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A2Z Security Group NewsAugust Archive
Met's knife crime policy attacked
- 28 August 2008
- The Metropolitan Police has been criticised for its use of stop and search in tackling knife crime.
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Trusted sites thwart net hijacks
- 28 August 2008
- US researchers have found a way to thwart hack attacks which intercept data passing from a PC to a website.
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Bank customer data sold on eBay
- 26 August 2008
- A computer containing a million bank customers' personal data has reportedly been sold on an internet auction site.
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University used in Nigerian scam
- 20 August 2008
- The name of a Liverpool university has been used in an internet scam.
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Passengers test new face scanners
- 19 August 2008
- Facial recognition scanners are being trialled at an airport as part of government efforts to improve security and reduce passenger congestion.
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Clipboards hijacked in web attack
- 19 August 2008
- Computer security firms are warning about an attack that hijacks the clipboard where copied text is stored.
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Bogus e-mail hits scams watchdog
- 14 August 2008
- A bogus e-mail offering recipients a cash grant is using the name of the authorities which tackle scams.
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Help for identity fraud victims
- 13 August 2008
- Identity fraud victims should only need to make one telephone call rather than three to put their credit record straight as a result of a new scheme.
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Spy fear over e-mail check plan
- 13 August 2008
- Plans to give local councils and other public bodies the power to monitor e-mail and internet traffic have been branded a "snoopers' charter".
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Home Office in new knives clampdown
- 12 August 2008
- The Home office is focussing its anti-knife strategy on halting the sale of knives to under-18s, ministers announced yesterday.
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'Pump and Dump' conmen targeted
- 12 August 2008
- Scammers using the net to hype stocks are being targeted with software that can spot fraudulent trading patterns.
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Knife charges down 50% since 2004
- 11 August 2008
- The number of people charged with possessing a knife in London has fallen by 50% in the past four years, police figures have shown.
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100,000 Stolen From Security Van
- 11 August 2008
- Armed raiders escaped with more than £100,000 after robbing a security van as it delivered cash to a Glasgow bank.
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Recent SIA Performance
- 11 August 2008
- Over the last few months we have made wide-ranging improvements to our systems and the level of service we provide. Progress has been made in the following areas:
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Police and SIA Join Forces in Operation Lime
- 07 August 2008
- Police and investigators from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) visited licensed premises in Bristol City Centre to check door staff were SIA licensed.
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Expert clones 'secure' passports
- 06 August 2008
- Microchipped passports were cloned in tests exposing "a serious safety flaw", it was reported.
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US cracks 'biggest ID fraud case'
- 06 August 2008
- The US authorities have charged 11 people in connection with the theft of credit-card details in the country's largest-ever identity theft case.
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Pubs 'face closure' over beer tax
- 05 August 2008
- Thousands of pubs around Britain face being put out of business by high beer taxes, campaigners complain.
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Terror detention plans 'muddled'
- 05 August 2008
- Plans to extend terror detention to 42 days could undermine the independence of judges and lead to the collapse of trials, peers have warned.
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