Nominet considering letting police close down websites

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• Nominet considering letting police close down websites
• TalkTalk to trial controversial malware scanning system
• London hacker who posed as student gets suspended sentence
• Secunia hit by DNS redirect web attack
• Facebook defends NHS for sharing data on social networkers
• On Santa's 'Naughty' list: credit card skimmers
• Porn sites should be filtered by age, demands British MP

Nominet considering letting police close down websites Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST UK domain name registry Nominet is considering allowing Police to close down websites that are being used for criminal activity.

TalkTalk to trial controversial malware scanning system Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST TalkTalk, the Internet Service Provider (ISP), is set to trial a malware detection system, called Virus Alerts, with some of its customers.

London hacker who posed as student gets suspended sentence Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST A computer hacker who posed as a student to access a university computer room and steal the passwords of hundreds of students' email accounts was sentenced yesterday.

Secunia hit by DNS redirect web attack Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST The website of respected security intelligence company Secunia was redirected for over an hour on Thursday morning evening after a DNS hijack pointed visitors to a different website.

Facebook defends NHS for sharing data on social networkers Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Facebook has defended a move by the NHS to share data about the pages social networkers look at, claiming its helps 'educate' web users on the latest health issues.

On Santa's 'Naughty' list: credit card skimmers Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST When you're out there doing your holiday shopping and you hand your credit or debit card to the store clerk, keep a keen eye on what he does with your card. Credit card skimming is on the rise, and we have 30-year-old technology to blame for it.

Porn sites should be filtered by age, demands British MP Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST A conservative MP has called for UK Internet service providers to protect youngsters by introducing an age-rated opt-in system for online porn.

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