NL – Dutch want banks help to fight illegal Web casinos: “(Reuters) Dutch authorities intend to crack down on illegal online casinos and are calling on banks to stop providing financial services to them. The…
Bits: The New Hacker Economics: “Company e-mail, business documents and personal health information are the new targets of choice for illegal hackers, according to a maker of Web security software and appliances. “ (Via NYT…
Tracking Down The Child Abusers (from The Northern Echo) Stories about child pornography are increasing. But is the crime more common, or its detection more effective? How do police catch paedophiles and what toll does…
An Advocacy Handbook for the Non Governmental Organisations: The Council of Europe’s Cyber-Crime Convention 2001 and the additional protocol on the criminalisation of acts of a racist or xenophobic nature committed through computer systems, Cyber-Rights.Org,…
Microsoft gives cops COFEE: free computer forensic tools: “ Cops doing computer forensic work already have a ton of tools to choose from, but Microsoft is doing its part to help out as well —…
Financial Service Authority warned firms to improve data security: “Banks, building societies, insurance companies and financial advisers need to do more to prevent their customers falling victim to identity fraud, the Financial Services Authority has…
Policing internet ‘not ISP’s job’: “The head of one of Britain’s biggest internet providers attacks the music industry for demanding action on pirates.” (Via BBC News.)
2nd year results from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre – the UK’s dedicated organisation for tackling the sexual abuse of children – show the battle against child sex offenders continues to gather…
Central e-crime unit waits for Home Office approval: “ Amber light Police hope the Home Office will approve plans to create a central e-crime unit in the UK. Ministers are yet to agree £1.3m in…
In addition to the Cybercrime Convention, the Council of Europe also developed the first additional protocol to the Cybercrime Convention on the criminalisation of acts of a racist or xenophobic nature committed through computer systems…