UK trials ‘rehab camp’ for young cyber criminals
The UK's National Crime Agency trials weekend camps that aim to steer young cybercriminals towards cybersecurity.
The UK's National Crime Agency trials weekend camps that aim to steer young cybercriminals towards cybersecurity.
The competition is culminating with a simulated cyber attack where they will have to try and regain control of naval gun systems taken over by a fictitious cyber terrorist group.
Mega-bust dragnet
John E Dunn | 08 Mar | Read more
British law enforcement agencies arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of being involved in a hacking attack last year against a satellite communications system operated by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Lucian Constantin | 07 Mar | Read more
Police in several European countries including the UK have arrested sixteen people in connection with the use of Remote Access Trojans (RATs) to steal financial data or use webcams for surveillance, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has reported.
John E Dunn | 22 Nov | Read more
Police have revealed news of a spectacular malware attack by an East European gang in May that managed to steal £1.6 million ($2.5 million) from dozens of ATM machines in cities across the UK.
John E. Dunn | 27 Oct | Read more
Britain's banks are to start using a new alerting system that will make it easier for a range of police and government agencies to warn its members of cyberattacks and frauds in real time.
John E. Dunn | 27 Sep | Read more
A man who admitted stealing personal data online for use in fraud has been sentenced to nearly five years' in prison.
Anh Nguyen | 18 Jul | Read more
Police from eight countries together with several private security companies disrupted the online infrastructure used by cybercriminals to control computers infected with a malware program called Shylock.
Lucian Constantin | 11 Jul | Read more
The teen arrested last year in connection with the huge DNS reflection DDoS attack against anti-spam outfit Spamhaus has been charged, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.
John E Dunn | 01 Jul | Read more
The recent effort to disrupt the Gameover Zeus botnet includes plans for Internet service providers to notify victims, but some security researchers think ISPs should play an even bigger role in the future by actively quarantining infected computers identified on their networks.
Lucian Constantin | 04 Jun | Read more
Cyber Security Challenge UK is asking members of the public to showcase their digital skills and help investigate suspicious emails linked to a mysterious cyber-crime group.
Antony Savvas | 17 May | Read more
The internet is now the ‘leading channel' for multiple types of economic crime, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Charlotte Jee | 08 May | Read more
GCHQ and firms such as Lockheed Martin and BT attempted to identify Britain's most talented "cyber defenders" last week in order to ensure the UK's citizens and businesses are protected against future cyber attacks.
The City of London Police is taking over responsibility for Action Fraud, the national fraud and financially-motivated internet crime reporting centre.
Anh Nguyen | 03 Dec | Read more