Geoff White
State-level hacking: who’s got your back?
Governments are unleashing viruses often designed to take complete control of a computer, giving police and intelligence agencies access to its webcam and microphone.
Search results for ‘cybercrime’
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Cybercrime ‘hackers’ arrested in UK and US
A teenage boy from Britain is one of 15 people arrested on suspicion of being connected to hacking group Anonymous, which targeted PayPal’s website in retaliation for suspending WikiLeaks’ accounts.
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TalkTalk hack – new details emerge
It was one of the biggest hacks in recent history – more than a million people’s sensitive data stolen and tonight – we’ve got inside information about how it could have been carried out.
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Met chief: police ‘overwhelmed’ by surge in rape reports
Police will have to be taken off the streets unless there are more resources to cope with an “overwhelming” rise in reported cases of rape, the UK’s most senior police officer warns.
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When did Adult FriendFinder know it had been hacked?
The owners of online dating site Adult FriendFinder were warned that it had been hacked more than two months before Channel 4 News exposed the leak of almost four million people’s sensitive data.
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Adult dating site hack exposes millions of users
Hackers have struck one of the world’s largest internet dating websites, leaking the highly sensitive sexual information of almost four million users onto the web.
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Geoff White
Interpol plays cyber crooks at their own game
In the fight against cyber crime, no matter how smart the technology gets, it’s often human relationships that dictate success.
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Geoff White
Crime is changing, and technology is playing a major role
News last week that crime rates had fallen to a record low gives an indication as to how that shift is taking place.
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‘Third world’ bail system slammed by former Murdoch lawyer
Police will lose the power to bail people indefinitely under plans announced by the home secretary, lawyer Tom Crone says the system is “grotesque”.
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Geoff White
Why your credit cards aren’t as safe as you think
Where does a cybercriminal go to fence their virtual stolen goods? Rescator.cc is a giant store of stolen credit card information, freely accessible to anyone who wants to buy.
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Thousands at risk from credit card fraud website
Thousands of British bank customers are at risk of fraud thanks to a website which offers a “one-stop shop” for anyone to buy credit card details stolen by hackers.
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Controls on undercover policing ‘ineffective’
A group of senior police officers in charge of keeping undercover policing in check lacks “teeth” and should be overhauled immediately, a damning report by inspectors has said.
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FactCheck: how many paedophiles in Britain?
Is there more child sex abuse in Britain than in other countries? And what can we do about it?
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Computer posing as teenage boy passes ‘Turing test’
He is 13-years-old, likes hamburgers and sweets, and has just passed the world famous ‘Turing test’ for the first time – meet the computer program Eugene Goostman.
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Geoff White
The man behind the ‘Swiss Army knife’ for hackers – GameOver Zeus
The life of Evgeny Bogachev, the inventor of the GameOver Zeus virus, offers a fascinating glimpse into the development of computer viruses from bedroom business into global industry.
