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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]
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]
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]
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 Makes Security Pledge
News Speaking at the Information Systems Security Association conference in London on Thursday, Ed Gibson, chief security advisor for Microsoft UK, said the company's products are undergoing tougher testing than ever before but customers would not see...
[September 9, 2005, 17:00]
Microsoft UK Turns To FBI For Security Advisor
News Ed Gibson will be an excellent ambassador for Microsoft. The company announced late last week that it had appointed Edward Gibson as its chief security advisor in the UK. Gibson, who will take up his new role in July, has worked for America's...
[May 23, 2005, 12:30]
Details Emerge Of Microsoft Website Hack
News Ed Gibson, Microsoft UK's chief security advisor, played down the impact of the security breach. I think it's always difficult when any company suffers from an intrusion by a criminal organisation," said Gibson.
[July 2, 2007, 17:52]
Crime Surge Sparks Calls For Internet Interpol
News Ed Gibson, Microsoft's chief security advisor in the UK, praised law-enforcement efforts, but is unhappy that there is such a disparity in cybercrime legislation and law-enforcement funding around the world.
[December 12, 2006, 16:15]
Phishing Attacks Surge
News Microsoft's chief security advisor, Ed Gibson, said that common-sense precautions could cut the number of successful phishing attacks. Basic precautions such as making sure your PC receives its automatic updates, has antivirus software and a...
[November 7, 2006, 15:10]
