Darmstadt

German HIV-positive pop star arrested over unprotected-sex charges

German HIV-positive pop star arrested over unprotected-sex charges Darmstadt, Germany - A member of Germany's leading female pop band has been arrested for allegedly having unprotected sex despite being HIV positive, lawyers said Tuesday. Nadja Benaissa, a 26-year-old singer with the group No Angels, is to have had unprotected sex with three men in 2004 and 2006, the state prosecution in the town of Darmstadt said.

One of the three men is now HIV positive, possibly as a consequence of his sexual relations with Benaissa.

European Space Agency seeks own space junk detectors

European Space Agency seeks own space junk detectorsDarmstadt, Germany  - The European Space Agency (ESA) said Monday it hoped to set up its own detection system for space junk instead of relying on US radar to track the chunks of shattered satellites and spent rockets in earth orbit.

Last week a US satellite accidentially hit an out-of-commission Russian satellite, scattering a trail of debris in space.

Dictionary attacks and brute force: Clever password protection

Darmstadt - Hackers are always refining their methods of sniffing out other people's passwords. That's why experts advise that you always select tough-to-crack passwords. That means using different passwords for different web sites. Luckily, special programs are available to help you remember them all.

"There are two prime ways to steal users' passwords," explains Ruben Wolf from the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) in Darmstadt, Germany.