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People who illegally download films and music will be cut off from the internet under new legislative proposals to be unveiled next week. As of April 2009, UK Internet service providers (ISPs) will be legally required to take action against users who access pirated material. Click Read more for further information.
Polish police yesterday arrested a 14-year-old schoolboy for endangering public safety when he hacked the Lodz tram system and disrupted traffic. Using a TV-style remote control he built himself, Adam Dabrowski allegedly changed the points on the city\'s tram system. This derailed some tram cars, causing them to crash and injure up to 12 passengers. Click Read more for further information.
The UK government has published guidelines for the application of a law that makes it illegal to create or distribute so-called "hacking tools". The controversial measure is among amendments to the Computer Misuse Act included in the Police and Justice Act 2006. The problem is that anything from nmap through wireshark to perl can be used for both legitimate and illicit purposes, in much the same way that a hammer can be used for putting up shelving or breaking into a car. Click read more for further information.
Nearly 33% of websites are infected with downloadable malware, after infection rates almost doubled in the past year, according to research from the Sans Institute. Users\' confidence in online security is waning, leading small and medium sized companies to lose business, it said. The security training organisation last week published its annual list of the top 20 cyber security threats. Click read more for further information.
Wired\'s Bruce Schneier is reporting that one of the four recent government approved standard methods for creating random numbers has a flaw which is so blatant, that the two cryptographers who found it claim \"it can only be described as a backdoor.\" Click read more for further information.
New Zealand teenager accused of controlling botnet hacking of over 1 million computers and nearly $13 million in damages. An 18-year-old New Zealand youth is under suspicion of infecting over 1.3 million computers worldwide with a worm in order to create a botnet which he then used to carry out DDoS attacks, among other things, without the knowledge of unsuspecting PC users. Click read more for further information.