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Extradition for Nasa hacker rules high court
News Gary McKinnon has lost his high court bid to avoid extradition to the US for hacking into military systems in that country. McKinnon had tried to argue that former home secretary, Jacqui Smith, was wrong in law to push... [31 Jul 2009]
Identity crisis for £1.2bn e-Borders system?
News E is for Extradition Weaknesses in a £1.2bn computer system to track journeys into the UK could allow undesirable individuals to slip into the country, a security expert has claimed. From 2010 the... [30 Mar 2009]
Stark warning over cyber attacks on UK businesses
News E is for Extradition Internet warfare expert Ira Winkler, president of the Internet Security Advisory Group, said Chinese hackers were "vacuuming up the internet for security and economic secrets" -... [29 Oct 2008]
UK crime fighters grapple with iPhone wipe threat
News E is for Extradition Criminals can remotely destroy incriminating evidence by exploiting security features on the Apple iPhone, a leading digital forensics expert has warned. The head of the Serious... [02 Sep 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News E is for Extradition Advances in technology could put the UK on the road to a Minority Report-style future, a security expert has warned. The Earl of Erroll, Merlin Hay, has warned against holding... [10 Jul 2008]
Security experts criticise Phorm
News E is for Extradition Dr Richard Clayton, a security expert from the University of Cambridge, published a paper earlier this month detailing Phorm's infrastructure. Security from A to Z Click on the links... [18 Apr 2008]
Box-tickers risk serious data breaches
Comment E is for Extradition Expert opinion from lawyer Stewart James: Unfortunately, governance expert Michael Parent says that those senior managers are asleep at the tiller in many cases,... [28 Mar 2008]
Cyber-extortion on the rise - but targets the 'fringe'
News E is for Extradition Security expert Bruce Schneier has warned that cyber-extortion is on the rise, but gave the caveat that it mainly affects "fringe" industries, such as online gambling, rather than... [24 Jan 2008]
CPS hack attack guidelines: 'Confused'
News E is for Extradition Guidelines published this week by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on how to interpret amendments to the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) have been branded "confused" by a renowned security... [04 Jan 2008]
Top 10 security stories of the year
News E is for Extradition Gary McKinnon, the Briton who admitted hacking into Nasa's computer systems, was given leave to appeal again against his extradition to the US, after the Court of Appeal turned him... [13 Dec 2007]
Storm botnet 'services' for hire?
News E is for Extradition While it has continued to grow since then, it is difficult to gauge its true size as a large percentage of the infected machines are on 'stand-by', according to security expert Bruce... [17 Oct 2007]
Cyber criminals building more but smaller botnets
News E is for Extradition Sean Sullivan, technical expert at F-Secure, said virus writers can no longer beat security companies with complex codes and are therefore trying to do it through creating "malware... [28 Sep 2007]
Trojan targets companies' top brass
News E is for Extradition F-Secure security expert Patrik Runald recently postulated that the perfect attack would be a zero-day attack using a rootkit-cloaked Trojan sent to an HR manager who, due to company... [26 Sep 2007]
Data theft scam targets CEOs
News E is for Extradition Senior execs such as CIOs and CEOs are being singled out by increasingly sophisticated email attacks which one expert predicts could drive a wave of corporate data theft. According... [02 Jul 2007]
Nasa hacker fights extradition to the US
News The firm added the US authority's conduct amounted to "an abuse of the extradition court's process" and the High Court should intervene to stop an extradition based on "draconian threats". A court ruled... [14 Feb 2007]
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