http://www.silicon.com Results for e-crime en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/malware/0,3800003100,39661654,00.htm The Metropolitan Police's Central e-Crime Unit arrested two people earlier this month for the suspected criminal distribution of the Zeus Trojan. A spokesman for the Met Police told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Thursday that the man and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:50:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39650566,00.htm The convictions of the gang members are the first to come out of an investigation by the Met's Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), the £7m unit set up last year to tackle cybercrime. He failed to appear at Southwark Crown Court on Friday for... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:08:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39502172,00.htm E-crime victims in the UK are confused as to where they should report such crimes. According to a report by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), the UK lacks a central reporting point for online crime, leaving victims "often uncertain... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:15:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39481569,00.htm The government's newly-created Police Central e-crime Unit has announced a new assault on dodgy online ticket sellers. The unit announced on Friday that it had shut down over 100 websites suspected of selling "fraudulent or non-existent tickets" to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:09:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39453994,00.htm From the end of this year, that sort of thing will be handled by the National Fraud Reporting Centre (NFRC), which will provide a central phone line and web portal for members of the public and businesses to report all fraud, including e-crime. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:23:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39452163,00.htm In response to a written parliamentary question this week, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said from April 2006 until March 2009 the e-crime unit of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) was involved in 22 prosecutions and 21 convictions. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:20:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39447841,00.htm Meanwhile, the Association of Chief Police Officers revealed that its e-crime group was in discussions to deploy PC crime 'breathalysers' which can detect evidence of illegal activity on PCs. June was a month full of Apple-related news with the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:50:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60608031p,00.htm BitDefender's security experts analyzed and examined the menaces of the first half of 2008, focusing on software vulnerabilities and exploits, different types of malware, as well as countermeasures, cyber crime prevention and law enforcement. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39445480,00.htm The office will pool intelligence capabilities from MI5, MI6, the Ministry of Defence, the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit, and the Serious Organised Crime Agency. The Office of Cyber Security (OCS), dedicated to protecting Britain's IT... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:09:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39439895,00.htm The system will bring together data from five operational areas of policing, custody, crime, intelligence, child abuse and domestic abuse into a central system. In response the Home Office has proposed it will delete the profiles of those arrested... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:47:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39420144,00.htm Officers in the Association of Chief Police Officers' (Acpo) e-crime group are looking into commercial devices that can search text, pictures and computer code on a hard disk for material of interest. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:30:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39430896,00.htm Soca's annual report, published yesterday, details a year of fighting e-crime, from leading the UK operation to shut down the online forum DarkMarket and hunting the gang who tried to electronically transfer more than £229m from a London-based bank. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 14 May 2009 15:10:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39421934,00.htm They should go out and find a new business model, one that doesn't involve profiting from stolen property.What everybody who steals music should realise is that e-looting is not a victimless crime. Both copyright holders and some Pirate Bay... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:06:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/future-proofing/police-launch-1bn-worth-of-e-crime-investigations-39411528.htm During its first year in operation as the National Lead Police Force for Fraud it has hired 50 new investigators and taken on 70 new cases of suspected fraud involving computers, the e-Crime Congress 2009 event heard today. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:33:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/future-proofing/facebook-slams-govt-snooping-plans-39411520.htm Kelly spoke to ZDNet UK at the e-Crime Congress in London on Tuesday. Social-networking site Facebook has criticised government suggestions that intelligence services should monitor the web communications of all UK citizens. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:22:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39400382,00.htm It's somewhat ironic that the man who established the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, which was launched to fight e-crime, was targeted by fraudsters. As the world plunges deeper and deeper into recession there are big changes afoot in the technology... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:41:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39398409,00.htm The UK's new e-crime unit is already collecting criminal intelligence reports from eBay in an effort to help stamp out fraud and data theft targeting the auctioneer.eBay is feeding information on fraudulent activity on its site to the Police... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:56:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/protecting-enterprise-data/800-how-much-smes-will-lose-to-cybercrime-39397644.htm More than half of the small businesses questioned by the FSB wanted clearer information about how to report e-crime and 44 per cent wanted a named contact in their local police force. The FSB wants the Police Central E-crime Unit, the National... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:28:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39395431,00.htm The Metropolitan Police's nascent e-crime unit is stepping up its efforts to communicate with UK businesses, inviting 150 corporate security professionals to a consultation later this month. The Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) event will take... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:30:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39394802,00.htm The centre will be run by the UK Identity and Passport Service, with input from HMRC, MI5, MI6, the Serious Organised Crime Agency and the police. Already e-Borders has screened over 75 million passengers against immigration, customs and police... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:09:02 +0000