With the introduction of Windows Vista, Microsoft has added a new form of mandatory access control to the core operating system. Internally known as "integrity levels", this new addition to the security manager allows security controls to be placed on a per-process basis. This is different from the traditional model of per-user security controls used in all prior versions of Windows NT. In this manner, integrity levels are essentially a bolt-on to the existing Windows NT security architecture. While th
read more »
jail
Category: news
|
Posted by
Staff
282 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com |
Discuss
Via: http://go.theregister.com |
Discuss
Has two years worth of reasons to be angsty nowA former US government security lab worker who used office computers to cyber-stalk Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison.…
read more »
Add this link to...
Bury
Category: news
|
Posted by
Staff
251 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com |
Discuss
Via: http://lists.jammed.com |
Discuss
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200803/20080325/article_353399.htmBy Xu Fang ShanghaiDaily.com2008-3-25 FOUR hackers were jailed yesterday for snatching more than 100,000 yuan (US$14,179) from online bank accounts by stealing account codes using a computer virus.The Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Yu Li, Zhang Wei and Chen Feng to between six and a half years to eight years in prison for larceny and fined them from 40,000 yuan to 60,000 yuan.Zhao Gang, who helped them draw
read more »
Add this link to...
Bury
Category: news
|
Posted by
Staff
236 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com |
Discuss
Via: http://lists.jammed.com |
Discuss
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=11924By John E. DunnTechworld08 April 2008A growing number of security pros believe that the way to stop data breaches from happening is simple as it is stark - send the CEOs or board members deemed responsible to jail.The opinion emerged from a survey by security mainstay Websense at the recent UK e-Crime Congress, which polled 107 security professionals on their opinions. Seventy-nine percent believed that companies should be fined for data breaches
read more »
Add this link to...
Bury
Category: news
|
Posted by
Staff
195 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com |
Discuss
Via: http://www.infoworld.com |
Discuss
A digital advocacy group has blasted the federal government's prosecution of a Missouri woman whose fake MySpace profile allegedly drove a 13-year-old neighbor to suicide.
read more »
Add this link to...
Bury
Category: news
|
Posted by
Staff
179 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com |
Discuss
Via: http://go.theregister.com |
Discuss
Babyus corpusA seven-month-old child has been held in prison alongside his hacker parents in India.…
read more »
Add this link to...
Bury
Category: news
|
Posted by
Staff
165 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com |
Discuss
Via: http://go.theregister.com |
Discuss
'If we played by the rules right now we'd be in gym?'Updated A pair of US teens are looking at an extended spell behind bars over accusations they hacked into school computers to change their grades.…
read more »
Add this link to...
Bury
Category: news
|
Posted by
Staff
130 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com |
Discuss
Via: http://go.theregister.com |
Discuss
Parts of city network still locked outThe sysadmin accused of hijacking San Francisco's network may have surrendered the passwords needed to regain control of key parts of the system, but the move hasn't gotten anyone very far. A judge has refused to lower his $5m bail, and officials say they are still locked out of some portions of the network.…
read more »
Add this link to...
Bury
Category: news
|
Posted by
Staff
87 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com |
Discuss
Via: http://lists.jammed.com |
Discuss
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 04:41:13 -0500 (CDT)http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/us/05detroit.html[Backround: http://www.infosecnews.org/hypermail/0801/14318.html - WK]By SUSAN SAULNY and NICK BUNKLEYThe New York TimesSeptember 4, 2008DETROIT - Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to felony charges here on Thursday and agreed to resign from office and serve 120 days in jail, ending eight months of political turmoil but also opening a new era of uncertainty for th
read more »
Add this link to...
Bury
Category: news
|
Posted by
Staff
26 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com |
Discuss
Via: http://lists.jammed.com |
Discuss
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 02:02:18 -0600 (CST)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7707778.stmBBC News4 November 2008UK MPs are calling for hacker Gary McKinnon to serve any sentence he receives in a British jail.Mr McKinnon faces extradition to the US for breaking into American military networks between February 2001 and March 2002.He trespassed on networks owned by Nasa, the US Army, Navy, Air Force, and Department of Defense.If tried and convicted in a US court,
read more »
Add this link to...
Bury
Category: news
|
Posted by
Staff
20 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com |
Discuss
Via: http://go.theregister.com |
Discuss
Sharp contrast with McKinnon extradition sagaA Romanian hacker who broke into systems run by the US Navy, NASA and the Department of Energy has avoided a custodial sentence in a trial at home but may still face extradition to the US.…
read more »
Add this link to...
Bury

