Posts Tagged ‘cybercrime unit’

Koobface gang turns off command servers, as Russian police explain lack of action

Jan

2012

The publication of a detailed investigation into alleged members of the Koobface malware gang appears to have had an instant impact. The C&C (comamnd and control) servers at the heart of Koobface have stopped responding, and the individuals uncovered by the report have been busy deleting their profiles on social networks, where they had left […]

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UK police foiled attack on royal wedding website

Nov

2011

Police detained a 16-year-old on Oct. 10 in relation to “a suspected attempt to encourage others to commit a distributed denial-of-service attack,” according to a spokesman from the cybercrime unit who was quoted in a report from the Associated Press. The spokesman also said that the teenager is out on bail and has not yet […]

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London’s Metropolitan police re-invest in fighting cybercrime

Aug

2011

UK broadsheet The Guardian reported recently that London’s Metropolitan Police Service, colloquially known as The Met, has quadrupled the size of its cybercrime unit in the last two months. This should make happy reading for readers of this site. Last year, after news that funding for fighting cybercrime in the UK had been cut significantly, […]

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