police
"Julian Assange of Wikileaks arrested in London" hoax
Controversial Wikileaks pinup Julian Assange has been arrested after slipping out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London to seek medical treatment at a nearby clinic.
Or has he?
US cop awarded $1 million over randy officers' illegal use of license database as a private Facebook
A former police officer has been awarded $1,057,000 in settlement payments after she filed suits charging privacy invasion against fellow officers who illegally accessed her photo and address more than 500 times.
Undercover cop outed on Facebook, woman arrested for posting photo
Police arrested a Texas woman for allegedly posting a photo of an undercover police officer onto her Facebook page.
The case shows that it's time that police learn how vulnerable they are in a social media world.
Facebook troll outed as policeman
A UK woman has endured months of poisonous messages, email hacking, online impersonation, and her daughter's image getting pasted onto a photo of a lap dancer, all over her words of support for an X Factor contestant.
'Assange to be ARRESTED' - British police in document dissemination gaffe
A uniformed police officer at a recent Assange-oriented press briefing fell under the lens of a Press Association snapper.
The officer was carrying a clipboard...can you guess what happened next?
Police penalty-payment website makes amateurish coding errors
Trust is crucial for financial web transactions, which is why it is so important that legitimate organisations don't get sloppy with best practice.
Police mobile phone sting fails when.. err.. no handsets stolen
When British police left secretly tracked phones as "bait" hoping that they would be stolen by thieves from bars and pubs, they probably thought they had come up with an ingenious plan.
MLT - Suspected member of TeamPoison hacking gang arrested
A teenage boy, believed to go by the online handle "MLT" and to be a member of the notorious TeamPoison hacking gang, has been arrested by British police.
How Anonymous spied on FBI / UK Police hacking investigation conference call
How careful are you with your conference call details?
Can you be sure that no-one is listening in to your private business discussions?
Vikileaks Twitter campaign falls over, but Vic Toews still standing
While the fury over Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews' really, really poor choice of words continues to snowball, Vikileaks Twitter campaign was shut down last night.
Metropolitan Police malware warning issued - beware the ransomware attack!
The Metropolitan Police has warned Windows users of a malware attack that poses as a message from the computer crime-fighting cops themselves.
Anonymous spies on FBI / UK Police hacking investigation conference call
A recording of a confidential conference call between the FBI and UK law enforcement officers at the Metropolitan Police has been released by Anonymous on the internet.
US Police use games consoles in crime investigations
Police in the US use XBox 360 and PS3s as key parts of investigations. With police now cooperating more closely with companies like Microsoft, is it time to ask for greater transparency about their relationships?
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.
Don't fight cybercrime on your own - do it with Synergy!
Next week, I'll be talking at the Identity and Hi-Tech Crime Symposium 2011 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
There's still time for last-minute registrations at the event, so if you're in the region, why not join me there?
'Pepper spray' officer named by Occupy Wall Street activists
Should a New York policeman's name, address and family details be published on the internet by activists - because he is alleged to have pepper-sprayed Wall Street protestors?
Suspected hackers arrested over Anonymous/LulzSec internet attacks
Two men, aged 20 and 24, have been arrested by British police in connection with a series of internet attacks orchestrated by the Anonymous and LulzSec gangs.
Viral marketing company sets new security lows with 'frame a friend' campaign
Aussie-headquartered voicemail company Messages On Hold is no stranger to guerilla marketing campaigns.
But the company's latest effort at viral marketing is surely one of the most irresponsible yet: you're invited to 'frame' a friend for a crime.
BART Police database hacked - names and addresses posted online
A database belonging to the BART Police Officers Association appears to have been hacked, and the names, postal and email addresses of officers posted online.
Harvard Ethics youngster charged with massive online theft
A 24-year-old, described as a researcher at Harvard University's Center for Ethics, has been arrested in Massachusetts, USA, on a raft of computer crime charges.
The charge-sheet is curiously reminiscent of a hacker movie.
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