Security News

Just a third of Brit cops are equipped to fight crime that is 'cyber'
2018-06-05 12:14

Bad news if you've been defrauded online Just one in three police forces in the UK are able to tackle cybercrime such as DDoS, malware attacks and online fraud, a Home Affairs Committee heard today.…

FBI admits to inflating number of crime-related devices it can’t crack
2018-05-24 13:25

Investigators can't get into 7,775 devices? Nah, the FBI admits: it's more like 1,200... or 2000... pending an audit, it's not really sure.

Wah, encryption makes policing hard, cries UK's National Crime Agency
2018-05-14 13:35

Ever since Snowden it's been the default – report Encryption is making it more difficult for law enforcement agencies to detect dangerous offenders, according the the National Crime Agency's (NCA)...

'Original Internet Godfather' Opens Up on Crimes
2018-05-03 12:47

Brett Johnson on Why He Turned From Committing Fraud to Fighting ItBrett Johnson stole millions in a fraud career that made him one of the FBI's most wanted criminals. But now he's sharing his...

Alleged Mastermind Behind Carbanak Crime Gang Arrested
2018-03-27 21:28

The suspected leader behind the cyber crime group that targeted banks to rack up more than one billion Euros in damage over the past few years has been apprehended, according to the Spanish...

Is US Computer Crime Justice Draconian?
2018-02-19 17:33

Prosecutors Cry 'Deterrence' to Justify Lengthy Sentences. Who's Deterred?Is U.S. computer crime justice draconian? That's one obvious question following England's Court of Appeal ruling that...

Estonia Arrests Alleged Russian Agent Plotting Cyber-Crime
2017-11-07 17:51

Estonia said Tuesday it had arrested a suspected Russian spy allegedly plotting a cyber-crime, in the latest incident to strain relations between the small Baltic state and the Kremlin. read more

Eye on Crime: Help Security Tools and Teams See What Matters (Security Week)
2017-07-11 12:58

I recently watched The Day of the Jackal, a 1973 thriller about a plot to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle. What started as a lark to see what Paris looked like in the early 70s...

FBI: $1.45 Billion in Losses to Internet Crime Reported in 2016 (Security Week)
2017-06-26 19:19

The FBI has published its Internet Crime Report 2016 based on information received by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). It shows that 298,728 complaints were received by the IC3 during...

Internet crime: The continuing rise of the BEC scam (Help Net Security)
2017-06-23 15:07

Through its website, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) accepts complaints about Internet-facilitated criminal activity, and forwards them to the appropriate law enforcement agencies...