Mar 28
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
A report out this week warns the increasing amount of personal information held by various organisations is impacting the privacy of UK citizens. As individuals, we’re handing over our personal details to more and more organisations – and it’s something that many of us take for granted. But, as the people whose information is being used, we need to take more responsibility for our data – in terms of the details we give out and who we give them to. In many cases it’s a fair trade-off, a little bit of information in return for – say – money off via a loyalty card.
Read more…
Posted in News | No Comments »
Mar 28
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
The Internet revolution has brought an array of technologies that have touched nearly every aspect of modern life. The ability to communicate and share information instantaneously makes all the distant corners of the world a part of the local communities. It also gives criminals who prey upon children another way to victimize the most vulnerable and innocent members of society.
Read more…
Posted in News | No Comments »
Mar 28
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
The Swedish government is to hand out harsher punishments to cyber-criminals who launch Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The government has proposed an amendment to current legislation. I the amendment goes unopposed it will be enforceable starting 2007-06-01. The law would then open prosecutors the door for taking DoS attackers to court asking for the culprit to be punished with up to two years in prison. – Sweden – DDoS – att 4 kap. 9 c § brottsbalken (Login as guest – click on this link again and voila you got more info including Swedish text of this amendment).
Read more…
Posted in News | No Comments »
Mar 28
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
The past two decades brought rapid advancement in technology and placed Internet access in the homes of most families in the United States as well as many homes in other countries, and digital connectedness is a key element in the modern international economy. As a result, physical borders are less relevant to commerce and to crime. Cybercriminals are defrauding victims the world over at a current estimate of U.S. $67 billion dollars annually; that is $7.6 million of fraud per hour. U.S. law enforcement’s Internet Crime Complaint Center receives approximately 22,000 complaints per month.
Read more…
Posted in News | No Comments »
Mar 28
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Efforts to educate computer users about the perils of phishing have largely failed, according to online payment service PayPal. Joseph Sullivan, associate general council of PayPal, told the e-Crime Congress in London today that relying on education alone will not stop phishing and that an integrated campaign is needed to stamp out the menace.
Read more…
Posted in News | No Comments »