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FBI: Computer crime costs US firms $67bn
News Also, losses to individuals who are victims of computer crime or victims in other countries are not included, he said. This would be 2.8 million US organisations experiencing at least one computer security incident," according to the 2005 FBI...
[January 20, 2006, 9:30]
Computer crime treaty threatens human rights
News The Council of Europe has developed the draft treaty on cybercrime in order to combat what it sees as the growing threat of international computer crime. A cross border legal framework for investigating and prosecuting international high-tech crime...
[October 19, 2000, 7:41]
Company directors 'exposed' to computer crime
News Nearly a third of Britain's leading company directors remain unaware of the legal risk of computer crime, security firm Integralis revealed Monday. This, despite the fact that half the FTSE 1000 company directors questioned by Integralis admitted...
[July 17, 2000, 16:10]
Cybersquad to combat computer crime
News Home secretary Jack Straw announced plans to create a £25m National High-Tech Crime Unit Monday, that will focus on combating e-commerce fraud and other types of computer crime. The special unit, which will include members of the police, customs...
[November 13, 2000, 14:04]
News Burst: Cybersquad to combat computer crime
News The home secretary Jack Straw will announce plans to create a £20m National High-Tech Crime Unit Monday morning according to reports Sunday. The special unit, which will include members of the police, customs and excise, the National Crime Squad...
[November 13, 2000, 9:59]
Internet Forensics
Member Review Computer crime is an ever-present threat for businesses and individuals. Internet Forensics: Using Digital Evidence to Solve Computer Crime is an interesting and informative read, and a useful reference.
[April 4, 2006, 9:52]
High-Tech Crime Unit snubs Infosec
News The British government's new force for combating computer hackers -- the National High-Tech Computer Crime Unit (NHTCU) -- has turned down the opportunity to represent itself at a roundtable held at the UK's top conference on computer security, to...
[April 25, 2001, 9:56]
Security firm charged with computer crimes
News The head of security firm Forensic Tec Solutions was arraigned on Tuesday by federal prosecutors on computer crime charges stemming from the company's intrusion into several government and military computers last year.
[October 1, 2003, 8:35]
Hackers steal one million credit cards
News Computer hackers based in Eastern Europe have carried out a year-long crime spree cracking scores of online banks and stealing more than a million credit card details, according to FBI computer experts.
[March 9, 2001, 11:53]
News Burst: British law's encryption quagmire
News Fighting computer crime is becoming increasingly difficult because British law doesn't even recognise that encryption exists, says one computer security consultant. We went to look it up and found that there isn't even a definition of encryption...
[November 18, 1999, 14:09]
Hackers: Looking forward to 'hacking field-day'
News DC Paul Cox, an investigator at the unit says Trawler is trying to amalgamate all aspects of computer crime. Director general of NCIS, John Abbott, said at the time: "I believe serious consideration should be given to the establishment of a...
[July 16, 1999, 17:02]
Ex-cracker slams UK cybercrime law
News Former UK computer cracker Herbless has hit out at government legislation designed to combat computer crime, claiming that it will do nothing to stop high-tech criminals. Herbless does voice concern, however, about proposed international...
[September 29, 2000, 11:10]
Lord battles government over cybercrime laws
News Sweeping changes to UK computer crime laws have been proposed by a Conservative peer. Lord Northesk is seeking to amend the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) 1990 to give the police and judiciary greater "legal clarity" when dealing with computer crime.
[June 20, 2006, 14:50]
Bush beefs up cybercrime spending
News Bush has proposed a $2.4tn (£1.32tn) federal budget that boosts spending on information technology and on computer crime investigation. This increase will support a range of activities, such as counterterrorism investigations and countering cyber...
[February 3, 2004, 9:10]
FBI nabs Russian hackers
News Two Russians were indicted on computer-crime charges stemming from a rash of intrusions into the networks of banks, Internet service providers and other companies, a US federal prosecutor said Monday.
[April 24, 2001, 8:11]
Fraudsters recruit computer kids for crime
News Organised crime syndicates are increasingly targeting budding computer crackers to carry out fraud, warned the assistant director of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Cyber Crime Unit, Thursday.
[September 28, 2000, 15:58]
Prosecutors reverse stance on cybercrime conviction
News Federal prosecutors asked a San Francisco appeals court this week to reverse a computer-crime conviction that punished a California man for notifying a company's customers of a flaw in the company's email service.
[October 17, 2003, 11:30]
FBI: Cybercrime will be the next Enron
News One of the FBI's leading agents in the field of computer crime has warned that industrial espionage and targeted data theft are on the increase. Crowe added: "Computer crime is like white collar crime before Enron.
[July 21, 2006, 16:55]
Government to raise awareness of cybercrime
News The government has promised to advise Britain's Internet industry on how to defend itself against the growing threat of cyber crime at a computer security conference next week. A Home Office spokesman says Hewitt will give guidance to a concerned...
[April 6, 2000, 9:21]
G8 nations team up to fight cyber-crime
News The world's leading industrialised nations commit to unprecedented levels of international co-operation in order to combat the perceived threat of international computer crime Wednesday. At the end of a three day conference on computer crime in...
[May 18, 2000, 11:03]
