UK retailers ‘unprepared’ for TK Maxx-style hack: “UK retailers are woefully unprepared for the kind of attack that was perpetrated on the US-based owner of the discount clothing chain TK Maxx, security experts said today.”…
US Senate polishes new teeth for cyber cops: “ Prosecution made easy The US Senate has passed a bill to strengthen the hands of federal prosecutors who fight computer crime by removing some of the…
Rapid – Press Releases – EUROPA: “The Commission evaluates the implementation of EU law on attacks against information systems in Member States Reference: IP/08/1125 Date: 10/07/2008 “ Vice-President Barrot, Commissioner responsible for Justice, Freedom and…
UK rapped over hacking laws: “ Mark Ballard the Inquirer, Thursday 10 July 2008. 17:22:00 Ireland and Greece also nursing sore knuckles THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION has blown a raspberry at the UK for not bringing…
Peers call for cybercrime shakeup (again): “Peers are calling for a reversal of rules that stop UK victims reporting cybercrimes directly to the police. The House of Lords science committee is also encouraging the government…
Online risk due to browser flaws: “Almost half of net users are at risk because their browsers have not been updated to the latest version, says a study.” (Via BBC News.)
Congress still afraid to define ‘internet gambling’: “ Whatever it is. It’s illegal The intellectual haze that envelopes American internet gambling policy thickened the past week, as lawmakers failed to define what exactly constitutes ‘unlawful’…
Hackers Hijack Critical Internet Organizations: “Turkish hackers on Thursday defaced the official sites of the international organizations that oversee the Internet’s critical routing infrastructure and regulate domain names. (Via NYT > Technology.)
Ankle-biting hackers storm net’s overlords, hijack their domains: “ IANA and ICANN succumb to NetDevilz The websites of two of the net’s most critical oversight organizations were hijacked by Turkish hackers who sent visitors to…
OECD – Cybercrime risk to the internet economy: “(vnuent.com) Government ministers from across the world have issued a call for greater vigilance against cybercrime at a meeting on the future of the internet economy. The…