'Free Dmitri' Protests Gathers Little London Support
News Protests demanding the release of the Russian programmer Dmitri Sklyarov are scheduled to take place this week outside the American Embassy in London, but organisers of the event are expecting a poor turnout.
[July 31, 2001, 13:53]
London Protesters Slam US Copyright Laws
News The "Free Dmitri" protest was organised by Anton Chterenlikht to support global protests for the Russian computer programmer taking place in 25 cities around the world over the next few weeks. Protesters gathered outside the US Embassy in London...
[August 3, 2001, 17:14]
Storm Worm Variant Sneaks Into Blogs
News The new Storm Worm variant attacks the machines of unsuspecting users when they open an email attachment, click on a malicious email link or visit a malicious site, said Dmitri Alperovitch, principal research scientist at Secure Computing.
[February 28, 2007, 9:23]
Jury Decides First DMCA Conviction
News The Russian company's employee Dmitri Sklyarov became a cause celebre among hackers after he was arrested. A federal jury has convicted a Florida man of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, in the first jury-trial conviction under the...
[September 24, 2003, 16:40]
Email Users Get A Reputation
News It may be more helpful for organisations to identify which systems on their networks are sending email, said Dmitri Alperovitch, a research engineer at CipherTrust. A new Web site aims to help determine whether a specific computer has been sending...
[August 30, 2005, 9:30]
US Lawmakers Reject Changes To Digital Copyright Law
News The recent US arrest of the Russian computer programmer Dmitri Sklyarov for circumventing the DMCA has highlighted how the Internet is complicating copyright laws -- Sklyarov was arrested under the Act even though he was not on US soil at the time...
[September 10, 2001, 15:45]
Senator Suggests Destroying Song-swappers' PCs
News He commended the Justice Department for arresting Dmitri Sklyarov, a Russian programmer charged with criminal violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and he claimed in 1999 that the controversial law "laid the cornerstone for a rich...
[June 19, 2003, 7:20]
Spam: Made In Taiwan?
News They (Blue Security) had hundreds of thousands of clients," Dmitri Alperovitch, a CipherTrust research engineer, said Friday. The majority of spam servers are physically located in Taiwan, according to CipherTrust.
[June 12, 2006, 12:55]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog The guy's name is peculiarly appropriate: Dmitri Asonov Monday 10/5/2004Not a good day for secrets. A student in Dublin works out a way to extract the words that have been blanked out on those teasingly declassified documents issued by spooks and...
[May 14, 2004, 19:00]
Programmer Hacks Microsoft E-book Code
News Earlier this month the FBI arrested a Russian programmer, Dmitri Sklyarov, for allegedly breaking DMCA even though he was not on US soil at the time the alleged crime was committed. The encryption protection that stops the copying of e-books stored...
[August 31, 2001, 17:06]
