Former military adviser urged Obama to pardon Gary McKinnon

John Arquilla, a professor at the U.S. Naval Academy and former military adviser has urged President Barack Obama to pardon the British computer hacker Gary McKinnon and to recruit master hackers to US Cyber Command. Gary McKinnon faced extradition for hacking into Pentagon and Nasa systems, and...

Gary McGraw on Cyberwar and the Folly of Hoarding Cyber-Rocks

Dennis Fisher talks with Gary McGraw of Cigital about some of the holes in the current thinking about cyberwar, why traditional military analogies don’t hold up in cyberwar discussions and how better defense can make a difference. McGraw will be discussing his thoughts on cyberwar at King’s Colle...

Exclusive : Gary McKinnon wins 10-year fight against US extradition

Gary McKinnon has had his extradition blocked by the UK government. He has finally won his 10-year fight against extradition after Home Secretary Theresa May today halted proceedings on human rights grounds. The Home Secretary said medical reports warning the computer hacker would kill himself if...

Another hope in Hacker Gary McKinnon extradition

Gary's 10 years spent living on a knife-edge has been nothing short of cruel and unnecessary punishment. There is another new hope for Gary McKinnon who is fighting extradition after being accused of hacking US military computers. Computer hacker Gary McKinnon will win his 10-year legal battle...

Gary McGraw on the BSIMM4 and How to Avoid Being the Slowest Zebra

Dennis Fisher talks with Gary McGraw of Cigital about the release of the BSIMM4 data, how software security programs have matured in the last four years and how the government has become distracted by cyberwar and is ignoring software security, to its detriment. Download: digitalunderground105...

#OpTrialAtHome : Anonymous Plans 7 April Attack on British government

Anonymous Plans 7 April Attack on British government UK hackers linked to the Anonymous group are encouraging supporters to attack the Home Office website this Saturday 7 April in protest at the extradition of three UK citizens to the US. Called OpTrialAtHome, the hacktivist group @AnonOpUK poste...

Hey @BarackObama ! Please don't extradite Gary McKinnon, CC : @Number10gov

Hey @BarackObama ! Please don't extradite Gary McKinnon Gary McKinnon, a Scottish systems administrator and hacker who has been accused of what one U.S. prosecutor claims is the "biggest military computer hack of all time" by hacking into the Pentagon, faces an ordeal of terrifying brutality if h...

Gary McGraw on the BSIMM3 Data Release

Dennis Fisher talks with Gary McGraw of Cigital about the release of the data collected during the BSIMM 3 software security measurement project, the most pressing challenges facing companies involved in software security programs and the reasons that the US government is falling farther behind o...

Korean HSBC bank hacked TurkGuvenligi (TG)

Korean HSBC bank hacked TurkGuvenligi TG TurkGuvenligi TG Hacker Hack and deface the Korean HSBC bank website. Mirror of Hack is also available here. Same hacker deface the Websites of Free Gary McKinnon Campaign last week...

Korean HSBC bank hacked TurkGuvenligi (TG)

Korean HSBC bank hacked TurkGuvenligi TG TurkGuvenligi TG Hacker Hack and deface the Korean HSBC bank website. Mirror of Hack is also available here. Same hacker deface the Websites of Free Gary McKinnon Campaign last week...

Free Gary McKinnon Campaign websites Hacked by TG ( TurkGuvenligi )

Free Gary McKinnon Campaign websites Hacked by TG TurkGuvenligi TG TurkGuvenligi today deface the websites of Free Gary McKinnon Campaign as shown. TG hacker is same who deface Microsoft.com.br Brasil some months before. Hacked Sites : Mirror of Hack :...

Free Gary McKinnon Campaign websites Hacked by TG ( TurkGuvenligi )

Free Gary McKinnon Campaign websites Hacked by TG TurkGuvenligi TG TurkGuvenligi today deface the websites of Free Gary McKinnon Campaign as shown. TG hacker is same who deface Microsoft.com.br Brasil some months before. Hacked Sites : https://freegary.org.uk/ https://freegary.co.uk/ Mirror of Ha...

Debian DSA-2268-1 : iceweasel - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been found in Iceweasel, a web browser based on Firefox : - CVE-2011-0083 / CVE-2011-2363 'regenrecht' discovered two use-after-frees in SVG processing, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. - CVE-2011-0085 'regenrecht' discovered a use-after-free in XU...

Gary McKinnon

For more than a year between February of 2001 and March of 2002, a British national, Gary McKinnon, was allegedly able to hack into nearly 100 United States military and NASA computers. Prosecutors have accused McKinnon of having committed the “biggest military computer hack of all time.” McKinno...

Report: UK Firm Offered Custom Malware to Egyptian Security Services

Documents spilled into public by the political unrest in Egypt in recent months has shone a spotlight on the shadowy world of for-profit, custom malware creation for governments around the world. The anti malware firm F-Secure first called attention to documents uncovered by protesting Egyptians...

Anonymous launches Anonleaks.ru to expose HBGary 27,000 Emails, Data available soon !

Anonymous launches Anonleaks.ru to expose HBGary 50000 Emails, data available soon ! Anonymous plans to release 27,000 emails from the server of Greg Hoglund, chief executive of the software security firm HBGary. It has posted 50,000 emails of Aaron Barr from the CEO of its sister organization, H...

Gary McGraw on Cyber War, Cyber FUD and Rhetoric

Dennis Fisher talks with Gary McGraw of Cigital about the current climate of FUD and rhetoric surrounding cyber war and cyber espionage, the state of software security in the government and military and the potential need for a software Cash for Clunkers program. Show notes: Cyberwarmongering and...

Gary McGraw on BSIMM2, Software Security and Cargo Cult Science

Dennis Fisher talks with Gary McGraw of Cigital about the release of the BSIMM2 model, the continued maturing of software security programs and the similarities between computer security and cargo cult science. Podcast audio courtesy of Where’s Aubrey. Subscribe to the Digital Underground podcast...

Gary McGraw, Cigital

Like Geer, Gary has a unique view of the security world, one that is informed by his background in cognitive science and philosophy. He just doesn’t come at questions or problems the way that most people do, and that makes for interesting conversations. Gary’s among the top experts on software...

Gary McGraw on Software Security, the BSIMM Model and Critical Thinking

Dennis Fisher talks with Gary McGraw, CTO of Cigital, about the BSIMM security model, the maturation of software security and whether our universities are turning out critical thinkers. Podcast audio courtesy of Where’s Aubrey Download Subscribe to the Digital Underground podcast on...