Security News

Slack warns investors it might be targeted by organized crime, nation-state hackers
2019-04-29 09:53

Slack Technologies, the company whose cloud-based collaboration tools and services are used by companies worldwide, has warned potential investors that the company faces threats from a wide...

Cops can try suspect’s fingers on locked iPhones found at crime scene
2019-04-26 10:20

A Massachusetts federal district judge gave cops a warrant to force-unlock iPhones with the suspect's fingers.

BAE Systems enhances its NetReveal platform improving financial crime investigator efficiency
2019-04-17 00:00

BAE Systems unveiled a major enhancement to its NetReveal platform at the ACAMS 24th annual International AML and Financial Crime Conference. This latest version combines the best of advanced...

Google Helps Police Identify Devices Close to Crime Scenes Using Location Data
2019-04-15 12:03

It's no secret that Google tracks you everywhere, even when you keep Google's Location History feature disabled. As revealed by an Associated Press investigation in 2018, other Google apps like...

Capita bags £13.2m Police Scotland deal for crime-snooping tech
2019-04-04 15:25

Picking up slack from doomed Accenture IT contract i6 Outsourcing badass Capita has gulped down a tasty £13.2m morsel dished out by the Scottish Police Authority: namely, the deal for Police...

Nation-State and Crime Groups Keep Blending, Europol Warns
2019-03-29 14:48

More Advanced Attack Tools Easier to Access, Europol's Steven Wilson WarnsDistinguishing nation-state attacks from organized crime continues to grow more difficult because some attackers wear both...

No-Deal Brexit Threatens British Crime-Fighting
2019-02-12 12:18

Police Say Data-Sharing Alternatives 'Will Not Be As Efficient Or Effective'British police say they're doing their best to cope with the possibility that the U.K. will crash out of the EU in 45...

Secret Service busts online car sales crime ring
2019-02-11 11:49

They posed as military needing to offload cars before deployment, allegedly posting bogus ads on Craigslist, eBay, and AutoTrader.

Accused hacker Lauri Love to sue National Crime Agency to retrieve confiscated computing kit
2019-02-06 15:09

Using Police Property Act 1897 to get PCs, storage devices back, representing himself in court Lauri Love, the Brit who beat US attempts to extradite him over accusations of hacking, is suing...

Accused hacker Laurie Love to sue National Crime Agency to retrieve confiscated computing kit
2019-02-06 15:09

Using Police Property Act 1897 to get PCs, storage devices back, representing himself in court Lauri Love, the Brit who beat US attempts to extradite him over accusations of hacking, is suing the...