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US prosecutor: Cybercrime will follow the cloud
News Also on the cybercrime panel was San Jose Police Sergeant Edward Schroder, who talked about how he spends his time investigating fraud related to sites such as eBay and Craigslist, Nigerian or lottery scams, and money mule or work-from-home scams.
[July 13, 2009, 8:36]
FBI agent reveals details of cybercrime sting
News Another one is that it showed these guys that, yes, we do have a presence out there (on the internet) and the US is serious about targeting cybercrime. They were hacking into companies and stealing credit card numbers and selling them.
[May 7, 2009, 17:12]
Blunkett: Digital Britain will increase security risks
News While Blunkett said that an increase in broadband activity will lead to an increase in hacking and cybercrime, the former home secretary added that this could be mitigated by co-ordinated action. Former home secretary David Blunkett has warned of...
[April 28, 2009, 17:15]
UK cybercrime unit tasked with securing Olympics IT
News The UK's new cybercrime unit has been tasked with protecting the London 2012 Games from hackers and online criminals. We are already seeing fraudulent websites exploiting the Olympics and we are considering what potential there is for hacking or...
[January 14, 2009, 10:40]
Just wrong... but we do need improvements to tackling cybercrime...
Talkback We do need to improve our IT security from cybercrime, but shouldn't we be looking at other ways. Either way, hacking is not legal for any of us - if I hacked into them they wouldn't like it. We do need to improve fraud issues, viruses, terrorists...
[January 8, 2009, 8:02]
Plan to extend police-hacking powers gathers pace
News The UK has agreed to a strategic approach towards tackling cybercrime on the same basis as all member states; however.the Council conclusions are not legally binding, and there are no agreed timescales," the Home Office said in a statement.
[January 5, 2009, 15:16]
EC gives 'police remote search' answers
Blog How will the EC cybercrime strategy be passed into law? As you can see, the plans are pretty vague at the moment, but what the EC seems to be sanctioning is police hacking computer systems. After chasing the European Commission for over a week...
[December 8, 2008, 16:37]
Warrantless Searches and Seizures are next.
Talkback How long will it take them to start hacking websites not in the EU for "terrorists"? Interesting. Hitler had the SS. The Soviets had/have the KGB and the GRU. The EU has its 'cyberpatrol'. Sounds like the EU has its own "Patriot Act/Homeland...
[November 29, 2008, 16:25]
UK suffers jump in online financial fraud
News The UK is suffering a cybercrime wave that has seen online financial fraud jump 20 percent, according to a new report. Reports of cybercrime in the UK rose nine percent over the course of 2007, according to the UK Cybercrime Report by online...
[October 31, 2008, 6:30]
Stark warning as UK faces cybercrime boom
News The Association of Chief Police Officers and the Metropolitan Police Service are waiting to see if the Home Office will grant £1.3m in start-up costs for their proposed Policing Central E-crime Unit, which would co-ordinate cybercrime...
[June 9, 2008, 8:49]
City of London pilots cybercrime scheme
News The national fraud reporting centre will help tackle a range of offences, including online crimes, credit card theft, phishing and hacking. The City of London Police will pilot a national fraud project that will enable banks to report e-crime.
[June 6, 2008, 8:45]
RSA calls for specialist UK cybercrime unit
News A former US intelligence technology specialist has warned of the need for a dedicated cybercrime taskforce in the UK. Businesses have also called for a dedicated police cybercrime unit. Hartman said that, with online scams worth billions of dollars...
[February 15, 2008, 8:15]
Germany passes 'anti-hacking tools' law
Blog Germany has toughened up its cybercrime laws in an effort to close up loop-holes, including those dealing with denial of service attacks. However, the law, passed on Friday, has drawn criticism for allegedly making illegal the development of dual...
[May 29, 2007, 12:14]
Europe steps up war on cybercrime
News It said cybercrime comes in three forms: established crimes, such as fraud; publication of illegal content; and crimes unique to the internet, such as denial-of-service attacks and hacking. Europe is stepping up the fight against cybercrime...
[May 25, 2007, 10:14]
Cybercrime tools get cheaper
News It's becoming cheaper and easier to get hold of the tools needed to launch a cybercrime attack, security firm RSA claimed on Thursday. Addressing an audience at the RSA Conference 2007 in San Francisco, Hinrichsen showed several screengrabs to...
[February 9, 2007, 12:24]
Police: We're overwhelmed by e-crime
News The report described cybercrime as "the most rapidly expanding form of criminality, encompassing both new criminal offences in relation to computers (viruses and hacking etc) and 'old' crimes (fraud, harassment etc), committed using digital or...
[January 25, 2007, 15:57]
Police maintain uneasy truce with cybervigilantes
News However, due to funding and resourcing pressures the police are having to tap alternative information and revenue streams to combat cybercrime. Ethical hackers try to disable botnets and limit hacker activity by hacking the hackers themselves.
[January 17, 2007, 14:37]
Cybercrime laws 'will harm security research'
News Updated cybercrime laws could have a "chilling effect" on anti-malware research, security experts warned this week. This will place serious constraints on the distribution of security tools, as the prosecution must only prove that the distributor...
[November 17, 2006, 12:47]
US joins European cybercrime convention
News The US Government has embraced European legislation that is meant to help the global fight against cybercrime. The Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime calls on countries to co-ordinate international law to fight cybercrime.
[October 2, 2006, 13:30]
WarGames 2 puts cybercrime in spotlight
News Filming is about to begin on the follow-up to the 1980s classic that spawned a million hacker wannabes — WarGames. The next version, entitled WarGames 2: The Dead Key, will begin filming in Europe in July, according to reports.
[October 2, 2006, 12:35]
