Latest Cyber Crime articles

Office of Cyber Security suggests new standards to raise awareness of cyber crime

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Disclosure, insurance deals and kitemarks the way forward, says director James Quinault
30 May 2012

Cyber crime and the limits of spin


17 Apr 2012

Downing Street and Home Office websites hit by Anonymous

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DDoS attacks in protest at "draconian" surveillance proposals, and US extradition treaty
08 Apr 2012

European Cybercrime Centre aims for January 2013 launch

Commission proposes Euro cyber-cops in crackdown on e-crime
30 Mar 2012

Cyber crime has increased in financial services sector, says report

Nearly a third of staff in sector have not received cyber security training
27 Mar 2012

Government pledges £100,000 to fight international cyber crime

UK will be supporting the Council of Europe Global Project on Cybercrime to further implementation of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
02 Mar 2012

AlienVault launches open threat data exchange to combat cybercrime

Free service allows 18,000 users to share attack information from their networks
22 Feb 2012

Stolen Facebook and Twitter log-ins on sale for $30 each

Cyber criminals also flogging log-ins for cPanel website administration
08 Feb 2012

Information Security Forum talks up 'cyber resilience'

Security organisation advises firms on a strategy to deal with unpredictable cyber attacks
24 Jan 2012

What sort of international body should police the internet?

The recent London Conference on Cyberspace featured scores of politicians agreeing that the internet needed policing, but who is going to do it?
07 Nov 2011

Foreign Secretary calls for international collaboration on cyber defence

William Hague also promised delegates at the London Conference on Cyberspace that the government will not attempt to restrict internet users
01 Nov 2011

Met Police's e-crime unit saves UK economy £140m in six months

PCeU is on course to exceed target to reduce cyber crime
03 Oct 2011

QR tags used by cyber criminals

The marketing tags can be used to steer victims to malicious sites
14 Sep 2011

Government is to ask Google to help fight cyber crime

Hunt says search engines should be involved in the fight against cyber crime
13 Sep 2011

CESG certification boosts anti-cyber crime careers

Information assurance specialists will be provided with a guaranteed career path
02 Sep 2011

Met police charge two alleged Lulzsec members

While 14 alleged Anonymous hackers plead not guilty to charges in the US
02 Sep 2011

Expert says UK government is too preoccupied with launching cyber attacks

Cambridge professor says only 10 per cent of UK's cyber security war chest is devoted to defence
01 Sep 2011

China gets tough on cyber crime

China will increase penalties for those caught computer hacking from September
30 Aug 2011

Nokia developer forum hacked

Members' email addresses and personal information accessed
30 Aug 2011

Gartner’s verdict on advanced security threats: firms must try harder

Targeted attacks are using known exploits, so companies need to act to block them, says analyst outfit
25 Aug 2011

H4cked Off: UK cyber security – a disaster waiting to happen?

Cyber security is high on the agenda, but does the government really have a clue how to respond?
19 Aug 2011

Symantec: What should enterprises do to secure themselves?

Sian John, security strategist at Symantec, explains why we are seeing more frequent cyber attacks than ever before, and how enterprises should secure themselves
17 Aug 2011

Hacker used social media to steal from neighbours' accounts

But what can banks and their customers do to protect themselves?
15 Aug 2011

Harnig botnet returns

Part of the once mighty Rustock empire has reappeared online, despite servers being seized by law enforcement agencies
12 Aug 2011