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Criminal gangs blackmail Web users with porn threat
News While criminal gangs are more widely associated with threatening denial of service attacks unless they get a kickback of thousands of pounds, it seems some are taking a more small-scale approach to extortion: now average PC users are being targeted.
[July 22, 2004, 16:30]
Criminal hackers reach beyond Windows and IE review
Reviews Like cockroaches that you stop at a hole in the wall only to have them reappear under the door, criminal hackers are finding new and better ways to compromise your computer and electronic devices. The IDN standard allows foreign companies to...
[March 22, 2005, 7:50]
Criminal Justice IT programme seeks suppliers
News The UK government's £1.2bn criminal justice IT programme is looking for suppliers to deliver software and data hosting services for its main infrastructure. The Criminal Justice Exchange will allow information sharing between the police, Crown...
[July 12, 2004, 15:15]
Criminal justice IT contracts up for grabs
News The Department for Constitutional Affairs is set to replace its main IT contracts covering key projects in the modernisation of the criminal justice system, it has emerged. Under the new programme, these suppliers could be replaced in order to...
[January 19, 2005, 15:50]
Criminal gangs blackmail Web users with porn threat
Talkback I would like to send you some links to publications about my criminal case. Would you like to review materials and give your opinion what possible to do now. I have consequences hard to live now. My case are getting public attention now as an...
[August 3, 2004, 20:22]
Pirate Bay sale under criminal investigation
News The news of the criminal investigation comes as several of the people involved with Global Gaming have cast doubts on the company's ability to pay for The Pirate Bay or, at minimum, get the site up and running anytime in the near future.
[August 24, 2009, 8:42]
ID card-based criminal record checks get thumbs up
News Plans for a new service using the government's controversial ID cards scheme to speed up criminal record checks have met with approval from volunteers involved in a trial of the technology. The volunteers piloted two potential online services...
[October 2, 2007, 8:58]
Criminal charges filed in HP case
News California's attorney general filed felony criminal charges on Wednesday against former HP chairman Patricia Dunn and four others in connection with the company's internal probe into boardroom leaks to the news media.
[October 5, 2006, 8:50]
Criminal gang spreads Trojan-protecting rootkit
News A criminal gang that specialises in the theft of banking information through Trojans is attempting to protect its work by spreading a rootkit that veils malware. Until late in December 2007, the Master Boot Record (MBR) rootkit had been a proof of...
[January 9, 2008, 8:25]
The criminal costs of mobile data
Talkback If it were truly criminal it would be easier to stamp. The rates are certainly from a another world. The data volumes for which customers are charged, include the TCP/IP overhead. So if you download, say, 100kilobytes of user data, you may generate...
[November 1, 2005, 23:07]
News Burst: Online criminal activity to increase
News The foiled attempts to break into online bank Egg mark a sinister increase in online criminal activity according to the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), Thursday. Full story to follow. What do you think?
[August 24, 2000, 10:09]
Australian criminal records available online
News Australian's can now check out the criminal behaviour of their friends and neighbours online for just $6 dollars (£2.25) using a new service from Crime Net. This new service has attracting considerable criticism from Australian civil libertarians...
[May 2, 2000, 15:54]
Experts urge criminal charges for data breaches
News A former deputy information commissioner has called for failure to comply with data-protection principles to be made a criminal offence. As for the "stick", he said: "I would like to see a criminal penalty for failing to comply with [the principles...
[July 3, 2008, 17:17]
SonyBMG's criminal intent
Leader As this is clearly not the case, the entertainment industry is also lobbying MEPs to get them to extend the Directive to cover all crimes while simultaneously persuading another group of MEPs to make intellectual-property violation a criminal...
[November 25, 2005, 13:10]
Windows Vista and the coming criminal diaspora review
Reviews Echoing Symantec's views, McAfee and other vendors are predicting that criminal hackers will turn away from operating system flaws and return to more traditional (and lately neglected) targets. When criminal hackers look beyond Windows, they'll...
[December 4, 2006, 9:48]
The criminal costs of mobile data
Talkback We signed up for a mobile 3g last February 17 with Tmobile. I was told by the sales people, that it will costs us £100 for the data card if we sign up for a 100mb allowance per mo for £22 + VAT. I've asked them to give me a guideline as to the...
[March 22, 2006, 11:58]
The criminal costs of mobile data
Talkback As if there were such a thing as business ethics. Business is business, whatever the market will bear. If you don't want to pay, don't play. This is especially fun if the business is health care. Cheers to a post-capitalist future.
[November 2, 2005, 11:20]
The criminal costs of mobile data
Talkback Sounds familiair. As long as enough people use it anyway. As long as there are no alternatives used in masses. As long as governments and others don't really do something about it. As long as enough (desicion making) people get confussed by all the...
[November 1, 2005, 21:37]
Criminal gangs blackmail Web users with porn threat
Talkback with regards to the ''anonymous" comment above, I received the same threat the day after i ended up in "pop-up hell" despite using what has been an effective firewall. Who do I noyify, or do I just forget it?
[May 12, 2006, 23:11]
The criminal costs of mobile data
Talkback Any company will charge what the market will pay for a product or service, not what it costs to provide. And comparing mobile data with broadband is somewhat meaningless - most operators 3G networks aren't configured to support thousands or even...
[November 2, 2005, 21:08]
