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  • The case against running Windows XP is more subtle than we think it is

    Greater Manchester Police has admitted to the BBC that some 1,500 of its PCs (20% of the total) are still running Windows XP , an operating system that was considered end-of-life more than three years ago. This makes the organization an exception. Not because its systems are still running Windows XP , but because it…

  • The case against running Windows XP is more subtle than we think it is

    Greater Manchester Police has admitted to the BBC that some 1,500 of its PCs (20% of the total) are still running Windows XP , an operating system that was considered end-of-life more than three years ago. This makes the organization an exception. Not because its systems are still running Windows XP , but because it…

  • Throwback Thursday: The Thin Blue Line

    This Throwback Thursday, VB heads back to 1994 when UK Fraud Squad detectives started making inroads into the most puzzling ‘Whodunnit’ since the Great Train Robbery. Had an outbreak of computer crime swept Britain? No, it was all part of a police training program. Last year, a total of 400 people from 16 nations participated…

  • UK to adopt Euro police hacking scheme

    Remote search and cyber patrol plans approved. The UK Home Office has signed up to a European initiative, proposed in November, to grant police forces greater powers to hack into computers and monitor internet traffic in search of incriminating evidence. The UK police already admits to engaging in cyber-espionage on occasion, in some cases with…

  • E-crime unit to get government funding?

    UK government responds to House of Lords call for better policing of the Internet. The UK government has indicated that it may set up a new national police unit dedicated to tackling computer crime. The hint comes as part of the government’s response to a report issued earlier this year by the Science and Technology…