Cybercrime bill passed lower house 

Cybercrime bill passed lower house

In Networks - 25 August 2011 4:44 PM
Greens furious.
US congressmen propose draft online privacy bill 

US congressmen propose draft online privacy bill

In Risk - By Angela Moscaritolo, 6 May 2010 1:50 PM
Requires companies to obtain 'opt-in' consent for some data.
Cybercrooks fake the death of Bill Cosby 

Cybercrooks fake the death of Bill Cosby

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 9 February 2010 1:29 PM
New malware hoax touts passing of comedy legend.
Email services that failed to block spear phishing message revealed 

Email services that failed to block spear phishing message revealed

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 8 January 2010 12:22 PM
Outlook Express and IronPort amongst those breached.
Delta Air Lines accused of hacking opponent’s email 

Delta Air Lines accused of hacking opponent’s email

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 15 October 2009 11:14 AM
Details allegedly distributed to executives at world's biggest airline.
US Government wants emergency internet powers 

US Government wants emergency internet powers

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 31 August 2009 10:05 AM
Presidential control of the internet.
US identity theft bill set for approval 

US identity theft bill set for approval

In Risk - By Shaun Nichols, 23 September 2008 9:58 AM
A new identity theft bill is set to become US federal law, adding stiffer penalties and stricter definitions for identity and information theft crimes.
Cybercrime bill passes House, awaits Bush signature 

Cybercrime bill passes House, awaits Bush signature

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 22 September 2008 9:42 AM
The president's signature is the only thing standing in the way of a rare event: an IT-security related bill becoming law.
Hacker runs up US$12,000 Federal phone bill 

Hacker runs up US$12,000 Federal phone bill

In Networks - By Shaun Nichols, 25 August 2008 9:48 AM
A hacker who compromised phone systems for the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) left the government with a US$12,000 phone bill.
US Senate passes surveillance bill 

US Senate passes surveillance bill

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 11 July 2008 9:47 AM
Telcos breathe sigh of relief.
Aniti-phishing bill working its way through U.S. Senate 

Aniti-phishing bill working its way through U.S. Senate

In Hackers - By Sue Marquette, 10 March 2008 10:40 AM
A group of U.S. senators have introduced a bi-partisan bill aimed at stopping phishing, but some privacy advocates are worried that website registrants will have to forfeit too ...
US Senate Judiciary Committee passes new cybersecurity bill 

US Senate Judiciary Committee passes new cybersecurity bill

In Hackers - By Frank Washkush Jr, 6 November 2007 9:54 AM
Portions of the Cyber Crime Act of 2007 have been folded into another bill mandating tougher cybersecurity standards, the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007.
US bill could change definition of cybercrime 

US bill could change definition of cybercrime

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 25 October 2007 10:02 AM
Two U.S. senators have introduced a bipartisan bill that would lower the threshold for what constitutes a cybercrime, while providing law enforcement with additional funds to ...
US bill allows id theft victims to seek reimbursement 

US bill allows id theft victims to seek reimbursement

In Hackers - By Frank Washkuch, 22 October 2007 11:16 AM
A bill introduced this week in the US would allow victims of identity theft to seek restitution for their crime-related expenses.
Schwarzenegger shoots down California data-protection bill 

Schwarzenegger shoots down California data-protection bill

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 16 October 2007 9:55 AM
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, with strong urging from a lobbying alliance, has vetoed a stringent data protection bill that would have made merchants, not banks, ...
US Federal cybercrime bill introduced in House 

US Federal cybercrime bill introduced in House

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 16 May 2007 9:39 AM
Two congressmen on Monday introduced a bipartisan cybersecurity bill that proponents say will modernise regulations while providing law enforcement with more resources to ...
RSA Conference 2007: Microsoft's Mundie and Gates kick things off 

RSA Conference 2007: Microsoft's Mundie and Gates kick things off

In Risk - By Ericka Chickowski, 6 February 2007 5:54 PM
Microsoft helped to kick off the RSA Conference this morning with a joint keynote from Chairman Bill Gates and Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie on the changing ...
Bill Hancock, convivial information security pioneer dead at 49 

Bill Hancock, convivial information security pioneer dead at 49

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 4 January 2007 10:42 PM
Bill Hancock, who, despite being legally blind, parlayed a gregarious demeanor into a career as an information security icon and cyber-risk and network best practices advocate, ...
Stronger cybersecurity bill passes House committee 

Stronger cybersecurity bill passes House committee

By Dan Kaplan, 25 May 2006 10:36 PM
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee today approved a bill that would significantly strengthen existing federal cybercrime law and provide law enforcement with ...
Spyware bill on Senate schedule 

Spyware bill on Senate schedule

By Frank Washkuch, 21 November 2005 8:15 PM
A bill that would outlaw a number of spyware-related activities was forwarded to the US Senate by a committee last week.
Bill to create new cybersecurity post reintroduced 

Bill to create new cybersecurity post reintroduced

By Marcia Savage, 7 January 2005 4:56 PM
Lawmakers have reintroduced a bill to create an assistant secretary for cybersecurity position in the Department of Homeland Security.
Congresswoman reintroduces spyware bill 

Congresswoman reintroduces spyware bill

By Marcia Savage, 6 January 2005 5:56 PM
U.S. Rep. Mary Bono (R-Calif.) this week reintroduced her bill to combat spyware as the 109th Congress convened.
Saudis use VPN for ATM bill payments 

Saudis use VPN for ATM bill payments

By Dan Ilett, 30 July 2004 10:36 AM
The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) is implementing a virtual private network to allow people to pay their bills through ATMs.
Bill would enhance federal agencies' infosec planning 

Bill would enhance federal agencies' infosec planning

By Marcia Savage, 25 June 2004 12:14 AM
Two legislators have submitted a bill that would amend the Clinger-Cohen Act to boost federal agencies’ infosec planning.
California Bill attacks internet privacy 

California Bill attacks internet privacy

By Steve Gold, 18 March 2004 2:55 PM
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has asked Californian internet users to contact their legislative representatives in connection with two misguided anti-piracy bills ...
Six-figure sum for the SoBig bill 

Six-figure sum for the SoBig bill

By Dan Ilett, 20 January 2004 5:18 PM
UK companies paid out six-figure sums for malicious content on their systems in 2003.
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