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Cybercrime: The Movie
Blog Fortify, an enterprise security company has backed a documentary called: The New Face of Cybercrime - and it was being screened in London yesterday. They’ve hosted a clip on YouTube for anyone who’s looking for a more accurate depiction of the...
[January 30, 2008, 14:33]
Enterprises: Cybercrime Costs Us Dear
News Chief information officers see cybercrime as a greater threat than physical crime, according to an IBM survey of manufacturing, financial, healthcare and retail enterprises. Fifty-seven percent of the 600 US businesses surveyed said they are losing...
[March 17, 2006, 11:15]
Cybercrime Laws Aren't Working, Says Minister
News The UK minister for e-government has admitted that current laws are failing to combat cybercrime, and has called for more international cooperation to fight offenders. Jim Murphy, the Cabinet Office Minister responsible for e-government, told ZDNet...
[October 28, 2005, 13:00]
Cybercrime Treaty May Conflict With UN Declaration
News A leading UK Internet rights group is to warn United Nations representatives that international plans to fight cybercrime pose a serious menace to the privacy and rights of all Internet users. So far, we have not witnessed openness, and...
[December 12, 2000, 13:30]
Official: Cybercrime Is Growing
News The NHTCU will launch results of its annual survey on cybercrime next Tuesday. Deats wouldn't give any advance details of the survey, but he did say that Mafia-like organised crime gangs were becoming more involved with cybercrime.
[April 1, 2005, 14:30]
Cybercrime 'must Be Taken Seriously'
News EURIM's manifesto claims failure to crack down on cybercrime will be to the long term detriment of society and business. It calls for a number of measures including proper resourcing of cybercrime-fighting efforts which EURIM says are currently in...
[March 23, 2005, 8:50]
Cybercrime Hitting The UK Hard
News Speaking to ZDNet UK last week, Deats warned that organised gangs are taking a growing interest in cybercrime. Electronic crime cost UK companies an estimated £2.45bn last year, the National Hi-tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) announced on Tuesday.
[April 5, 2005, 13:10]
Europe Steps Up War On Cybercrime
News Europe is stepping up the fight against cybercrime, outlining plans to create more meaningful legislation and promote greater cross-border co-operation. It said cybercrime comes in three forms: established crimes, such as fraud; publication of...
[May 25, 2007, 10:14]
Tories Attack Government Policy On Cybercrime
News The Conservatives have criticised the government's response to the growing threat from cybercrime, unveiling plans for a national e-crime unit and a dedicated e-crime minister if they win the next election.
[March 7, 2008, 9:04]
Lord Battles Government Over Cybercrime Laws
Talkback Best to sent these cybercrime laws back from where they came from along with the message that they should redo their home work. It seems to me that the House of Lords has been very poorly informed overall concerning these matters.
[June 21, 2006, 1:17]
Cybercrime Laws 'will Harm Security Research'
News Updated cybercrime laws could have a "chilling effect" on anti-malware research, security experts warned this week. The Police and Justice Bill 2006, which received Royal Assent last Wednesday, contains amendments to the Computer Misuse Act 1990...
[November 17, 2006, 12:47]
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. Bret Hartman, chief technology officer at security company RSA...
[February 15, 2008, 8:15]
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. Jens Hinrichsen, the company's product marketing manager for fraud auction, said RSA had been monitoring the...
[February 9, 2007, 12:24]
CBI Calls For Cybercrime Laws To Be Updated
News Also, its penalties are too lenient to allow UK citizens to be extradited abroad in line with the UK's obligations under the Cybercrime Convention, or for foreign suspects to be brought here for trial.
[November 22, 2005, 13:00]
Cybercrime Summit Urges International Cooperation
News European officials met on Friday in a high-level push to persuade more countries to sign up to an international effort combating cybercrime. At a conference in Strasbourg, delegates from governments, police forces and businesses around the world...
[September 17, 2004, 15:50]
Lord Battles Government Over Cybercrime Laws
News The peer said he hopes the legislation will enable the police and judiciary to better tackle cybercrime, and provide the government with guidance in understanding it. Sweeping changes to UK computer crime laws have been proposed by a Conservative...
[June 20, 2006, 14:50]
MP To Propose Tougher Cybercrime Laws
News Such a hike in sentences would make the offence an extraditable one and bring it into line with the European Convention on Cybercrime. The UK All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) is calling on the government to raise the penalties for...
[March 14, 2005, 7:40]
Peer Loses Cybercrime Fight
News The clause, sub paragraph (b) of Section 41 of the Act, makes it an offence to release any application that is likely to be used for cybercrime purposes. It is intended to address the rise of organised cybercrime.
[July 14, 2006, 16:25]
Cybercrime Software Maker Hacked
Talkback Cybercrime software maker ? I have to wonder after after reading this story, where is the boundary between making a mistake and incompetence ? This company obviously doesn't check its own system very often, doesn't comply with credit card security...
[December 21, 2005, 12:07]
G-8 To Clamp Down On Cybercrime
News The world's most powerful countries are to meet in Moscow on 19 October to discuss ways to co-ordinate the fight against organised international cybercrime. Ministers of interior and justice from the world's G-8 nations come together in Moscow to...
[October 14, 1999, 13:05]
