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Law enforcement losing the war on cybercrime
News Although law enforcement agencies are quick to trumpet their occasional victories against cybercriminals, they are rarely able to track down hackers sophisticated enough to pull off such complicated heists.
[May 14, 2002, 14:27]
Law enforcement on a borderless Web
News Both cases underscore burgeoning rifts in efforts to craft international agreements in key areas of law enforcement. Courts and law enforcement in America have repeatedly reached across borders and clamped down on foreign companies accused of...
[June 2, 2002, 7:31]
eLENS: The Emergent Law Enforcement Network Security Initiative - Bridging the Gaps in eCrime Data Sharing
White Papers As the Internet provides the communication artery for government, commerce, and society, threats and crimes leveraging Internet infrastructure cannot be ignored; the effectiveness of legal proceedings must be increased; it is critical that...
[July 14, 2009, 1:19]
Mobile Biometrics: The Future of Mobile Law Enforcement
Blog Mobile Biometrics: The Future of Mobile Law Enforcement At the display (primarily targeting law enforcement buyers) this little device is the latest plug-and-play tool for promoting the mobility requirements of police in the real world.
[September 23, 2008, 19:19]
Wireless Mobile Video Transfer and Storage by the Numbers: An Examination of the Current State of In-Car Video Wireless Technology for Law Enforcement
White Papers Apollo Video Technology enthusiastically supports many applications of wireless networking, when it is properly presented, implemented and supported. But again, the authors also see it being oversold and not properly explained in detail to...
[August 25, 2007, 1:00]
Interpol: Give us the tools to fight cybercrime
News Interpol has called on politicians to help law enforcement officers bring cybercriminals to justice by making it easier for evidence to be transferred between countries. said Pat Cox, a former president of the European Parliament, speaking at the...
[March 21, 2006, 12:35]
Microsoft creates $5m virus-hunting fund
News Microsoft will work with law enforcement to track down writers of worms, viruses and other malicious code, and is ponying up $5m (£2.98m) to fund the search. People with information can report it to law enforcement online to Interpol, to the...
[November 5, 2003, 15:05]
Europe's 'DMCA on steroids' gets go-ahead
News A proposed European Union law strengthening law-enforcement capabilities against intellectual-property violations has passed a crucial stage in its progress toward final approval, having been adopted by the European Parliament's judicial affairs...
[November 27, 2003, 16:35]
Has the warez battle been won?
News The informal community of Internet software pirates has been ripped apart by the recent international law-enforcement raids on many of its elite crackers, members of the shadowy scene said this week. Early last week -- with the cooperation of the...
[December 20, 2001, 11:11]
Crime surge sparks calls for internet Interpol
News Eugene Kaspersky, head of antivirus research at Kaspersky Labs, has called for greater international law enforcement co-operation to combat the growing threat from cybercrime. Ed Gibson, Microsoft's chief security advisor in the UK, praised law...
[December 12, 2006, 16:15]
RIPA surveillance may break human rights laws
News Surveillance powers giving law enforcement agencies access to consumers' mobile phone and Internet data may be illegal, according to the information commissioner, Elizabeth France. The powers, introduced by an upcoming provision of the...
[July 31, 2002, 16:43]
FBI uses hacking technology for surveillance
News A new tool reportedly being developed by law enforcement agencies to remotely install surveillance programs on a suspect's computer is little more than three-year-old hacking technology, security experts said on Wednesday.
[November 22, 2001, 10:50]
Police arrest suspected virus writers
News The Metropolitan Police, acting in conjunction with Finnish law-enforcement authorities, arrested three suspected virus writers on Tuesday. The Metropolitan Police said that the international co-operation between the specialist law-enforcement...
[June 27, 2006, 16:45]
Arrests made over 'Half-Life 2' code theft
News Game developer Valve Software announced on Thursday that law enforcement authorities have arrested several suspects for allegedly stealing source code for the highly anticipated game "Half-Life 2. It was extraordinary to watch how quickly and how...
[June 11, 2004, 8:35]
Privacy comes under attack
News The events of 11 September provoked a new urgency in the need for powers that would allow law enforcement officers to retain traffic data for anti-terrorist investigations. Although recent events have prompted these measures to be brought forward...
[March 30, 2002, 6:31]
Information Commission lambasts anti-terror bill
News Sweeping measures to retain communications data for law enforcement purposes have been branded "unnecessary" by the Office of the Information Commissioner, along with the warning that such provisions are likely to infringe the Human Rights Act.
[November 14, 2001, 13:51]
Critics delay vote on EU intellectual property law
News A proposed European Union law strengthening law-enforcement capabilities against intellectual-property violations has been delayed again, amid ongoing criticism that its implementation would criminalise many innocuous activities and harm European...
[November 19, 2003, 16:30]
Rewards shift nature of worm hunt
News The Sasser computer worm may mark a turning point in law enforcement's ability to catch and prosecute computer virus authors. What law enforcement authorities are telling us is that they are pleased with the leads that they are getting.
[June 11, 2004, 11:25]
FBI seizes media network servers
News An alternative media network called the Independent Media Centre said on Friday that federal law enforcement authorities confiscated several of its Web servers, shutting down many of its independently run sites.
[October 11, 2004, 9:00]
Escrow time line draws fire from think-tank
News The government's decision to drop key escrow -- which would give law enforcement agencies access to data sent over the Internet -- leaves the e-commerce bill "a dead limb of an old policy which should be chopped off," according to Caspar Bowden...
[March 8, 1999, 17:31]
