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The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard presents serious legal challenges and risk for retailers. Reports suggest that today may be a bad day for Washington scammers. Civil liberties groups are stepping into the battle between the federal government and three students from MIT. Some emails are important written records you might one day have to rely on in court, says Tamzin Matthew. A group of developers claims to have succeeded in breaking the iPhone's SIM-lock, allowing users to equip the phone with a SIM-card that allows them to operate the device on GSM networks other than AT&T. Organisations that hold personal data should be made liable for fraudulent transactions, say BT security experts. Instant messaging should be treated like email, with similar constraints. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is asking a U.S. District Court judge to hold two alleged MySpace phishers in contempt of court after the pair were found to be violating a prior agreement with the agency. Database of prosecutors, legal guidance and training to be available online.
IT security teams need to know about confidentiality clauses in contracts. Defendant not guilt of breaking hacker law, say legal eagles. Cambridge University security researcher Dr Richard Clayton argues that BT should be prosecuted because it monitored internet users' websurfing habits without their permission, while the telco declines to say its activities were legal. 23 lawsuits filed in California and Florida. Adware maker Zango doesn't comply with the terms of a November settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), security researchers claim.
The U.S. legal system is failing to bring prosecutions in cybercrime cases. Self-styled 'King of Spam' Scott Richter has been ordered to pay US$6m in legal fees and damages for spamming MySpace subscribers in August 2006.
MySpace has won its legal challenge against two individuals who bombarded its members with spam.. While it is unlikely we will ever abolish cybercrime, I do believe that we can make the internet a safer place. The Web is a pretty nasty place, according to reverse engineer and privacy advocate Mike Perry -- and he should know. SOX, HIPAA, Basel II, CobIT – the alphabet soup of industry and government regulations regarding information security seems to get bigger each year.