Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Identity Theft,
Law,
Reuters,
Productivity,
Policy,
& crime
Legislation would also give federal prosecutors more tools to combat ID theft and cybercrime, according to Sens. Leahy and Specter. A bipartisan bill that would let victims of identity theft seek restitution for money and time they spent repairing their credit history was introduced on Tuesday in the...
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Identity Theft,
Law,
Reuters,
Sales,
Credit Card,
Sales Channel,
Financial Services,
Policy,
& crime
Legislation to target gathering credit card, banking and other personal data for the purposes of using it deceptively. The Canadian government plans to criminalize identity theft to give police the ability to stop such activity before any fraud has actually been carried out, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said...
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Law,
China,
Victoria Ho,
Policy,
& crime,
Bot
Report finds that China topped the region in the first half of 2007, producing the most malicious code, spam zombies, bots and attacks. China leads Asia in malicious online activity, racking up 42 percent of the action in the first half of 2007, up from 39 percent last...
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Law,
Video,
Policy,
& crime,
Tom Espiner,
Tom Espiner,
European Commission
Forty-four research projects are to be funded, including a technique for video detection of abnormal behavior in crowds. The European Commission will commit $212.16 million to research on counterterrorism technologies. The funding was granted in response to a call from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme, a research program...
