UK cops, boffins to crack out war plan against cyber-crims

Inaction fraud

Perhaps they have never tried to report anything on the action fraud website? There's nowhere to provide any of the inormation that might be useful to follow up an investigation - just a way to collect dubious statistics.

Stop Hiring...

...teh stupid.

War won.

A little behind the times

The UK has become a haven for cyber criminals and the problem will get far worse before authorities gain some control over the crims.

"new breed of criminal.."

"..selling off-the-shelf software to aid..."

Sorry, when did selling the software become a criminal offence. I'm sure they want to stop the production and sale but calling people who write the code (as opposed to those who use it) criminal is a bit of a stretch, in the same way that gun manufacturers are not criminal either (regardless of my personal opinion).

This sort of weasely wording is what sticks in the public's minds, and once people start to accept its constant repetition (like 'piracy is theft') they are more likely to accept crap new laws designed to 'address the problem'. If wording like this is not slammed then within a few years anybody who makes vulnerability scanners, pen-testing software, etc will be classed as criminals ('cos they aid the hackers). There is a fine line between legitimate scanners and things like metasploit framework - both of which may be used for legitimate and illegitimate purposes. The issue is by whom (and for what) they are being used, NOT that they are being produced and sold.

I'm all in favour of tackling the issue of hackers but things like this makes me angry.

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"Ello Ello Ello. Plod Here."

"Oh, Hi. I'd like to report a 'spearfishing' attack. Someone has repeatedly attempted to install Trojans on my computer via e-mail."

"Rugby League or American Football Sir?"

"Uhm, no. Computer Trojans."

"Ooooh. Yes Sir. We at Plod Central know all about those. I picked the American Football Screen Saver."

"No. Look I ran them under a Virtual Machine and used WireShark to log the Traffic. I've got the connection logs."

"Fantasy Football Sir. Are The Wiresharks a new Team on the Block?"

"No.. you don't understand. I've got the traffic logs."

"Ahh. Got you. I'll just transfer you to the relevent department. Wait one."

"Ok. Thanks."

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"Hi. Thank you for calling the Department of Traffic Wardens. Our hours of Business are When You Least Expect Us. Unfortunately we are busy slapping our quota of tickets about the place. Please call again some other time."

I wonder

"For too long the public's perception of cyber crime has been a lone bedroom hacker stealing money from a bank account," security minister James Brokenshire"

I wonder if that is just a typical sentence for a minister to start a "speech" with, or is it perhaps the minister who has recently been informed about the reality. Anyway, I don't think he, or anybody else, knows that much about the "public's perception". A rather silly sentence and not getting any better with the 'off-the-shelf' stuff.

Now where is the "grumpy in the morning" icon.