The shambles over cybercrime
Despite the increase in online fraud, enforcement of the law is a mess since the dissolution of the specialist agency set up to fight it, says Pete Warren Been the victim of online fraud? Until...
View ArticleAl Qaeda turns to organised crime
Al Qaeda has turned to online gangsters that are part of the Russian mafia to help it move its money around the web and develop extremist websites. The online gangs, which routinely deal in online...
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Government briefs business chiefs on cybercrime dangers
In a bid to raise awareness of the dangers of cybercrime the Government has pulled in the UK’s top business leaders for the launch of a campaign on basic cyber security measures. UK Government shines...
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State-sponsored cyber espionage projects now prevalent, say experts
Former military officer says every Middle Eastern country now has Stuxnet-like malware One expert compares the cyber-espionage programs to the Transformers films: the software develop other functions...
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“Gary McKinnon was unlucky. He’s not even a very good hacker”
For the first time in 12 years, on the 16th of October, 2012, Gary McKinnon got lucky. McKinnon – ‘virtual house arrest’ now over Lucky because that was the day UK Home Secretary, Theresa May, finally...
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Hacker gang rob US cashpoints of $45m
It’s alleged that a network of bank robbers in a global conspiracy have combined cyber-crime and real-world cash theft to get away with $45 in cash. Expert Etay Maor of the Trusteer cyber-security...
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LulzSec jail terms ‘a wake-up call’
Convicted hackers from the LulzSec splinter group of the Anonymous hacktivists’ collective are now behind bars. Sentenced at London’s Southwark Crown Court the young men are beginning their jail terms,...
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Ex-US aide’s cybersecurity tax break call
One of the world’s leading cyber security strategists is calling for tax breaks for consumers and businesses to encourage them to use the latest in cyber protection to combat cybercrime. Speaking in an...
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