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Germany passes 'anti-hacking tools' law
Blog However, the law, passed on Friday, has drawn criticism for allegedly making illegal the development of dual purpose tools -- programs that can be used for both security research and for hacking. On the German law, heise Security and ars technica...
[May 29, 2007, 12:14]
Germany passes 'anti-hacking tools' law
Blog Comment I think this is a great step towards highlighting the global electronic security problems, but as a U.S.citizen it frightens me anytime a government gets involved. I personally hold that it is the role of privateers to make the advancements in...
[May 31, 2007, 18:45]
US Copyright Office wakes up to flaws in anti-hacking law
News Federal copyright regulators are opening the door for new exceptions to a controversial copyright law that has landed one publisher in court and a Russian programmer in jail. Regulators aren't looking to change the law but they are looking for...
[October 14, 2002, 10:13]
Grey Hats, Black Hats, and Script Kiddies
News According to Mark Loveless, Senior Security Analyst for Bindview, the bulk of the hacking community is comprised of "grey hats" who, for the most part, respect the law. There are also otherwise average members of the hacking community who...
[April 5, 2000, 13:59]
Home Office 'wrong' over criminalisation of IT pros
News Home Office minister Vernon Coaker claimed this week that amendments to the CMA will only criminalise those who make and distribute hacking tools with the intention of breaking the law. The law doesn't distinguish between software used for...
[July 19, 2006, 16:45]
FBI uses hacking technology for surveillance
News A new tool reportedly being developed by law enforcement agencies to remotely install surveillance programs on a suspect's computer is little more than three-year-old hacking technology, security experts said on Wednesday.
[November 22, 2001, 10:50]
Peer loses cybercrime fight
News This proposed law has been heavily criticised by Lords and senior security experts, who say it could criminalise both the police and innocent IT professionals who build or make available programs which are then used for hacking.
[July 14, 2006, 16:25]
Lord vows to fight cybercrime laws
News A proposed UK law has been heavily criticised by Lords and senior security experts, who say it could criminalise both the police and innocent IT professionals who build or make available programs which are then used for hacking.
[May 25, 2006, 16:05]
FBI 'hack' could set dangerous precedent
News By deeming such actions legal, the United States could kick off a spate of similar cross-border hacking, said Patricia Bellia, assistant professor of law at Notre Dame University and a former Justice Department attorney.
[May 2, 2001, 8:17]
US lawyers 'threatened' Nasa hacker, court hears
News Speaking at an appeal hearing at the House of Lords, McKinnon's defence lawyer David Pannick QC said the US had tried to "coerce" McKinnon into waiving his rights to fight extradition and trial in the US on charges of hacking government and...
[June 16, 2008, 18:08]
Lord battles government over cybercrime laws
News The proposed changes would alter the law regarding launching denial of service attacks, the creation of tools that could be used for hacking, and bot attacks. With [establishing] recklessness there is no bar on forensic hacking," he said.
[June 20, 2006, 14:50]
MPs ponder whether 'benign' hacking should be legal
News And while Allan is adamant that tough action is needed against denial of service attacks, he's also keen to examine whether ethical hacking should be protected in law. If a successor to David Blunkett was going to introduce tough censorship laws on...
[April 26, 2004, 17:25]
British hackers: Spotty teenagers they ain't
News Ask a police man though, and it is the law and not some mysterious British hacking ethic that stops the illegal activity making national headlines. DC Paul Cox, of the Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit, says: "The law is pretty effective and...
[July 16, 1999, 11:50]
Symbiot launches DDoS counter-strike tool
News It would be illegal in those jurisdictions where an anti-hacking law is in place. He added that because many hacking and DDoS attacks are launched from hijacked computers, the system would be unlikely to find its real target: "Attacks are often...
[March 10, 2004, 14:15]
Cybercrime laws 'will harm security research'
News The law is supposed to cover virus writing and hacking tools, but the wording of the law also covers the disclosure of software flaws, according to Hutty. This will place serious constraints on the distribution of security tools, as the prosecution...
[November 17, 2006, 12:47]
A Year Ago: Exclusive: UK hackers have an easy life
News This follows claims by U.S.hackers that the media can actually provoke hacking, and comes just days before this year's biggest and most hyped computer security spectacle, Def Con 7.0 in Las Vegas. Another British hacker, Nicholas Whitely, nicknamed...
[July 7, 2000, 7:01]
Did FBI informant turn to the 'dark side'?
News They suggest Butler was caught hacking, then agreed to act as an FBI consultant to avoid jail time. He writes free software that helps companies catch computer intruders, frequently posts notes to security mailing lists, describes himself as an...
[July 13, 2000, 14:00]
Hackers become terrorists under new law
News The Act does catch serious computer hacking," he said. The government has broadened the definition of terrorism to include computer-related activity because it is concerned that militant groups are increasingly turning to computer hacking techniques.
[February 19, 2001, 15:35]
Russia accuses FBI agent of hacking
News As previously reported, international law experts said a year ago that the operation, the first known incident of international hacking for evidence, created a precedent for indiscriminate cross-border hacking.
[August 19, 2002, 8:08]
Confidential reports to aid cybercrime crackdown
News Its remit is centred around investigations of serious or organised crime using IT, such as hacking and fraud. The Computer Misuse Act 1990 made it possible for companies to file reports of traditional cybercrime attacks such as hacking and viruses...
[June 22, 2001, 13:02]
