Trial of Palin hacker gets underway 

Trial of Palin hacker gets underway

High profile case of unauthorised email access.
UPDATE: ISPs, pollies & activists speak out on internet filter 

UPDATE: ISPs, pollies & activists speak out on internet filter

Mixed support for Government announcement.
Mozilla pushes trial of new security tools 

Mozilla pushes trial of new security tools

Firefox tries out Content Security Policy.
NASA hacker loses another appeal 

NASA hacker loses another appeal

Gary McKinnon, the British hacker who broke into NASA and US Department of Defense computers, has lost another appeal in his quest to avoid extradition to the United States.
Filter trial report in September: Conroy 

Filter trial report in September: Conroy

Government says its aims are “modest”.
NASA hacker McKinnon court date set 

NASA hacker McKinnon court date set

A new date has been set to decide if self-confessed NASA hacker Gary McKinnon should be extradited to the US or tried in the UK.
Exetel says no to internet filtering 

Exetel says no to internet filtering

Exetel chief John Linton has ruled out selling an opt-in ‘clean feed’ internet service to users as a result of last week’s trial because the technology can be too easily bypassed.
Exetel trial records 20,000 hits on filtered URLs 

Exetel trial records 20,000 hits on filtered URLs

Mandatory ISP filtering would cost internet users about $6 a year to implement, according to the results of a five-day trial of the technology by ISP Exetel.
Chip-and-PIN security goes on trial 

Chip-and-PIN security goes on trial

A trial that could prove to be a test case for the security of chip-and-PIN card technology starts today in the UK.
DBCDE wouldn’t agree to blind filter trial: iiNet 

DBCDE wouldn’t agree to blind filter trial: iiNet

iiNet wanted to run a ‘blind' trial of the Government's net filters in which customers weren't told who was being filtered and weren't given the option to get out - terms ...
iiNet withdraws internet filter trial application 

iiNet withdraws internet filter trial application

Days after the ACMA's blacklist was purportedly leaked to Wikileaks, Perth-based ISP iiNet has withdrawn from negotiations with the Government to participate in round two of ...
Pirate Bay trial descends into farce 

Pirate Bay trial descends into farce

BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay will no longer face a charge of copying copyrighted works.
Pirate Bay employees go on trial over copyright law charges 

Pirate Bay employees go on trial over copyright law charges

Four men have gone on trial in Sweden for breaking copyright law, in a case that could have wider implications for the industry.
Google trial in Italy postponed 

Google trial in Italy postponed

The trial of four Google executives accused of defamation and failure to exercise control over personal data has been postponed until 18 February.
Trial of accused Palin email hacker delayed 

Trial of accused Palin email hacker delayed

The student charged with accessing former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's email will go to trial in April.
McAfee offers free trial of security appliance 

McAfee offers free trial of security appliance

McAfee is offering mid-sized businesses a free trial of the McAfee Secure Internet Gateway appliance for 30-days.
Verizon opens up security suite to trial users 

Verizon opens up security suite to trial users

Verizon has offered users the opportunity to access its internet security suite for a trial period of one month.
Judge grants Amero new trial in school-porn case 

Judge grants Amero new trial in school-porn case

Julie Amero, the Connecticut former substitute teacher convicted of allowing students to view pornography on a classroom PC, was granted a new trial today.
Swiss trial first biometrics-only bank 

Swiss trial first biometrics-only bank

No tokens needed to access your Nazi gold.
US$3m frozen after pump-and-dump hacking  

US$3m frozen after pump-and-dump hacking

A US federal judge froze US$3 million in assets from a Latvian bank's US trading account accused of orchestrating what the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) is calling "a ...
Sasser worm teen on trial 

Sasser worm teen on trial

The German teenager behind the Sasser worm finally goes on trial today.
Hackers cash in on Jackson trial 

Hackers cash in on Jackson trial

Spammers are cashing in on media coverage of the Michael Jackson trial with a mail claiming the singer has attempted suicide.
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