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Teenager in court over "email bomb" DoS attack
News According to those familiar with the case, the defence will argue that a launching a DoS attack is not illegal under the CMA. The defence is expected to argue that the youth can't be convicted under the CMA because a flood of email would not modify... [01 Nov 2005]
Tsunami 'hacker' found guilty
News Daniel Cuthbert of Whitechapel in London was found guilty on Thursday afternoon of breaching Section One of the Computer Misuse Act (CMA), 1990, on the afternoon of New Year's Eve, 2004. Section one of the CMA says it is an offence to make... [07 Oct 2005]
Nato allies form cyber defence command
News C is for CMA The Cyber Defence Management Authority (CDMA) will co-ordinate cyber defence among Nato allies after its formation was backed by members at the Nato summit in Bucharest last week. It is a shift away from Nato's policy of mainly... [08 Apr 2008]
Nato: Cyber terrorism 'as dangerous as missile attack'
News C is for CMA Nato's cyber defence chief has warned that computer-based terrorism poses the same threat to national security as a missile attack. He said: "It stands together with air missile defence and the global fight against terrorism. [07 Mar 2008]
Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees
News C is for CMA Speaking at the Cyber Warfare 2008 event in London this week, Debi Ashenden, senior research fellow at the Defence College of Management and Technology at Cranfield University, said most companies overlook the importance of employee... [03 Apr 2008]
Youth escapes denial of service charge
News Sitting at Wimbledon Magistrates Court, District Judge Kenneth Grant ruled that the youth, who can't be named for legal reasons, had not broken the CMA, under which he was charged. The CMA, which was introduced in 1990, explicitly outlaws the... [03 Nov 2005]
'Email bomb' teen gets two-month curfew
News The defence argued Lennon should receive a conditional discharge, given the confusion over whether the CMA outlawed the sending of masses of emails - known as an email bomb. A UK teenager pleaded guilty on Wednesday to breaking the Computer Misuse... [24 Aug 2006]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
News C is for CMA Recent data breaches include the loss of 25 million details by HM Revenue & Customs, reported last November, and the more recent loss of a Ministry of Defence laptop containing 3,700 people's bank details, as well as other data on up... [31 Jan 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News C is for CMA Andreassen said: "As security products add multiple layers of defence, cybercriminals are matching this with a multi-component offence approach. Businesses, therefore, need to have a "defence-in-depth approach to security" and educate... [02 Jul 2008]
'Connected' UK vulnerable in face of cyber attack
News C is for CMA He said there are several layers of defence on the domestic front, ranging from computer emergency response teams protecting the public sector, to the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) security response teams... [16 Jun 2008]
Data breaches: No more than normal
News C is for CMA Recent reports of data losses include the loss of a laptop by the Ministry of Defence, disclosed in January, which contained personal details of 600,000 prospective or actual recruits for the armed forces. [18 Feb 2008]
Europe dishing out more spam than US
News C is for CMA Storm is a network of compromised computers with sophisticated attack and defence mechanisms, including "fast-flux" command and control servers, which frequently change location. Click on the links below to find out more. [07 Feb 2008]
Public trust eroded: Data breaches to blame
News C is for CMA The criticism follows a number of high-profile UK government data breaches recently, including the HMRC loss, numerous losses from the Ministry of Defence, and losses from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. [30 Apr 2008]
Rootkit to protect Trojans goes live
News C is for CMA VeriSign said: "The most effective defence against the rootkit installation is to maintain patches for Windows and all third-party applications. Until late in December 2007, the Master Boot Record (MBR) rootkit had been a proof of... [10 Jan 2008]
