jun 2004]
Opinion: Is cybercrime unstoppable?
Comment Simon Moores reports on the state of cybercrime - and why it's so difficult to fight. Online crime is growing at breakneck speed while law enforcement, try as they might, have a hard time keeping up. The quiet bombshell... [11 Apr 2005]
Two thirds of UK businesses suffer cybercrime attacks
News Two thirds of UK companies have suffered from some form of cybercrime attack in the last year, adding to growing fears that ebusiness won't take off properly until the issues are resolved. The CBI counted virus attacks... [29 Aug 2001]
FBI report shows cybercrime hits nine out of ten
News However, according to Philippsohn's estimation 70 to 80 per cent of UK companies are subject to cybercrime. Phillipsohn insisted time is crucial when dealing with cybercrime: Ninety per cent of US... [08 Jun 2000]
Opinion: UK needs cybercrime strategy
Comment One way to help prevent online fraud and protect all of our PCs from viruses, worms and the like is for the UK government to come up with a national plan to fight cybercrime. But so far, says Simon Moores, there's been... [13 Jan 2005]
silicon.com campaign inspires cybercrime unit
News An industry and governmental taskforce has been formed to tackle the growing threat of cybercrime, inspired directly by silicon.com's Fighting Fraud campaign. The Cyber Crime Industry Action Group is to have its first... [10 Oct 2001]
GILC slams cybercrime convention
News In general, though, it argues that version 24.2 is not consistent with human rights legislation, allows too much scope for investigatory powers, and doesn't define clearly enough the obligations it places on states to assist each other... [14 Dec 2000]
International cybercrime-fighting project launches guide
News The experts have unveiled a methodology and new standardised procedures to "identify, safeguard, integrate and present electronic evidence concerning cybercrime", said the Commission in a statement. The CTOSE project's... [29 Oct 2003]
Industry brands cybercrime treaty 'a con trick'
News IT industry gurus have branded the Council Of Europe's Convention on Cybercrime 'foolish, unworkable and a legal con trick'. The controversial treaty provides a blanket legislation to deal with all forms of internet... [08 Jun 2001]
EC approves European cybercrime squad
News The EC has given the go-ahead to setting up a pan-European cybercrime think tank, designed to help police forces across the continent co-ordinate their efforts. The agency isn't intended to be a single... [24 Nov 2003]
Bush wants US to back Euro-cybercrime treaty
News President George W Bush has asked the US Senate to ratify the first international cybercrime treaty. Even though the US is a non-voting member of the Council of Europe, it has pressed hard for the... [20 Nov 2003]
5 years ago: NCIS outlines the danger of cybercrime
News Clearly the threat of cybercrime hasn't disappeared or even decreased during the past five years. 22.06.99 The National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), the UK's international crime investigators, yesterday became... [22 Jun 2004]
UK MPs urge cybercrime revisions and tougher sentences
News There are many in the industry who believe government posturing around the issue of cybercrime is as much about being seen to be acting as actually striving to make a difference. MessageLabs, which provided evidence to... [30 Jun 2004]
