Hackers may have accessed detailed passport information on thousands of Air Canada customers after its app was compromised late last week
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Encryption Helping Crooks Evade Police, Finds NCA
Apps for encrypted communications are now being used by criminals of all kinds, not just hackers, says the National Crime Agency
Online Data Pushes Identity Theft To Record High
Social media also contributed to a sharp rise in young people taking part in money laundering scams
Data Centre Heists: Raiders Steal Hundreds Of Bitcoin-Mining Servers In Iceland
Eleven suspects have now been arrested in connection with the crime spree, the biggest in Iceland's history
MoneyTaker Criminals Make Off With £10m Using Stealth Malware
The 'MoneyTaker' group has made off with around $10m so far from banks in the UK, US and Russia, all the while carefully covering its tracks
Interpol & Cisco To Combat Cyber Crime At Singapore Nerve Centre
Cisco is to contribute its world-spanning cyber-threat analysis to help battle increasingly sophisticated internet threats
Eastern European Banks Hit By £100m Cyber Crime Wave
A string of related thefts targeting banks in eastern Europe and former Soviet countries involved the coordination of physical and online teams
US Arrests Chinese Man For Multiple Cyber-Attacks
The 36-year-old was arrested in Los Angeles on hacking charges linked to the high-profile hacks of the US Office of Personnel Management and insurer Anthem
US Government Seeks Information On Thousands Of Protest Website Visitors
Dreamhost said it plans to fight a search warrant demanding information on a protest site, including the IP addresses of all 1.3 million visitors
Home Office Overlooks Scale Of Online Fraud Warns NAO
Must do better! National Audit Office says online fraud is costing billions of pounds, but is still not a priority for police or government
SWIFT Profits Drop 31 Percent Following Bangladesh Hack
The SWIFT transfer network has seen profits slashed after it invested in expanding security operations following the $81m Bangladesh Bank heist
WannaCry Ransom Note ‘Written By Chinese Speaker’
Researchers have found a linguistic link between WannaCry's ransom notes and the language used in southern China, Taiwan or Singapore
Google And Facebook Hooked By $100m Phishing Scheme
The IT giants were tricked into paying millions to a scammer who impersonated a major Taiwanese electronics supplier, prosecutors say
Drone Crime Rises In UK As Switzerland Trials Deliveries
Incidents involving the use of drones in nuisance or criminal cases grew twelve-fold in the UK over the past two years, an investigation has found
Card Scammers Hack Top Restaurants In POS Attack
A list of well-known restaurants across the US are amongst those affected by the latest mass point-of-sale breach
London & Scotland Are More Affected By Financial Cyber-Crime
One in three Londoners said they had been hit by financial computer crime
UK Police Look To Internet Of Things For Evidence
Police say washing machines and refrigerators will provide invaluable evidence as they log residents' every move
UK Police Urged To Take Crime Fighting To The Cloud
Digital technology should play an increasingly significant role to help British police tackle crime, says new report
FBI ‘Hacked 8,700 Users’ In Tor Sting
Court documents reveal US investigators hacked thousands of suspects' computers around the world
UK Police’s 10 Year Digital Plan Focuses On Communications, Forensics
A 10-year strategy sees UK police forces taking wider advantage of digital tech, while training to handle its risks
Ex-Autonomy CFO Is Indicted For Fraud
US federal authorities have accused Autonomy's former finance chief of carrying out a 'scheme' to deceive investors, regulators and HP
Thousands Of London Police Get Wearable Video Cameras
The body-worn video cameras are to be rolled out to 22,000 officers across London's 32 boroughs
Twitter Data Will Be Used To Tackle LA Hate Crime
An $800,000 grant has been awarded to the University to create a social network powered hate speech detecting system
Government Cracks Down On Illegal Phones In Prisons
Government gets powers to blacklist phones it thinks are being used by criminals behind bars
ONS Figures Show UK Cybercrime Doubled In Past Year
Office for National Statistic report shows that one in ten people are victims of fraud or cybercrime
Facebook Live: Important New Witness To Crimes
NEWS ANALYSIS: You can run but you cannot hide from a ubiquitous social network like Facebook - especially now that it enables users to broadcast live video at any time
Apple Cranks iOS Encryption In Face Of FBI Flak
All iOS applications will be required to use Secure HTTP by the end of this year, with a few exceptions
FBI Says Suspect iPhone Password Reset Was Deliberate
Investigators would have needed to crack the shooting suspect's iPhone even if its iCloud password hadn't been reset, the FBI has said
These ‘Hack-Proof’ RFID Chips Could Stop Your Cash Being Stolen
MIT researchers have created RFID chips, which they believe will vastly improve security of credit cards, key cards and warehouse goods
Tinder And Grindr Increasingly Linked To Reports of Rape And Violent Crime
Alleged crimes connected to dating apps have increased by 700 percent since 2013