A leading data security assessment company says that New Zealand businesses are becoming “soft targets” for malicious hackers because they are lagging significantly behind the US and UK in achieving compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Securi…
House Cybersecurity Task Force Report Released
The House Cybersecurity Task Force released its report (.pdf) today. NextGov offers a good summary in their story House GOP Cyber Task Force Touts Industry Leadership by Jessica Herrera-Flanigan.The report includes the following recommendation:Companie…
Need a warrant to unmask Internet users? Not if Canada gets its way
When Canada’s Conservatives took the most votes in the May 2011 federal election, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that an “omnibus” security/crime bill would be introduced within 100 days. The bill would wrap up a whole host of ideas that were previ…
House panel approves broadened ISP snooping bill
By a 19 to 10 vote, a House committee votes to require Internet service providers to keep track of what their users are doing for one year in case it would be useful for future police investigations.
Filtering is the job of ISPs not NBN
Although it was technically possible for the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) to filter internet content over the heads of internet service providers (ISPs), the government has said that it will still force the responsibility onto ISPs.
On M…
Internet Bill Could Help Hackers, Experts Warn
Legislation cracking down on rogue websites could inadvertently help hackers who have struck major corporate and government targets in recent weeks, a group of computer science experts said on Thursday.
“America is getting hacked,” security consult…
Police: Internet providers must keep user logs
Law enforcement representatives are planning to endorse a proposed federal law that would require Internet service providers to store logs about their customers for 18 months, CNET has learned.
The National Sheriffs’ Association will say it “strongly s…
Six-strikes scheme rears head in US
Big players in the US movie and music industries have persuaded a number of Internet Service Providers to sign up to a scheme designed to help nab suspected pirates.
The MPAA and RIAA-sponsored initiative seeks to institute a ‘six-strikes’ policy by wh…
US piracy deal right for Australia: AFACT
The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has welcomed reports that US internet service providers (ISPs) and film studios are close to an agreement on how to deal with piracy; however, the Internet Industry Association is adopting a wai…
