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British hacker loses U.S. extradition appeal

British hacker loses U.S. extradition appealGary should NOT be extraditedHaving been in touch with Gary's mother Gary himself is prohibited from using email and Internet connected computers it seems that Ed Gibson during a secret conversation at the American Embassy told Gary's legal team of New Jersey's determination "to...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, British Hacker, Gary McKinnon, Gary

Discussion threads 2007-04-04

DOJ indicts alleged British hacker

DOJ indicts alleged British hackerI bet the pentagon is really easy to hackSQL Injection, PHP Code injection, web servers on the same machine as database servers....Just gotta know where everything is.If you hack something put it up on emule. If I think its cool and not boring beaurcratic stuff...

Tags: Databases, British Hacker, U.S. Department of Justice

Discussion threads 2006-07-07

British hacker close to extradition to US

British hacker close to extradition to USUK Hacker caused damage to SECURE? US networks???The Daily Telegraph claims that he got lists of secret passwords!If so why is HE being punished?What about the idiot who designed and managed the systems?If a hacker with a "tuppney halfpenny PC" can break into a...

Tags: Hacking, British Hacker

Discussion threads 2006-05-11

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The ultimate guide to scareware protection

Time to change advertising?I hate to say this - but maybe it's time to change how we advertise?We need to add somebody somewhere to screen ads, one-by-one, for this stuff.Doesn't have to be the people hosting the website, but it *should* be somebody independent of the advertising firm.Or take a...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, malware, Dancho, ClamAV, advertisement, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-13

How far does Conficker infection of British government go?

How far does Conficker infection of British government go?the Government harvesting everyone?s electronic dataAlways wondered who'd be watching the watchers,the criminals will. Be afraid. Be very afraid!No one is safe, anywhere!You never know who will end up owning important data about you, gaining power over you and other unsuspecting potential...

Tags: SECURITY, NETWORKING, Conficker infection, Conficker, British Government, infection

Discussion threads 2009-03-30

Massive Chinese spynet targeted Dalai Lama

It all started with the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan leader's offices in India, Brussels, London and New York asked the researchers to examane its computers for malware. But researchers at the Munk Center for International Studies at the University of Toronto found something much more than garden-variety spyware, John Markoff...

Tags: China, Researcher, Toronto, Computer, GhostNet, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-29

McKinnon will plead guilty to stay in UK

British 'hacker' admits to breaking U.K. laws, will serve time in Britain to avoid U.S. extradition. by Richard Koman

Tags: U.S., U.K., Computer, CPS, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-01-12

Aspergers diagnosis could keep 'NASA hacker' out of US prison

Aspergers diagnosis could keep 'NASA hacker' out of US prisonJustice system problemsThe civilized world considers the US justice system to be extremely harsh. The US has a higher percentage of people in prison than ANY other nation. We have Guantonimo, we have waterboarding, we have unlimited detainment without...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Asperger, NASA

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

Hacker wants promise he'll be returned to UK

British hacker Gary McKinnon is almost out of options to avoid extradition to the US, but not quite. The BBC reports that McKinnon is asking the British Home Office to ensure he won't be jailed in the US once he's convicted. His lawyer wants him returned to the UK after...

Tags: Enterprise Software, Government, Hacker, Hacking, Home Secretary, Richard Koman, Security, Software, U.K., U.S., Vertical Industries

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Gary McKinnon wins short stay from extradition

Gary McKinnon, who may be a somewhat deranged alien hunter or "the world's most dangerous hacker," as U.S. authorities style him according to the Guardian won a temporary stay of his extradition to the U.S. Last month, the British House of Lords court denied his appeal...

Tags: U.S., Stay, Gary McKinnon, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Hack-the-T presentation hits the Web

Hack-the-T presentation hits the WebMBTA made it publically available anyway...Look, the orginal paper didn't include the most sensative material anyway. But the MBTA did obtain that though a court order and then submitted it to the courts in a way that made it publically available. sheesh. It...

Tags: SECURITY, Web, MBTA, Hack-the-T presentation, Hack-the-T, extradition, messenger

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Gary McKinnon â€" 'world's most dangerous hacker' â€" to be extradited

The Guardian, out of the United Kingdom, is reporting that Gary McKinnon, the "world's most dangerous hacker", will be extradited to the United States to face criminal hacking charges. McKinnon, a 42 year old unemployed systems administrator from north London, allegedly hacked into systems belonging to the US army,...

Tags: Hacker, Gary McKinnon, Hacking, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-30

Green light for hacker's extradition

Green light for hacker's extraditionUS owned server spaceWhen he hacked into our military's network's, he was trespassing on US owned server space.The EU would cry bloody murder if we had a little pasty 16 yr old hack MI6 and do what this guy did, and we didn't extradite him. book...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Green Light, extradition, hacker

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

Green light for hacker's extradition

The British hacker who broke into thousands of Pentagon and U.S. government computers may soon be extradited to the U.S. Britain's top court, the British House of Lords, refused to block the extradition Wednesday, according to an AP report. U.S. officials say he broke into military networks,...

Tags: Network, European Court, Hacker, Computer, Intrusion, McKinnon, McKinnnon, Productivity, Network Security, Viruses And Worms, Networking, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-30

Changes to British law will affect computer security industry

Ivan Ristic pictured to the right posted a story today on his blog that highlights some changes that are to go into effect in England sometime this year.  The changes to the Computer Misuse Act CMA would appear to put security researchers and consultants in the UK at risk of being considered criminals. Ristic mentions the key...

Tags: Commission, Computer, Computer Security, Guidance, Hacker, Nathan McFeters, Productivity, Ristic, Security, Tool

Blog posts 2008-04-01

Who broke into Pentagon email? China or rogue hacker or ...

Hackers broke into Defense Department systems and caused an email outage that disrupted email service for 1,500 employees, reports Ars Technica."Elements of the OSD unclassified email system were taken offline yesterday afternoon, due to a detected penetration," said Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, according to a transcript of the event...

Tags: Security, Defense

Blog posts 2007-06-22

British court denies extradition for UK hacker who broke into US military computers

British court denies extradition for UK hacker who broke into US military computersThe title is the exact opposite ....... of what occurred. Extradition was upheld by the court.Misleading TitleI love how they purposefully mislead you with the title to try and make this a more intresting story.How did the...

Tags: UK Hacker

Discussion threads 2007-04-03

British court denies extradition for UK hacker who broke into US military computers

The British High Court rejected hacker Gary McKinnons bid to fight extradition for pulling off the "biggest military computer hack of all time," the BBC reports. Hes accused of breaking into 97 US military and NASA computers. McKinnon argued that in the US he would...

Tags: Law enforcement, International, Government technology, Defense

Blog posts 2007-04-03

U.S. 'threatened' alleged NASA hacker, defense says

U.S. 'threatened' alleged NASA hacker, defense saysWhat a wimp...Commit the crime, do the time. Time to man up and pay for his misdeeds.I call BSI don't think that he'll avoid extradition simply because the prosecutor threatened him with the maximum sentence of a crime he allegedly committed.This crime isn't...

Tags: Hacking, troop, Super Max, hacker, NASA

Discussion threads 2007-02-16

Alleged NASA hacker's appeal begins

Alleged NASA hacker's appeal beginsJail or Freedom?Hell yes! Throw the book at him. Extraterrestrial life or not he broke the law!Hacker ExtraditionSEnd him back give him long prison termCitizenship and LawHumm, if he is made to stand accountable to US Laws when he was not in the US when...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, U.S. Government, NASA

Discussion threads 2007-02-14