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Silk Road unravels with four UK men arrested as part of international swoop
Four UK men were arrested on Tuesday for their part in the multi-million pound illicit Silk Road marketplace. The men – three of whom were in their early 20s and from Manchester, and one of which was...
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How the police can trace photographs back to your camera
Forensic experts have long been able to match a series of prints to the hand that left them, or a bullet to the gun that fired it. Now, the same thing is being done with the photos taken by digital...
View ArticleGoogle to encrypt user data as default on Android 5.0 Lollipop
Google’s latest version of its Android operating system, dubbed Lollipop, will include a feature that automatically encrypts user data by default. The update, which will begin rolling out in November,...
View ArticleFast-food chain Chick-fil-A launches investigation into payments systems breach
American fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A has said it is working with leading IT security firms, law enforcement and payment industry contacts Saying it received reports of potential unusual...
View ArticleThe Government needs to help businesses with cyber insurance
Governments should step in to cover the threats posed by cyber attacks as they present such a danger to global business. Lloyd’s of London head Stephen Catlin said that cyber security presented the...
View ArticleExpert analysis on the fight against cyber-crime
On Friday, it was announced that 56 cyber-criminals had been arrested in the UK as part of an organised “strike week” across England, Scotland and Wales. The suspects stand accused of a wide variety of...
View ArticleUS attorney office criticises Apple and Google over encryption
A report issued by the Manhattan district attorney’s office on smartphone encryption and public safety has revealed that Google and Apple are able and willing to unlock devices, but not for much...
View ArticleTim Cook stands firm on encryption
With many U.S. lawmakers calling for an end to encryption, Tim Cook has decided to reiterate Apple’s stance on the matter. Apple’s CEO believes that when it comes to encryption there is no trade-off...
View ArticleWi-Fi router data could be used to solve crimes
Law enforcement agencies are missing out on a vast amount of valuable data that could be used to convict criminals, or prove innocence. Dan Blackman from Edith Cowan University, Australia, says that...
View ArticleIoT set to infiltrate law enforcement through to 2025
The Internet of Things (IoT) seems to be everywhere these days, proliferating our lives with more gadgets than anyone can possibly need. Just yesterday we saw smart refrigerators and washing machines...
View ArticlePeering through the cloud
With there now being more mobile phones on the planet than people and smartphones set to achieve saturation in just 10 years, unlocking the data held on them has increasingly needed to be used as vital...
View ArticleTwitter distances itself from US intelligence agencies
In an attempt to limit how its data is used, Twitter has prevented Dataminr from using real-time tweets to provide US intelligence agencies with analytics. [see_also] The company has likely shifted its...
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