cybercrime

Russians Deny England World Cup Bid Email Hack

FBI interviews members of England's 2018 World Cup bid team as part of its investigation into FIFA corruption

13 years ago

UK Cyber Defences Bolstered For Olympics

The Olympics are now only seven months away and will reportedly enjoy 'unprecedented' cyber security

13 years ago

Industry Predicts More Advanced Attacks in 2012

Cyber-adversaries are gearing up for even more advanced attacks. Fahmida Rashid Explores the security outlook for 2012

13 years ago

Liability Framework Missing From Security Strategy

BCS says the. government strategy is a good overall vision, but lacks emphasis in key areas

13 years ago

Malware Soars As Traditional Phishing Falters

Cyber-thugs focus on malware as industry fights back

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

Government Security Minister Resigns

Baroness Neville-Jones has announced her resignation as the Government's Cyber Security Minister

14 years ago

Crooks Target Olympic Games Ticket Buyers

Tickets for the 2012 Olympics went on sale on Tuesday, creating a security dilemma for online ticket buyers

14 years ago

Trusteer Warns Of Bogus Microsoft Support Calls

Scammers and fraudsters are phoning up computer users pretending to be Microsoft support staff

14 years ago

Teenage GhostMarket Founder Jailed For Five Years

The founder of a multi million-pound internet crime site has been given a reduced sentence due to his 'youth'

14 years ago

AVG Continues SMB Focus With Online Security Audit

AVG is offering SMBs a free security audit to help in the ongoing fight against cyber crime

14 years ago

Cyber Crime Costs UK £27 Billion A Year

The shocking cost of cyber crime to the UK economy has been revealed in a new government and industry study

14 years ago

Huawei Establishes UK Cyber Security Centre

Amid ongoing national cyber security concerns, Huawei has announced the creation of a cyber security centre in the UK

14 years ago

NATO, EU And US Plan Action Against Cyber-crime

European countries are to form their own Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) to fight Internet threats

14 years ago

Police To Get Facebook Lessons

Detectives will be trained to track down criminals on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter

14 years ago

Microsoft Finds Sharp Rise In Oracle Java Attacks

Microsoft has found that in the third quarter alone, three Java bugs have been targeted by more than six million…

14 years ago

Four Fifths Oppose Cuts In Cybercrime-Fighting Budget

Eighty percent of respondents to a Sophos survey think more investment is needed to fight cybercrime

14 years ago

Bumper Registrations For Cyber Security Challenge

The Cyber Security Challenge, which looks to address the security skills shortage, has seen almost 4,000 people registering to take…

14 years ago

Met Admits Resource Problem At Cybercrime Unit

The Met admitted the chronic lack of resources at its cybercrime unit is hurting the fight against online criminal gangs

14 years ago

Symantec Reports Two-Thirds Of Users Hit By Cybercrime

Cybercrime is more prevalent than previously thought... and users are not happy

14 years ago

Russian Cybercrime: Geeks, Not Gangsters

Researchers studying Russian cybercrime forums believe they are more Myspace than Mafia

14 years ago

Police Arrest Six Over Online Banking Thefts

A criminal gang, thought to be responsible for stealing millions of pounds from online bank accounts, has been caught by…

14 years ago

Black Hat Talk on Chinese Cyber Crime Pulled

A talk on Chinese cybercrime has been pulled form the Black Hat security conference after pressure from Taiwan

14 years ago

Government Freezes Met’s Cyber Crime Budget

The Government has axed plans for an increase in funding for the Met's cyber crime unit, as part of its…

14 years ago

FBI Cracks Rogue Antivirus Scam

The FBI claims to have shut down a rogue antivirus operation that sold more than 1 million fake products

14 years ago

Infosec 2010: Nations Must Coordinate On Cybercrime

The UK is doing better than some countries, but real international cooperation is non-existent, warns the head of the Ponemon…

15 years ago

EC Cybercrime Agency To Combat Fraud

The European Commission hopes to combat online fraud and child pornography with a new centralised cybercrime unit

15 years ago

Infosec 2010: Experts Overlook Motivation For Cyber-Attacks

Organisations focus more on preventing attacks and dealing with the aftermath than investigating their origins, say experts

15 years ago

RSA Reveals Zeus Trojan Cyber-Crime Infrastructure

Security researchers at RSA spotlight the cyber-infrastructure that props up malware like the Zeus Trojan by providing so-called bulletproof hosting…

15 years ago

US Internet Fraud Tops Half A Billion Dollars, Says FBI

A new report from the Internet Crime Complaint Centre found the amount of losses from cyber-crime doubled in 2009, with…

15 years ago