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E-crime Laws Failing, Say Top Experts
News However, some experts have warned that Soca won't have the resources to fight cybercrime effectively.The survey was conducted at the E-Crime Congress 2006, held in London in March. The survey of 112 security professionals and law enforcers found...
[April 12, 2006, 17:15]
Insurers Scramble To Offer E-crime Protection
News But protection from this kind of new threat must be kept separate until it is properly understood," Rossi told the E-Crime Congress 2004 on Wednesday. With e-crime estimated to be costing Britain billions of pounds per year, UK businesses are...
[February 25, 2004, 16:45]
SOCA: We Are Tackling E-crime
News Speaking at the E-crime Congress in London on Tuesday, Hughes said that SOCA's achievements had also included developing good practice to combat criminals' advances in technology through a corresponding strategic effort with police.
[March 28, 2007, 14:52]
Firms Keeping Quiet About E-crime
News Now, we're getting information from a significant proportion of the business community," detective chief superintendent Len Hynds, head of the NHTCU, told the e-Crime Congress 2004 in London. Three-quarters of companies that suffered a high-tech...
[February 24, 2004, 16:15]
Insecure Networks Targeted By Paedophiles
News Speaking at Britain's first e-crime congress in London on Monday, detective chief superintendent Len Hynds said paedophilia is one of the four key areas his organisation is focused on. While 'damage to reputation and brand' continue to be cited as...
[December 10, 2002, 15:22]
Crime 'more Serious Online Than Off'
News In his opening address to the UK's first e-crime congress on Monday, DCS Hynds highlighted the significant threat posed by organised criminals. The e-crime congress is drawing together representatives from national and international law enforcement...
[December 9, 2002, 9:07]
Paypal: Web Hosting Services Are Not Tackling Phishing
Blog Speaking at the 2007 e-crime congress on Tuesday, Paypal's associate general counsel, Joseph E. Online payments service Paypal has lashed out at web-hosting services providers, which the company claims "need to do a better job" at tackling phishing.
[March 29, 2007, 13:14]
Election Sparks Calls For Cybercrime Minister
News Tony Blair's decision to call a general election on 5 May has sparked a debate among delegates at the e-Crime Congress 2005 in London, with some arguing that the government should create an e-crime minister.
[April 6, 2005, 13:30]
Tories Attack Government Policy On Cybercrime
News Speaking at the e-Crime Congress 2008 in London, Davis called the government's decision to absorb the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit into the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) "absurd". The Conservatives have criticised the government's response...
[March 7, 2008, 9:04]
Political Paradox: Technology Is Everywhere, Except In Voters' Hearts
News But influential lawmakers up for re-election in Congress this year say technology issues make up only a small piece of campaign platforms. While Congress and the White House are under increasing pressure to spearhead policies that will limit...
[October 20, 1998, 6:03]
HSBC Deluged By Viruses
News Speaking at the e-Crime Congress in London, HSBC's group chief operating officer Alan Jebson admitted that the bank was often receiving tens of thousands times that figure. The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit said on Monday that companies receive an...
[April 5, 2005, 13:50]
UK Police Chief: Shut Down 'abhorrent' Web Sites
News For the Internet to take the final step to adulthood it must first deal with those fringe elements that choose to promote abhorrent activities like cannibalism and necrophilia," Hynds told the e-Crime Congress 2004 in London.
[February 24, 2004, 14:30]
Spam Bill Making Headway In US Pt I
News Experts say such suspicious Internet offers, and the spam mail that carries them, are becoming much more common -- just as the 'Can Spam' bill finally makes progress in Congress. Several weeks ago the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Centre...
[June 16, 2000, 11:25]
Security Guru Warns Of Cyberpolice Shortage
News Speaking at the e-Crime Congress in London on Wednesday, Howard Schmidt, who is also the chief security strategist for auction site eBay, warn delegates that the issue needs to be addressed as cybercrime becomes more prevalent.
[April 6, 2005, 16:30]
UK Gambling Company Warns Of DDoS-attack Risk
News Gala Coral e-commerce's gambling sites were taken down for almost 30 minutes by the next-generation 10Gb distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, delegates at the e-Crime Congress 2008 in London were told this week.
[March 7, 2008, 14:04]
Systems Should Be Sold Secure, Says Interpol
News Activities such as phishing and pharming would be drastically reduced if PCs were sold with security software ready and running, the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit's E-Crime Congress in London was told. Phishing and pharming wouldn't be possible if...
[March 30, 2006, 17:15]
Russian Hackers 'the Best In The World'
News Speaking at the e-Crime Congress in London on Tuesday, Miroshnikov said that the casual teenaged hackers of the past developed their techniques as they grew older. Miroshnikov called for unified international laws for Internet crime that would make...
[April 6, 2005, 12:50]
Businesses Warned Of Profiling Dangers
News Thomas, speaking to ZDNet UK at the e-Crime Congress in London, gave a preview of the evidence that his office intends to present to a Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry into surveillance. Thomas gave the example of police access to the CIFAS...
[March 28, 2007, 17:26]
Web Bookies Demand Higher Security Standards
News A lot of [ISPs] have started to address the problem of DDoS [attacks]said Peter Pedersen, chief technology officer at online betting site Blue Square, speaking at the e-Crime Congress in London. Online gambling companies are urging ISPs to do more...
[April 5, 2005, 16:55]
EBay Riled By Romania's Policy On Phishers
News Speaking at the e-Crime Congress 2008 in London, Lee said phishing remains the main threat facing eBay users. Lee added that eBay is often successful in tracking down the smaller online criminals but he warned that fighting larger crime networks...
[March 11, 2008, 7:46]
