Microsoft has warned people of a localised strain of malware that masquerades as a message from a country’s local law enforcement. The ‘ransomware’ — malware that takes control of a user’s device and demands payment to unlock the computer — was detailed by Microsoft on Monday. “What is remarkable in…
Fraud alert: Police don’t say ‘season’s thievings’ for nothing
That many more shoppers, that many more transactions, that many more chances to be a victim of fraud, police say View full post on credit report fraud – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
London Police Arrest the Original News of the World Phone Hacker, Again
He was one of the first arrested for alleged phone hacking at News of the World, and now private investigator Glenn Mulclaire has become the 20th. The BBC reports he was arrested at 7 a.m. London time for “phone hacking and perverting the course of justice” as part of the…
HTCS1: The FBI works with the Bulgarian police to arrest a cyber crime gang. Listen to more at http://t.co/gTnfwWQH
HTCS1: The FBI works with the Bulgarian police to arrest a cyber crime gang. Listen to more at http://t.co/gTnfwWQH View full post on Twitter / HTCS1
Middletown man tracked woman with smart phone spyware, police say
CRAWFORD — Town of Crawford police have charged a Middletown man with multiple felonies after they said he installed spyware on a Pine Bush woman’s smart phone, accessed all her data and tracked her movements. View full post on spyware jail – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on…
Was police chief’s computer hacked by journalists?
A senior police chief has been warned by British authorities that he may have been targeted by tabloid journalists and his computer hacked into. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Video: Police shoot man with assault rifle near Occupy protest
By PoliceOne Staff Recently-released video captured the shooting of a man wielding an assault rifle near a Houston Occupy protest in a downtown park last week. 21-year-old Joshua Anthony Twohig fired off several shots inside Tranquility Park on November 21. After several attempts to get Twohig to drop his rifle,…
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP POLICE REPORT: Laptop theft, credit card fraud, fire bugs and a noisy street sweeper
The following information is provided by the Newtown Township Police Department: View full post on credit card fraud – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Iowa videographer convicted of police interference
By PoliceOne Staff DES MOINES, Iowa — A 28-year-old protest videographer could spend up to 30 days in jail for failing to follow police orders to step back. Justin Norman was being dropped off outside his home in July by driver Kirk Brown, who police stopped for an open trunk,…
Police Limit Comic: November 27, 2011
Author: Garey McKee Police Limit Comic is published on PoliceOne every Sunday. For more than a decade, the strip’s cast of unnamed characters has been constantly struggling with stresses, not only from the criminal element on the street, but also from the upper echelons of the police department’s top brass,…