EU Human Rights Court Rejects McKinnon Appeal Against US Extradition

Gary McKinnon, who has been credited with the biggest military computer hack of all time, has seen his bid to fight extradition to the US crushed after the European Court of Human rights rejected his appeal

THU 28 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

International Space Station Laptop Infected By Earthly Malware

A virus known as W32.TGammima.AG has made it to the International Space station, 350 kilometers above our heads, last June according to a report released by the NASA

WED 27 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Home Office Lost One Laptop or Phone per Month on Average In Three Years

Frequent data losses seems to be a daily cup of tea for UK government, as just few months after losing crucial details about the beneficiaries of Britain’s child benefit programme, the UK authorities have again lost an important USB drive containing the details of the several thousands of criminals of England and Wales

TUE 26 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

UK Airports To Introduce Face Recognition Devices

The UK Border Agency is set to roll-out face recognition solutions as part of the e-borders programme, across the UK if the six-month trial at Manchester Airport, which involves 11 machines, is conclusive

WED 20 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Another 45,000 People's Personal Details Get Lost by Ministry of Justice

Another week, another embarrassment for the British Government. This time around, the Ministry of Justice is the culprit with details of 45,000 people being misplaced in nine separate incidents

MON 18 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Government and Councils To Get Snooping Rights To Access Private Emails and Texts

The Home Office is considering plans to coerce Internet Service Providers to keep web traffic and email data for a minimum of 12 months in a bid to crack down on serious crime and terrorism

WED 13 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

European Court of Human Rights Agrees To Halt McKinnon's Extradition Process

Gary McKinnon has been granted a two week delay by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, in his extradition process to the US for perpetrating the biggest known military hack of all times

WED 13 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Russia Takes To Cyberspace in War Against Georgia

The ex Soviet republic of Georgia has accused its former ruler, Russia, of launching an all-out attack on the country's most important web properties including its government websites

MON 11 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Feds get a C (average) for security

I confess I missed until now the latest report card for the gov't on computer security.  Brian Krebs at the Washington Post blogged about it a while back - his post includes links to the report

FRI 08 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

US Officials Can Seize Laptops And Mobile Phones Across Borders

Travelling across US borders may further get beleaguered, as US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have instructed the border regulating authorities, to confiscate laptops of travellers

THU 07 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News