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Hackers: This week's cyber-crime round-up
News Organised and determined criminal hackers are, in one sense, emerging as the newest and most glamorous representatives of the outlaw underworld, albeit in cyberspace. Worried about hackers? After going through this week's roundup, why not visit our...
[January 12, 2000, 16:04]
Does the media cause hacking?
News Whether you call them cyber vandals or hackers, they have the run of the Web, said DeLong. And all that attention has some media analysts questioning whether the media's coverage of hacking and cyber vandalism promotes more of the same.
[July 6, 1999, 8:33]
Hollywood ensures cyberterror myth will Die Hard
Talkback I do not believe that cyber terrorists will have access to techniques and skills to which hackers don't already have access. Therefore, if we are hardened against hackers we are hardened against cyber terrorists.
[August 4, 2006, 7:48]
Hackers and the evolution of the Web
News But hackers are far from being solely the cyber-terrorists that the media's brush often paints them to be. How the cyber vandals zapped Yahoo! Take me back to the Cyber terrorism special Hackers are, in the broadest definition, people with a...
[April 6, 2000, 13:41]
Civil rights group slams Cyber Patrol tactics
News The civil-rights group's charges stem not from the Mattel lawsuit accusing two international hackers of violating the copyright agreement of its Cyber Patrol software, but with the tactics of Mattel's lawyers in pursuing a temporary restraining...
[March 27, 2000, 9:41]
E-minister warns UK business of hacker threat
News The Government's e-minister Patricia Hewitt stated just how important fighting the forces of cyber-crime is to the government's vision of a digitally rejuvenated Britain at the Infosec conference in Olympia Tuesday.
[April 12, 2000, 9:15]
McKinnon should be scared; so should America
Talkback Congress needed to show that cyber terrorism existed. The fact that I was not a spy, and certainly not "possibly the single biggest threat to world peace since Adolf Hitler" didn't really make much of a difference to the fear machine that was put...
[May 10, 2006, 16:37]
US Report: Iraqi cyber-counterattack not a worry
News While acknowledging the potential for a cyber attack, "you could say that about anything," said William Orvis, security analyst with the Department of Energy's Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC).
[December 17, 1998, 9:19]
Cyber terrorism - A ZDNN Special
News How to fight cyber thugs When things got out of hand in the Wild West, they created the Texas Rangers. An ode to cyber stings Law enforcement warns us of the dangers of the Net and how the medium is a new haven for criminals, but the anonymity of...
[April 5, 2000, 15:34]
The reverse salient
News Instead of vilifying the hacker as a cyber terrorist, we could instead look at them as mere agents of change. Take me back to the Cyber terrorism special The hackers exposed overlooked weaknesses in already existing security and tracking systems.
[April 6, 2000, 14:23]
High-tech vigilantes face legal threat
News There is no clear line between cyber defence and attack," he said. Bob Ayers, vice president of Para-Protect Europe, said, "Police can't cope with the volume of cybercrime, prosecution can't match the rate of offences, and penalties are out of...
[May 8, 2001, 14:41]
Denial of Service attacks loom in GM food protest
News While many may support protests against GM foods in Britain, the suggestion that a cyber attack is akin to a street protest and, therefore, an appropriate means of demonstration, has been questioned by some conventional hackers.
[March 16, 2000, 16:27]
A Year Ago: Denial of Service attacks loom in GM food protest
News While many may support protests against GM foods in Britain, the suggestion that a cyber attack is akin to a street protest and, therefore, an appropriate means of demonstration, has been questioned by some conventional hackers.
[March 16, 2001, 6:03]
Roundup: E-Britain on crumbling foundations
News Identity fraud:The scourge of cyber business How the cyber vandals zapped Yahoo! UK hackers demand ransom from Visa Take me to Hackers ZDNet's straw poll -- online security fears Fri, 21 Jul After a shocking series of security breaches, the...
[July 20, 2000, 17:00]
Panorama puts teenage hackers under the microscope
News Onel de Guzman has been charged with writing the Love Bug virus but as there were no laws against cyber crime in the Philippines at the time of the attack it is unlikely he will face more than one year in jail.
[July 4, 2000, 11:04]
Hackers say they'll take off New Year's
News Michael Vatis, the FBI agent who serves as the nation's top "cyber-cop", said last week that the interagency outfit he heads -- the National Infrastructure Protection Center -- would be on alert although it had no hard evidence of any planned...
[December 23, 1999, 10:16]
Does the media cause hacking? (part 2)
News Alex Fowler, director of strategic initiatives at the cyber-rights organisation Electronic Frontier Foundation, does not advocate hacking, but stresses that there can be valid reasons for graffiti. He added that graffiti -- cyber and otherwise...
[July 6, 1999, 8:47]
Hackers to release anti-censorship tool
News Yaman Akdeniz, director of UK Internet liberties watchdog Cyber Rights & Cyber Liberties said that trying to apply different national laws to the Internet has always proved problematic and governments have often resorted to blocking access to...
[April 30, 2001, 13:29]
Singapore unveils cybersecurity Masterplan
News Some initiatives planned include enhancing training and certification programs to elevate the skills of security practitioners, ramping up campaigns to increase public awareness of information security, and setting up a new National Cyber-threat...
[February 23, 2005, 11:20]
Blind brother hackers appear in court
News Three Israeli brothers -- all blind, all hackers -- appeared in court in Israel Tuesday accused of 42 separate cyber-crimes. Take me to Hackers The brothers, Munther Badir 22, Muzhir Badir 23, and a younger brother who cannot be named for legal...
[November 2, 1999, 14:02]
