Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans If the prosecution rate of white-collar crime is relatively low in this country, it’s not because of a lack of will on the part of law enforcement officials to get the bad guys. It’s because of a simple lack of sufficient…
FiDi & North Beach Crime Roundup: Hat Thieves, Skateboard Assault
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In this week’s SFPD Central Station newsletter, Capt. David Lazar thanks the department for providing 10 new officers, which help with the extra territory added with redistricting. He also warns people to watch out for common crimes, including cell phone grabs,…
Cyber crime: states use hackers to do digital dirty work
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A new breed of sophisticated hacker is emerging as one of the most worrisome digital adversaries for western intelligence chiefs: cyber privateers. Just as England’s Queen Elizabeth I officially licensed pirates to plunder the treasure ships of her rival Philip II…
Crime Stoppers tip leads to credit card fraud bust
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Six men were arrested Wednesday in a credit card fraud bust by the Miami-Dade Police Department’s Economic Crimes Bureau. Police said a Crime Stoppers tip led investigators to arrest Sergio Molina, 50, Larry Milanes-Garcia, 35, Aldo Blanco, 33, Yoandy Alfonso, 32,…
The intelligent approach to tackling retail crime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Retailers need to reduce their losses. CCTV helps cut crime, but digital cameras on IP (Internet Protocol) networks will give them even more options. The options available to retailers to thwart this problem are numerous. Some solutions include the screening of…
Hackers strike UK National Crime Agency
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The NCA is a national agency responsible for combating organized crime and cybercrime. The hackers used a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on the NCA. DDoS attacks prompt Web sites to shut down by overloading them with fake traffic. “DDoS…
State trooper assigned to cyber crime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter recently promoted Senior Trooper Scott Krueger to the rank of sergeant to serve as the Special Investigation Command, Cyber Crime and Investigative Technologies Section for Area 1. Sgt. Krueger is a native of Jasper County…
Oscar Pistorius’s cell ‘raided by prison guards’ over links to crime boss
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Prison officials in Pretoria confiscated a computer hard drive fromparalympian sprinter Oscar Pistorius during a raid on his prison cell earlier this year, as part of an investigation into a Czech mob boss, according to reports. The Johannesburg based Sunday Times…
A year in the making – Lincolnshire Police launch plan to stop county businesses being crime victims
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A new police strategy will help businesses prevent and fight back against crime. The Lincolnshire Police Business Crime Strategy has been pieced together over the past 12 months using feedback on crime experiences, following a meeting with businesses last year. It…
MP continues to top juvenile crime chart
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Summary: Madhya Pradesh continues to be the state with the highest incidents of juvenile crime in the country, accounting for one out of every five criminal cases reported in 2014, the latest national crime data shows. Maharashtra with 5,175 cases is…