TelecomFinance 2010

'Hacktivist' collective Anonymous today issued a threat against the US Federal Reserve, repeating its call for the resignation of Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. A video posted on YouTube, claiming to come from members of...

A majority of UK consumers believe that the ongoing economic crunch will increase their vulnerability to falling victim of identity theft and other related crimes, according to a recent report from the technology company...

Three of the more senior executive board members at controversial ad company Phorm have announced their intention to resign from the firm within 24 hours. Hugo Drayton, UK chief executive, will depart at the end of December...

Crime pays and it pays very well in cyberspace.It’s been five years since the first ecrime congress and this month will witness leading figures from government, business, finance and law-enforcement assembling in London, once...

Identity crime, both online and through real-world information theft, is in danger of running out of control and requires urgent government action to restore public confidence, said Mark Pritchard MP (Conservative - The...

Anyone trading illegally in personal data should be sent to prison for up to two years, according to the UK's Information Commissioner. Richard Thomas warned today that confidential information is too easily stolen from public...

The Observer newspaper reports that phishing has replaced spam as the biggest threat to internet users after soaring by 44 per cent in six months.Phishing is increasingly the confidence trick of choice for gangs in eastern...

Looking back at the past year, it seems the security threats to businesses are only becoming more pervasive and more costly. In two weeks' time, leaders of the global law-enforcement, finance and online business communities will...