http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39589104,00.htm By Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk 08 Jan 2009 The Home Office on Friday said it was working with the European Parliament on plans to extend police powers to conduct remote searches of computers. UK police already have the power to hack into suspect systems without a warrant, due to an amendment to the Computer Misuse Act, which came into force in 1995. However, security vendors Kaspersky Labs and Sophos told ZDNet UK that they would not make any concession in their protective software for the police hack. Kaspersky Labs said on Tuesday it would block all attempts to access its customers' systems, regardless of the agency attempting the entry. "Ultimately, we are politically neutral, but we consider it our duty to protect our customers," said David Em, Kaspersky's UK senior technology consultant. Cambridge University security expert Richard Clayton told ZDNet UK on Monday that UK police were most likely to hack into computers by entering a premises and installing a keylogger on the target system. This would be more effective than a drive-by download or sending an email with a malware attachment, as the chances of successful interception of data were higher, said Clayton. As an alternative, police could hack into Wi-Fi networks to search systems, he said. [...] _______________________________________________ Please help InfoSecNews.org with a donation! http://www.infosecnews.org/donate.htmlReceived on Sun Jan 11 2009 - 23:09:42 PST
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