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US lawyers 'threatened' Nasa hacker, court hears
News Then-FBI legal attaché Ed Gibson and a US government legal representative made the attempt during plea bargaining in 2003, Pannick claimed. Gibson and the US government legal representative told McKinnon that if he agreed to be extradited and...
[June 16, 2008, 18:08]
Microsoft security chief attacks government
News Microsoft UK's chief security advisor Ed Gibson has attacked the government over what he claims is a lack of effective reporting channels for Internet-related crime. Speaking at the launch of a CBI report into online security for small and medium...
[February 1, 2006, 17:30]
Highlights of the RSA Conference Europe 2007
News The show, held in the ExCel conference centre, featured other security industry luminaries including former FBI agent and Microsoft's chief security advisor Ed Gibson. Vying to overtake the Infosecurity show as the must-attend event for UK security...
[October 24, 2007, 15:57]
Microsoft: Phishing is going out of fashion
News Organised criminals are losing interest in harvesting consumer banking details, according to Microsoft UK chief security adviser Ed Gibson. Speaking to ZDNet UK this week, Gibson said that powerful cybercriminals would not waste time trying to...
[December 13, 2006, 12:46]
Microsoft security chief bitten by rogue dialler
Talkback please advise me how i can contact ed gibson. Thank you for enlightening me, about rogue diallers. I too have been told i am legally liable as the phone is in my name.my phone billl though is in the thousands!
[September 29, 2005, 21:54]
Microsoft turns to Spamhaus for security help
News Ed Gibson, newly appointed chief security advisor for Microsoft UK, applauded Internet security and anti-spam organisation Spamhaus on Tuesday, particularly for its work with Microsoft. Gibson revealed that Microsoft had used Spamhaus' services to...
[September 7, 2005, 12:15]
Microsoft: 'Harden your environment'
News The chief security advisor for Microsoft UK, Former FBI agent Ed Gibson, on Wednesday said enterprises must take steps to toughen their security environment to foil cybercriminals. The outlook is so good, I would even use your credit card to do a...
[March 30, 2006, 11:35]
Microsoft security chief bitten by rogue dialler
News Rogue diallers have claimed a high-profile victim - Microsoft UK's chief security advisor Ed Gibson. Speaking to ZDNet UK on Tuesday, Gibson revealed that he has recently been hit by a £450 bill from BT after his computer was infected with a rogue...
[September 6, 2005, 17:10]
British ISPs admonished over cybercrime
News Speaking at the Computer and Internet Crime Conference in London, Special Agent Ed Gibson, who is the assistant legal attaché to the US Embassy, expressed concerns that national boundaries are still too much of an obstacle to law enforcement.
[January 25, 2005, 15:50]
Stealing our NHTCU is a felony
Leader At the launch of a recent CBI report into online security, Microsoft's outspoken chief security officer Ed Gibson voiced strong concerns about the NHTCU, claiming that the organisation had been chronically under-funded from the outset.
[April 3, 2006, 15:15]
Government launches new e-crime unit
Blog I was at a meeting last week with Microsoft's security advisor and ex-FBI agent Ed Gibson (speaking at the RSA Security Conference, in London on 27 October) who told us to expect some news about a new e-crime unit and seems he was spot on as a...
[September 30, 2008, 14:45]
Yahoo hosting 'thousands' of phishing sites
News Meanwhile Ed Gibson, Microsoft UK's newly appointed chief security advisor, praised Spamhaus for its work. Hats off to Spamhaus," Gibson told the audience. Yahoo is playing host to thousands of phishing sites and doesn't have sufficiently well...
[September 6, 2005, 12:55]
Security report sponsorship defended
News said Microsoft UK's chief security advisor Ed Gibson. The report gives a good roadmap to show businesses [in] which direction they should be asking questions," Gibson added. PricewaterhouseCoopers has defended vendor involvement in a major survey...
[April 11, 2006, 13:55]
Gibson: Is McKinnon still here?
Blog Ed Gibson, who now works for Microsoft as its security adviser to the UK, in a previous life worked as an FBI legal attache in the UK, and was involved in McKinnon's controversial plea bargaining process.
[October 30, 2008, 16:39]
Gates, a geek?
Blog Meanwhile, at the Parliament and Internet conference last week, I spotted Microsoft UK's chief security adviser Ed Gibson having a little snooze - during a presentation by another Microsoft exec. A Microsoft supremo has said that Bill Gates does...
[October 26, 2007, 15:48]
Famous fraudster to speak at security show
News Running from the 22 to 24 October in the ExCel conference centre, the show will feature other security industry luminaries including BT Counterpane's Bruce Schneier, and former FBI agent and Microsoft's chief security advisor Ed Gibson.
[August 2, 2007, 16:12]
UK suffers jump in online financial fraud
News Speaking at the RSA Conference Europe 2008 in London, Microsoft chief security adviser Ed Gibson, who helped advise the government on the newly formed Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), described the unit as a "giant step forward for the UK" in...
[October 31, 2008, 6:30]
MPs agree tougher fines for rogue diallers
News Victims include Microsoft UK's chief security advisor Ed Gibson, who admitted in September that he had been hit with a £450 bill after becoming infected. MPs have agreed to raise the maximum fine that can be imposed against companies who operate...
[December 22, 2005, 9:35]
Experts: 'British FBI' won't stop e-crime
News Microsoft's UK security chief Ed Gibson said in February that the creation of SOCA would actually make it harder for businesses to work out to whom they should report an electronic crime. The formation of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency...
[April 3, 2006, 15:35]
Microsoft: Police e-crime unit 'giant step forward'
News The Police Central e-Crime Unit has been hailed as a "giant step forward" by Microsoft's UK security adviser, Ed Gibson. Speaking at a press event at the RSA Conference Europe 2008 on Tuesday, Gibson said businesses had perceived that there had...
[October 30, 2008, 15:55]
