Security Documents & IT

• In brief: Schreiner named to NASPO board

  28-Aug-13 - The North American Security Products Organization (NASPO) has appointed Schreiner Group to its board of directors.

• Update: White House’s IP chief takes industry position

  26-Aug-13 - US intellectual property czar Victoria Espinel has stepped down and will take a position with the Software Alliance.

• Researchers find simpler way to detect fake stamps

  20-Aug-13 - A team of scientists in Italy have developed a new and simpler technique for detecting counterfeit postage stamps.

• US prison turns to tech to combat counterfeit money

  09-Aug-13 - A US jail is using a high-tech scanning system to stop counterfeit money being used to top up inmates' accounts.

• UK needs dedicated e-crime unit, says gov't committee

  31-Jul-13 - The UK needs to shore up its ability to tackle online crime, according to a Parliamentary report.

• UK sets up dedicated IP crime unit

  01-Jul-13 - A police unit aimed at targeting IP crime has been announced in the UK with £2.5m in start-up funding.

• US clampdown on IP crime enters new phase

  28-Jun-13 - The US is refining its fight against intellectual property crime to focus on activities that pose the greatest economic, health and security threats.

• Western Union joins IACC payment-blocking scheme

  19-Jun-13 - IACC has strengthened its Payment Processor Portal Program by signing up Western Union.

• Software pirate jailed for 12 years in US

  13-Jun-13 - Chinese national Xiang Li has been jailed for 12 years in the US for selling more than $100m-worth of pirated software.

• Microsoft products prevalent in UK piracy cases

  03-Jun-13 - Microsoft products are involved in more than half the piracy cases handled by UK's Federation Against Software Theft.

• Fake ticket scams peak ahead of Champion's League final

  24-May-13 - There has been a surge in spam emails touting fake promotional offers for tickets to the UEFA Champion's League final.

• US to introduce delayed $100 bill in October

  29-Apr-13 - In October the US will introduce a revamped $100 note that uses 1000s of tiny lenses to thwart fakes.

• India trialling plastic banknotes to stop fakes

  25-Apr-13 - India’s reserve bank is trialling plastic 10 rupee notes in a bid to stop the rise of counterfeit cash in the country.

• Tracer Detection Tech puts anti-counterfeit IP on the block

  11-Apr-13 - Financially-troubled TDT has put IP for a counterfeit detection platform based on optical signatures up for sale.

• Spamhaus hit by denial of service attack

  02-Apr-13 - Anti-spam group Spamhaus has suffered a major DDoS attack that led to a shutdown of its website and mail.

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