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• Google Street View cars mapped UK's Wi-Fi networks

  Google's Street View Cars have logged every wireless network in the UK, it has been revealed.

  By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 02 June, 2010 00:26

  Tags: Google, mobility, UK, WiFi

• Google Nexus One to hit UK on April 30

  Vodafone has made the Google Nexus One available for pre-order.

  By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 27 April, 2010 05:07

  Tags: Google, Nexus Phone, UK, Vodafone

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  UK kicks off program to recruit security gurus

  The U.K. is planning to hold computer security exercises later this year to spark interest in the field and address a shortage of professionals in the country, a program modeled after one started in the U.S.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 28 April, 2010 05:33

  Tags: careers, government, recruiting, security, training, UK

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  Law enforcement push for stricter domain name rules

  Law enforcement officials in the U.K. and U.S. are pushing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to put in place measures that would help reduce abuse of the domain name system.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 18 March, 2010 05:04

  Tags: cybercrime, domain names, fraud, icann, Nominet, UK

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  Counterfeit card fraud drops by half in the UK

  Fraud losses due to counterfeit payment cards fell by half in 2009 from the year prior in the U.K., but online banking losses continued to rise, according to new banking industry figures released Wednesday.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 11 March, 2010 08:17

  Tags: Credit card fraud, fraud, security, UK

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  Britain all atweet over Twitter phishing attack

  The latest phishing attack on Twitter users swept the U.K. overnight claiming several prominent users.

  By Martyn Williams | 01 March, 2010 23:44

  Tags: phishing, social engineering, twitter, UK

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  UK registry to implement DNS security protocol

  Nominet, the U.K.'s domain name registry, will begin implementing a security protocol on Monday designed to protect the DNS (Domain Name System).

  By Jeremy Kirk | 01 March, 2010 03:34

  Tags: DNS, DNSSEC, domain names, OpenDNSSEC, security, UK

• Former iSOFT bosses charged with fraud

  The UK Financial Services Authority has launched fraud proceedings against four former directors of iSOFT Group.

  By Mike Simons | 11 January, 2010 05:04

  Tags: iSOFT, UK

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  UK hacker granted short extension in extradition case

  The U.K. government will give a British hacker a short extension to challenge an extradition order to face trial in the U.S.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 03 December, 2009 06:30

  Tags: hacker, hackers, legal, UK, USA government

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  T-Mobile UK employees sold customer data

  Workers at T-Mobile UK have been selling customer data to brokers who work for the competition, T-Mobile and the U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office said on Tuesday.

  By Nancy Gohring | 18 November, 2009 06:49

  Tags: data breach, data leaks, insider threats, security, t-mobile, UK

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  UK hails first cybercrime cooperation with banks

  U.K. police are hailing the sentencing of four people who used a sophisticated Trojan horse program to siphon money out of online bank accounts and send it to Eastern European countries and Russia.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 17 November, 2009 07:44

  Tags: banks, cybercrime, UK

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  UK to push for law to retain all communications data

  The U.K. government said Monday it plans to push for a law requiring service providers such as ISPs to retain data about instant messages, e-mail and other electronic communications.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 10 November, 2009 07:51

  Tags: government, isp, privacy, UK, wiretapping

• U.K. government looks to smart ticketing for transport

  The U.K. aims to have a plan by the end of this year that lets people use their mobile phones or smart cards to pay for travel across England's public transport system.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 21 August, 2009 21:10

  Tags: government, mobile phones, smart ticketing, UK

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  UK brothers sentenced for making fake credit, debit cards

  Three brothers were sentenced to prison on Tuesday in a London court for creating counterfeit credit and debit cards, defrauding victims of more than £600,000 (US$978,000), according to the Metropolitan Police.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 16 July, 2009 04:45

  Tags: Credit card fraud, fraud, legal, UK

• UK, not North Korea, source of DDOS attacks, researcher says

  The U.K. was the likely source of a series of attacks last week that took down popular Web sites in the U.S. and South Korea, according to an analysis performed by a Vietnamese computer security analyst.

  By Martyn Williams | 14 July, 2009 15:02

  Tags: ddos, north korea, UK