Why We Should Stop Talking about Silver Bullets (and the Lack of Them)
Sometimes important questions receive answers that are not really answers.
London Thief Exploits Yet Another Flaw with SMS OTPs
A serial criminal is taking phones from gym lockers and using them to remove thousands of pounds from bank accounts.
Another Bad US Proposal Wants More Punishment for Telcos Instead of Punishing Robocallers
The FCC wastes time on bad data from biased lobbyists when the universal answer to crime is to punish the criminals responsible.
US Government to Give Prosecutors 3 Years of Cyber Crime Training
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco wants a stream of new prosecutors with experience of fighting cyber crime across borders.
Cloned Voice of Company Director Used for $35mn Bank Theft, Says UAE Police
The company’s banker was fooled by an AI simulation of the director’s voice plus emailed instructions to transfer money.
BT Proposes Phone Tracking Service to Protect Women from Violence
Philip Jansen, Chief Executive of BT, wants women to dial 888 so their late-night journeys can be monitored.
New LATRO CEO Says Enhanced Analytics Is Key to the Future of RAFM
Don Reinhart is marrying signals intelligence to data analysis in anticipation of huge growth in the number of networked devices.
Taking the Fight to Encrypted Crime Networks: Why the ANOM Sting Is So Important
The FBI operated an encrypted messaging network for criminals, leading to over 800 arrests and major drug busts worldwide.
Police Take Down the ‘Favorite’ VPN of Criminals
Safe-Inet advertised its ‘bulletproof’ virtual private network services on black hat forums.
How CDR Analysis Caught a Murderer
Gregory Lewis was convicted of kidnapping and murdering an employee of a Verizon store he wanted to rob. His lawyers argued otherwise, but CDRs showed Lewis was at the location of each crime.