E-crime unit 'on track' despite funding delay
News McMurdie was speaking during the e-Crime Wales Summit 2008, where a national force to fight cybercrime in Wales was launched. Plans for a national UK cybercrime policing unit remain on track despite the government stalling on funding, according to...
[June 16, 2008, 8:39]
Cybercrime laws aren't working, says minister
News We know where they are, but not who they are," said Howard Lamb, crime reduction coordinator for the NHCTU, speaking at the Webroot security summit in Westminster last week. Murphy's comments came just days after the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit...
[October 28, 2005, 13:00]
Denial-of-Service: How big is this threat?
News Michael Vatis, director of the National Infrastructure Protection Center, made similar "tip of the iceberg" comments about the DDoS attacks while speaking at the Global Internet Summit in Fairfax, Va, in March.
[April 5, 2000, 13:20]
Online safety push will target SMEs
News We'll help them with sharpening up their security," Neate told ZDNet UK at the Get Safe Online summit in London. Russians claim to be the best hackers, but we are the best victims — we're rich and we're sloppy," said Sharon Lemon, deputy director...
[October 9, 2006, 16:50]
UK cybercrime unit tasked with securing Olympics IT
News We are already seeing fraudulent websites exploiting the Olympics and we are considering what potential there is for hacking or extortion linked to DDoS attacks," she told ZDNet UK's sister site, silicon.com, at the IT Directors Disaster Recovery...
[January 14, 2009, 10:40]
Cybercrime treaty may conflict with UN declaration
News The G8 summit, made up of the world's richest nations, has also met to discuss the treaty and discuss developing better communications between international police forces. The government is committed to action against high-tech crime in line with...
[December 12, 2000, 13:30]
Nato: Cyber-terrorism danger equal to missile attack
News Nato will set out an action plan for dealing with a similar infrastructure attack on one of its members at a state summit in Bucharest next month. Nations need to focus on improving their ability to quickly recover and get systems back online, an...
[March 10, 2008, 8:06]
Major online credit card theft exposed
News The Treasury Department on Wednesday held a two-day national summit on identity theft to focus attention on what Treasury secretary, Lawrence Summers, described as "a growing and major criminal threat".
[March 17, 2000, 12:37]
'Zombie attacks': Web crackdown widens
News The federal government has made anti-DDoS tools freely available for downloading by system administrators, and just this week the White House convened a summit on computer security. Scott Charney of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, a former Justice...
[February 21, 2000, 9:06]
Events Diary
News April) DVD Summit 2: Dublin Castle, Ireland. Cyberspace 1999: Crime, Criminal Justice and the Internet: York, UK JUNE e-Business Expo '99, London. ECTS '99: Olympia, London.e-business '99. April) Support Services Conference and Expo: Washington...
[March 22, 1999, 16:43]
Events Diary
News April) DVD Summit 2: Dublin Castle, Ireland. Cyberspace 1999: Crime, Criminal Justice and the Internet: York, UK JUNE e-Business Expo '99, London. ECTS '99: Olympia, London.e-business '99. CeBIT: World Business Fair, Hanover, Germany
[March 15, 1999, 6:40]
Events Diary
News April) DVD Summit 2: Dublin Castle, Ireland. Cyberspace 1999: Crime, Criminal Justice and the Internet: York, UK JUNE e-Business Expo '99, London. ECTS '99: Olympia, London.e-business '99. CeBIT: World Business Fair, Hanover, Germany
[March 8, 1999, 6:22]
2000 Roundup: Cybercrime goes global
News Sensing growing disquiet, US president Bill Clinton waded into the foray, calling for a global summit on cybercrime. Also in March, the UK's head of Internet policy, e-minister Patricia Hewitt stressed her own concern over the dangers of computer...
[December 26, 2000, 6:12]
