cyber-crime

Met Arrests 14 Over £1m Phishing Scam

PCeU strikes again, taking in 14 people during an investigation into a major phishing operation

13 years ago

British Businesses Lag US In Cyber-Worrying

Lloyds of London finds that UK firms should be more concerned about the cyber-crime threat

13 years ago

Government Enlists Business Support For Cyber-Sec

The government has published plans to prevent cyber attacks and crime while protecting growth

13 years ago

Cyber-Crime Data Slips Through The Met

Cyber-crime data is lost because victims refuse to report breaches, Metropolitan Police told Commons

13 years ago

FBI Smashes $14 Million Click-Fraud Cyber-Gang

US and Estonian law enforcement officers have arrested six people for a sophisticated clickjacking scam

13 years ago

UK-based Gang Jailed For £3 Million Cyber-Fraud

Two Ukranian ringleaders are among 13 jailed for infecting computers with malware and stealing £2.9 million

13 years ago

IronKey Unveils Bank Cyber-Crime Security Kit

IronKey introduced an integrated banking platform of multiple security controls to combat cyber-criminals

13 years ago

Nominet Considers Criminal Domain Takedown Rules

Police could request a domain be blocked without a court order, if new proposals are adopted

13 years ago

Cybercrime Costs Rise Despite Awareness, HP Finds

A new report from HP has found the typical cost of cybercrime to some organisations is £3.6m per year

13 years ago

Anonymous Responds To Italian Arrests

Anonymous has played down the significance of the arrested suspects in Italy and Switzerland

13 years ago

ICSPA Aims To Align Global Cyber-Crime Fighters

The International Cyber Security Protection Alliance has joined with Europol to tackle online criminals

13 years ago

Scareware Gangs Busted By FBI Global Operation

The FBI seized over 40 computers and arrested two individuals to break up two separate scareware scams

13 years ago

FBI Controls One Quarter Of All US Hackers, Says Expert

An estimated 25 percent of US hackers are coerced into becoming FBI puppets, says the publisher of 2600 magazine

13 years ago

Cyber-Thieves Aim At Cloud And Virtualised Servers

Cyber-criminals are attacking virtualised data centre systems and targeting cloud environments

13 years ago

Zeus Malware Hidden In Fake LinkedIn Messages

The LinkedIn social networking site is being used to find victims to target with malicious phishing emails

13 years ago

US Call For Public-Private Alliance To Fight Cyber-Threat

US DHS Secretary calls for the public, government and private industry to work together against cyber-attacks

14 years ago

FBI Severs Botnet Servers And Begins Manhunt

The FBI has shut down the massive Coreflood botnet and is hunting 13 criminals who stole millions of dollars

14 years ago

Enterprises Warned To Take Cyber Spying Seriously

An Ovum analyst warns of enterprises' cavalier attitude towards shutting out cyber spies

14 years ago

Government Cyber Crime Report Debunked

An IT security professor claims the government's cyber crime report is merely sales bumf for BAE

14 years ago

Thieves’ Evolving Tactics Challenges Cyber-Detectives

Security experts survey security changes and how international collaboration is helping in the fight

14 years ago

Home Office Adopts ‘Flawed’ EU Cyber-Crime Directive

James Brokenshire has signed the UK up to the EC cyber-crime directive despite major grey areas

14 years ago

Exploring Cyber-Crime Money Mule Operations

Security experts offer insight into how money mules are recruited, paid and managed by cyber-gangs

14 years ago

Upping The Ante: Cyber-Criminals Turn On Each Other

As cyber-crime becomes increasingly sophisticated, cyber-gangs could start aiming malware at one another, warns Derek Manky

14 years ago