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Online protection rackets target clearing houses
News According to Richard Starnes, director of incident response for Cable and Wireless, hackers will start taking down the Web sites of these companies unless they pay a ransom. These attacks are only launched at companies that rely 80 or 90 percent on...
[October 21, 2004, 16:10]
Security experts give charities a hand
News Let's give something back to the community," said Richard Starnes, ISSA's UK president. Starnes added that the security body is setting up a mentoring programme for school and university leavers who want to work in security.
[September 22, 2004, 17:50]
NASA hacker debate rages on
News Richard Starnes, UK president of the Information Systems Security Association, believes that the US Government wanted to prosecute McKinnon in the US as "the UK has a long history of giving lenient sentences for computer crimes".
[July 14, 2006, 12:50]
Security contractors urged to take out personal indemnity insurance
News Richard Starnes, vice president of the UK chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), believes personal indemnity insurance for most security professionals will become inevitable. I don't see why that wouldn't apply to the info...
[June 2, 2004, 15:30]
Court case shines light on security ethics
News This is a controversial subject," said Richard Starnes, president of the Information Systems Security Association UK. Patches can be difficult to develop and often take between three and six months to perfect, Starnes said.
[January 13, 2005, 12:45]
Code for MSBlast variant posted online
News Richard Starnes, director of incident response at Cable & Wireless, told ZDNet UK that the code appears to work: "We ran [the compiled code] against an unpatched XP and Windows 2000 SP3 system and it took both systems down.
[February 17, 2004, 11:20]
Microsoft UK turns to FBI for security advisor
News Gibson's appointment was welcomed by Richard Starnes, president of Information Systems Security Association UK. He's well respected with a good international reputation," said Starnes. After a six-month search Microsoft UK has chosen a new security...
[May 23, 2005, 12:30]
'Suicidal Osama Bin Laden' recruits a zombie army
News Richard Starnes, president of security industry group ISSA UK, congratulated Sophos for highlighting the issue because it will allow users to "install preventative measures" before the Trojan becomes a widespread.
[July 23, 2004, 16:45]
Startup aims to inject zing into Net telephony
News Other big players include Analog Devices, Lucent Technologies and Motorola, said Gartner analyst Tom Starnes. Gartner's Starnes said he believes BOPS has one of the highest-performing DSPs in the market today.
[January 16, 2001, 8:37]
Sony rootkit prompts clampdown on CD use
News Richard Starnes, president of the Information Systems Security Starnes. If it's solely a Sony issue, it is easier for a company to make a decision that it will not allow particular Sony CDs, but if it becomes widespread then it becomes difficult to...
[November 14, 2005, 12:50]
ISPs raise the stakes on DDoS attacks
News Director of incident response for Cable and Wireless Richard Starnes agreed that customers should pay for DDoS protection. We get put into this position that ISPs should do more to promote anti-spam and antivirus," said Starnes.
[November 30, 2004, 11:45]
IT security industry 'to be professionalised'
News Richard Starnes, the president of the Information Systems Security Association, said that the IT security industry needs a professional body similar to the Chartered Institute of Accounting and the Bar Council, which represents barristers.
[January 16, 2006, 9:15]
Bagle author releases 'dangerous' assembler code
News Richard Starnes, vice president of security industry group ISSA UK, said the source code is "dangerous" but noted that it could hold clues that will help law enforcement agencies track down the author.
[July 5, 2004, 13:30]
MPs slam UK ID card proposal
News If identity verification is a "subsidiary issue", there will be doubts about the validity of the card, according to Richard Starnes, president of security industry group ISSA UK. It bypasses the primary purpose of the scheme," said Starnes.
[July 30, 2004, 13:15]
Microsoft to distribute XP SP2 on one million CDs
News Richard Starnes, president of security industry group ISSA UK, welcomed the security update, but is concerned that SP2 will become the target of phishers who will spam unsuspecting users with links to doctored versions of the update.
[July 9, 2004, 17:15]
Tsunami 'hacker' finds new job in security scene
News Richard Starnes, UK president of the Information Systems Security Association, acknowledged that the circumstance of Cuthbert's conviction should not automatically debar him from the security industry.
[November 11, 2005, 12:45]
Security experts voice IE7 push concerns
News Richard Starnes, president of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), said that the update procedure could be subject to hacking, just as other update procedures are. That's the scenario in any kind of update," said Starnes.
[July 27, 2006, 15:05]
Super-Asbos planned for cybercriminals
News It would be a good piece in the law-enforcement arsenal, if judiciously used," said Richard Starnes, president of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA). The judicial process is there for a reason — to prevent the State from abusing...
[July 18, 2006, 14:00]
Microsoft acts on 'download warning' flaw
News Richard Starnes, an information security professional with around 20 years experience in information security, incident response and computer crime investigation, said that legislation could be used to force Microsoft -- and other software...
[November 23, 2004, 7:50]
Police to give cybercrime-fighting courses
News This way they might lose half the people they're looking to get, but the initiative is something I applaud.Richard Starnes, UK president of the Information Systems Security Association, was critical of the Metropolitan Police for not funding the...
[January 19, 2005, 12:20]
