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Education, not legislation will reduce e-crimes
News Legislating against electronic crimes such as spam and ID fraud will not reduce the problem; instead, education for small businesses and consumers and cooperation between countries is the answer, according to two major industry groups, who...
[December 11, 2003, 16:40]
Reasons why only KEY and PIN system will deter virtually all fraud crimes
Talkback So until banks exploit proposed KEY and PIN system fraud crimes will continue to grow. By now banks should realise that Chip and PIN system will not combat fraud because it does not deter identity fraud, ATM fraud, stolen card and PIN fraud, card...
[June 9, 2008, 10:26]
Police eye tech for reporting live crimes via video
News In the future, witnesses to crimes may simply be able to report wrongdoing by uploading videos taken from their mobile phones. It is just another way of detecting evidence of crimes. According to Ian Readhead, director of information for the...
[April 27, 2009, 16:02]
Fraud crimes will be a thing of past if banks exploit KEY and PIN system
Talkback These details show that banks have option to reduce all fraud crimes to virtually ZERO simply by exploiting KEY and PIN system. Fraud crimes will continue to grow until banks exploit KEY and PIN system described on website www.xwave.co.uk which...
[May 29, 2008, 11:22]
Cyber Crimes and Your Children
White Papers The best way to prevent cyber crime is to educate children about the types of cyber crimes, the cost of cyber crime to the victims, and the consequences for committing such crimes. As recently as September, 2003, a teenager was arrested for...
[February 21, 2005, 23:00]
I'm not guilty for other's crimes
Talkback I can't see how I can ever possibly be guilty for any crimes commited by anyone accessing Internet systems via my access point, just as I don't expect my ISP to be guilty should I commit a crimes over their service.
[August 24, 2007, 21:46]
High-Tech Crimes Revealed review
Reviews Overall, High-Tech Crimes Revealed: Cyberwar Stories from the Digital Front is a useful and interesting -- if distinctly US-orientated -- book. Branigan is a former manager for Bell Labs Computing and Network Research, and has a background in both...
[November 17, 2004, 7:35]
High-Tech Crimes Revealed
Member Review What do high-tech criminals get up to, and how do the forces of law and order catch them? Steven Branigan investigates in this fascinating -- if US-biased -- book.
[November 17, 2004, 7:25]
Managers are committing computer crimes - report
News A survey undertaken last year reported that 33 per cent of admin staff and 28 per cent of managers had been involved in computer crime incidents, ranging from fraud to using unlicensed software and pornographic material.
[February 19, 1998, 9:14]
Net crimes should be recorded, says MP
News The government should include cybercrime figures in its national crime statistics so that the impact of viruses, hacking and phishing can be measured alongside that of more traditional crimes, such as burglary and vandalism, according to the...
[May 5, 2004, 15:40]
Students pay for file swapping 'crimes'
News The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued four students separately last month for running services that searched computers connected to their college networks for MP3 song files. The students also shared copyrighted music from their...
[May 2, 2003, 8:18]
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]
Lib Dems criticise 'shambolic' DNA database
News The Liberal Democrats party has said it has evidence that the DNA database is not helping to solve crimes. At the same time, the number of crimes solved using DNA evidence fell by nearly 11.7 percent last year.
[December 4, 2008, 6:30]
Big Brother in the black box
News Governments world wide are attempting to increase surveillance powers in an effort to crack down on Internet-related crimes. However, the latest tool in the war against online crimes and illicit attacks on networks has international privacy...
[July 13, 2000, 9:56]
Exclusive: Mitnick To Plead Guilty
News Hacker Kevin Mitnick will plead guilty to computer-related crimes after more than four years in prison awaiting trial, according to CyberCrime sources. Mitnick pleaded guilty twice before to similar computer crimes, in 1989 and 1996.
[March 18, 1999, 9:13]
Criminals send malware levels soaring
Talkback The present trend of using malware for committing organised crimes is a paradigm shift of the tradition crime to cyber crime and is on the penultimate stage of being originating and labeled as cyber terrorism.
[July 5, 2005, 5:41]
FBI: Computer crime costs US firms $67bn
News Dealing with viruses, spyware, PC theft and other computer-related crimes costs US businesses a staggering $67.2bn (£38.2bn) a year, according to the FBI. Protecting the US against high technology crimes is third on the agency's list of priorities.
[January 20, 2006, 9:30]
Lawyers: Hackers sentenced too harshly
News The US' largest group of defence lawyers on Wednesday published a position paper arguing that people convicted of computer-related crimes tend to get stiffer sentences than comparable non-computer-related offenses.
[February 21, 2003, 10:24]
DNA database found to breach rights
Blog The UK police practice of holding DNA profiles of people who are innocent of crimes has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights. People arrested on suspicion of crimes in the UK currently have their DNA and finfgerprints retained...
[December 5, 2008, 13:27]
CSI: Crime Scene Investigators
Downloads What do these crimes have in common? Crack the Crimes: Piece together the shocking truth behind 5 baffling crimes, using forensic skills, puzzle-solving prowess and unflinching nerves. Master the Tools.
[December 6, 2004, 7:00]
