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Update: McKinnon Wins Permission for Judicial Review
Update: McKinnon Wins Permission for Judicial Review
'NASA hacker' Gary McKinnon has won permission from the High Court to apply for a judicial review against his extradition to the United States.
Jan. 23, 2009
Government aligns with IISP
Government aligns with IISP
The UK government’s Infosec Training Paths and Competencies (ITPC) scheme is to transfer to the Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP) with effect from 1 April 2009.
Jan. 21, 2009
Update: Lifeline for McKinnon
Update: Lifeline for McKinnon
According to his lawyer, Karen Todner, Gary McKinnon, who may be facing extradition after confessing to hacking into US military computers, was told yesterday that the UK High Court would delay his hearing until the director for public prosecutions had considered the case following McKinnon's diagnosis with Asperger's syndrome; a procedure which is expected to take four weeks.
Jan. 21, 2009
One in Four Stalking Victims Targeted Online
One in Four Stalking Victims Targeted Online
Approximately one quarter of stalking or harassment cases in the US include an element of cyberstalking, according to a report from the Bureau of Justice statistics this week.
Jan. 16, 2009
Privacy Groups Sue FBI for Activist Raid
Privacy Groups Sue FBI for Activist Raid
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California are suing the FBI over computer searches conducted at two activist organizations' offices.
Jan. 16, 2009
New Botnets on the Prowl
New Botnets on the Prowl
Two new botnets have emerged in the past few weeks, and at least one shows signs of being an upgrade to a previous botnet that wreaked havoc in the wild.
Jan. 16, 2009
Downadup Worm Continues to Spread
Downadup Worm Continues to Spread
More evidence has appeared of the spread of a network work based on the RPC vulnerability that was found in Microsoft Windows in October. The network worm Downadup has failed to gain much traction on the open internet, according to anti-virus firm F-Secure, but is getting into corporate networks on a consistent basis.
Jan. 12, 2009
Hamas, Israel Conflict goes Cyber
Hamas, Israel Conflict goes Cyber
The ongoing battle between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza strip is creating a widening online cyber-conflict, according to reports last week. US Government web sites are the latest among hundreds that have reportedly been defaced by activists protesting the war.
Jan. 12, 2009
Proof of Concept Attack Further Discredits MD5
Proof of Concept Attack Further Discredits MD5
Researchers put the final nail in the coffin of the MD5 encryption algorithm this week after using 200 PS3 consoles to fake a real-world SSL certificate.
Jan. 7, 2009
'Drop zones' hold treasure trove of stolen goods
'Drop zones' hold treasure trove of stolen goods
Millions of dollars-worth of stolen financial information harvested from nearly 200,000 computers is likely to be just the tip of the iceberg, according to a report from researchers at the University of Mannheim, Germany. The information was detected by the security team as part of an automated data analysis project designed to determine the size of the underground economy.
Jan. 5, 2009
WPA Cracked
WPA Cracked
A newly-discovered vulnerability in a common wireless network encryption standard is a timely warning to business to upgrade to the latest encryption version, say security experts.
Dec. 5, 2008
Russian Fake Antivirus Software Firm Rakes in $5 Million
Russian Fake Antivirus Software Firm Rakes in $5 Million
A Russian firm at the heart of fake anti-virus software, which allegedly generates false virus and malware alerts when the package is loaded, has boasted of making $5 million a year.
Nov. 3, 2008