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A2Z Security Group NewsJuly Archive
Websites must police 'dark side' of internet
- 31 July 2008
- MPs have urged online companies to do more to protect children from the "dark side" of the internet.
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Drugs market 'proving resilient'
- 30 July 2008
- The UK drugs market is proving "extremely resilient" despite the large sums of money spent tackling the problem, according to a new report.
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DNA records 'criminalise people'
- 30 July 2008
- DNA profiles of those not convicted of a crime should be removed from the database in England and Wales, a government-funded inquiry has said.
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Crime maps launched
- 29 July 2008
- Plans to roll out new interactive crime maps, allowing people in England and Wales to access the latest local crime information in their areas, have been launched today.
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Revealed: Home Office giving public's DNA to private companies
- 29 July 2008
- The Home Office has been passing on the public's DNA to commercial companies, sometimes for what appears to constitute ethnic profiling.
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Fraud said soaring and set to worsen
- 29 July 2008
- Fraud in the UK jumped 50 percent in the first half of the year.
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Hijackers escape with passports haul
- 29 July 2008
- Blank passports and visas have been stolen from a van travelling from Manchester to London.
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MI5 Targets Dissidents As Irish Terror Threat Grows
- 28 July 2008
- The security services are picking up more suspicious activity from Northern Ireland's dissident republicans than from any other radical group in the UK.
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Bank phishing attacks on the rise
- 24 July 2008
- The number of attempts made by internet fraudsters to con people into revealing their bank account details has jumped, according to banking body Apacs.
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Child knife sellers 'not jailed'
- 23 July 2008
- No one was jailed for selling a knife to a child in England and Wales in the five years up to 2006, it has emerged.
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'Spying' requests exceed 500,000
- 23 July 2008
- More than 500,000 official "spying" requests for private communications data such as telephone records were made last year, a report says.
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Asprox computer virus infects key government and consumer websites
- 23 July 2008
- Cyber-criminals have attacked key government and consumer websites, allowing them to steal the personal details of anyone browsing the sites.
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Foreign checks for airport staff
- 22 July 2008
- People applying for security sensitive airport jobs will face foreign criminal records checks by the end of the year.
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FSA demands mortgage fraud action
- 22 July 2008
- The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has told lenders to step up their defences against mortgage fraud.
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'A fifth of teens' carry a weapon
- 22 July 2008
- Almost one in five teenage pupils surveyed for a police study said they had carried a weapon in the past year.
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Drinks industry facing tough laws
- 22 July 2008
- Ministers have told the drinks industry to act more responsibly or face new laws governing alcohol sales.
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Crime records set to be wiped
- 22 July 2008
- Police could be forced to remove thousands of criminal records from the national database.
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Drink venues' conduct condemned
- 21 July 2008
- Alcohol retailers are routinely guilty of "irresponsible and harmful practices", a report commissioned by the government says.
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Oyster card hack to be published
- 21 July 2008
- Details of how to copy the Oyster cards used on London's transport network can be published, a Dutch judge has ruled.
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Terror Focus 'Undermining MI5 Work'
- 18 July 2008
- Intelligence and Security Committee warn that the intelligence services are increasingly focused on counter-terrorism at the expense of other activities...
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Security Increased In Bid To Quell Fears Over Knife Crime
- 18 July 2008
- Metal detector arches are to be used at High Wycombe pubs and schools in a bid to quell fears over knife crime.
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Security Services Having More Access To Our Private Lives?
- 16 July 2008
- A step too far? A database of everyone's phone calls, texts, e-mails and internet browsing could be a step too far, the government's own privacy watchdog has warned.
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Multimillion Pound Security Project Shelved
- 16 July 2008
- A multimillion pound project designed to improve Britain's security has been shelved.
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Fraud in the UK 'climbs by 14%'
- 15 July 2008
- Fraud cases climbed by 14% in the UK in the first half of 2008 compared with a year ago, according to fraud prevention service Cifas.
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Stolen bank data gets cheaper on Web
- 15 July 2008
- Prices charged by cybercriminals selling hacked bank and credit card details have fallen sharply as the volume of data on offer has soared, forcing them to look elsewhere to boost profit margins, a new report says.
