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Don't get Grinched by cybercrime during the holiday season

2015-11-28 15:22:55| Wireless - Topix.net

Online fraud spikes during the holiday shopping season, as people searching for the perfect gifts take to cyberspace and head to traditional stores armed with their smartphones. "The Pandora's box of cyberattacks is about to open," says Pete Tyrrell , chief operating officer for Digital Guardian, a Waltham, Massachusetts-based data protection firm.

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'Urgent action' call on cyber-crime

2015-10-24 02:34:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Business leaders call for urgent action to tackle cyber-crime following the TalkTalk attack, describing it as one of the biggest threats facing companies.

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Get ready for organized cybercrime

2015-09-28 14:45:42| Extremetech

It's no digital Cosa Nostra, but it could actually end up perpetrating far more crime around the world.

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US, China to co-operate on fighting cybercrime

2015-09-28 09:34:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The US and China reached an agreement to cooperate on cybercrime during a state visit by Chinese president Xi Jinping to the US. The two sides have agreed to cooperate with requests to investigate cybercrimes, collect electronic evidence and mitigate malicious cyber activity emanating from their terrories. The two governments have also agreed that neither would conduct nor knowingly support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, including trade secrets or other confidential business information, with the internet of providing competitive advantages to individual companies or commercial sectors. The US and China are committed to making common effort to further identify and promote appropriate norms of state behaviour in cyberspace within the international community. A senior experts group will be formed for further discussion of the topic. In addition a high-level joint dialogue mechanism will be established for further discussions. The first meeting will be held by the end of the year, followed by semi-annual meetings.

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