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Arrests Made In Rogue Site Security Firms
- 15 July 2008
- Eight people connected with a security firm that manned construction sites in Glasgow have been arrested on suspicion of working illegally.
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In-House Guarding
- 14 July 2008
- The Private Security Industry Act 2001 does not require manned guards employed in-house to be licensed unless their activities are in relation to licensed premises.
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Peterborough Security Guards Found Guilty of Offences
- 14 July 2008
- 11 July 2008 at Peterborough Magistrates Court, three security guards were found guilty of working without an SIA licence.
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Crackdown On Illegitimate Security Firms
- 14 July 2008
- Merseyside Police executed warrants at four addresses on Merseyside Thursday, July 10.
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Mobile web reaches critical mass
- 10 July 2008
- The mobile web has reached a "critical mass" of users this year, according to a report by analysts Nielsen Mobile.
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MI5 ramps up counter-espionage activities
- 09 July 2008
- Britain's intelligence services are stepping up their counter-espionage activities against foreign agents for the first time since the Cold War.
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Brown pledges anti-knife measures
- 09 July 2008
- Ministers will take "any legislative measures" necessary to tackle knife crime, Gordon Brown has insisted.
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Fix found for net security flaw
- 09 July 2008
- Computer experts have released software to tackle a security glitch in the internet's addressing system.
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Online risk due to browser flaws
- 08 July 2008
- Almost half the online population is at risk because users have not installed security updates to their browsers, says a study.
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Benefit fraud 'needs firm action'
- 08 July 2008
- The government needs to do more to prosecute suspected benefit fraudsters, MPs have said.
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Cameron wants jail for carrying blades
- 07 July 2008
- Conservative leader David Cameron today stated that anyone caught with a knife in public should be sent to prison if they do not have a reasonable excuse.
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Travellers Back Airport-Style Security
- 07 July 2008
- Network Rail and train operating companies should increase their expenditure on security and bring the rail network's anti-terrorist measures in line with the aviation industry, according to business travellers.
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Drug crackdown in prisons
- 07 July 2008
- More than £80 million will be spent on new technology and other measures to crack down on drugs in prisons, Justice Secretary Jack Straw has said.
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Car insurance fraud '5m a week'
- 03 July 2008
- Insurers uncovered £5m a week of fraudulent motor insurance claims, according to the industry body.
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ID card fingerprint errors fear
- 03 July 2008
- Mismatched or unclear fingerprints could hamper the government's £5.6bn ID card scheme, independent experts warn.
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Government launches data mash-up
- 02 July 2008
- The UK government has launched a competition to find innovative ways of using the masses of data it collects.
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Over 500 SIA Approved Contractors
- 02 July 2008
- The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is pleased to announce that there are now over 500 SIA approved contractors.
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Guard Warns Of Security Gaps At Airport
- 02 July 2008
- Guns and knives are being walked through airport security and could be taken onto planes with terrifying ease, The Argus has learned.
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Robbery At Nationwide
- 02 July 2008
- Security van men were theatened with a sledgehammer during a robbery at a Cookham bank last week.
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Credit crunch UK aids cyber fraud
- 01 July 2008
- UK internet users are increasingly at risk from fraudsters using financial spam to take advantage of the credit crunch, according to a report.
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All-day drinks law deemed a failure
- 01 July 2008
- The 24-hour licensing laws have cost taxpayers £100 million and have failed to reduce the number of alcohol-fuelled disorders.
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Britain Facing Terrorist Threat Until 2038
- 01 July 2008
- Britain will be vulnerable to terrorist attack for another three decades, a major report will warn today.
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Security Guard Grabbed By The Throat In Latest Robbery
- 01 July 2008
- Raiders have struck at Essex's Lakeside Retail Park twice in two days
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Security Measures Stepped Up In Wake Of Last Attack
- 01 July 2008
- Security measures introduced at Glasgow Airport in the wake of last year's terror attack are only part of a massive upgrade, managers have said.
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- 01 July 2008
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