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Privacy and data protection

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  Symantec helps NHS trust cut security costs by a quarter

  The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust cut security costs by 25% in its partnership with security supplier Symantec

• May 03, 2013 03 May'13

  Netherlands considers hacking powers for police

  The Netherlands government considers legislation to give police powers to hack into computers, install spyware and read emails

• May 03, 2013 03 May'13

  Computer Weekly European User Awards for Security: Winners

  The winners are in for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Security. See who made the top spots.

• May 01, 2013 01 May'13

  What’s to be done about data breach discovery?

  The time from first contact by cyber attackers to the victim learning of it is still measured in months and years, not hours and days

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  Another online firm hit by data breach

  Online deals service LivingSocial is the latest company to report a breach of its computer systems that may mean attackers accessed customer details

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Cyber crime challenges law enforcement

  Cyber crime is forcing police and law enforcement agencies to re-think basic skills needed, according to experts at Infosecurity Europe 2013

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  Lib Dems will block Snoopers’ Charter, says Nick Clegg

  The draft Communications Data Bill will not go ahead while the Lib Dems are in government, says deputy prime minister Nick Clegg

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  Spam SMS messages drop following ICO penalty

  The number of spam SMS messages has significantly reduced since government regulator ICO issued £440,000 fines last year

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: University research challenges reliability of IPS

  Research shows intrusion prevention systems (IPS) are not as effective at detecting malicious activity as some might think

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Security spend misaligned with threats, says security veteran

  Security budget allocations have remained the same for the past 15 years, but threats have changed, says Shlomo Kramer, chief executive at security firm Imperva

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  US jails LulzSec hacker Cody Kretsinger

  The US has jailed a member of hacktivist group LulzSec for a year for his role in breaching computer systems at Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2011

• April 19, 2013 19 Apr'13

  Conficker makes way for web-based attacks, says Microsoft

  Web attacks emerge as top threat as businesses finally begin to win the battle against Conficker and other worms, says Microsoft

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  Anonymous hacks North Korean websites for a second time

  Members of the Anonymous hacktivist collective claim to have again hacked several prominent North Korean websites

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  Google reaches deal with EU competition authorities

  Google has reportedly reached a deal with European Union (EU) competition authorities over concerns about its business practices

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  Google has another go at allaying EU competition concerns

  Google has submitted a fresh set of proposals to address European concerns about its business practices and avoid punitive action

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  Bots and web apps among top threats to data security, says Check Point

  Bots, viruses, breaches and attacks are a constant and real threat to the information security of organisations

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  Porn websites pose malware risk, says researcher

  Browsing popular pornography internet sites pose a growing risk of malware infection, according to a security researcher

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  South Korea accuses North Korea of launching cyber attacks

  South Korea blames North Korea for the cyber attacks that shut down thousands of computers at broadcasters and banks two weeks ago

• April 03, 2013 03 Apr'13

  Case Study: 192business switches to tokenisation to speed up business processes

  Online payment card verification firm 192business uses tokenisation to speed up its processes and protect credit card details from fraud

• April 03, 2013 03 Apr'13

  US Army practises poor data security on mobile devices

  Pentagon inspector general finds smartphones and tablets the US Army buys are not configured to protect sensitive data and allow remote wipe

• April 03, 2013 03 Apr'13

  Anonymous threatens to declare cyber war on North Korea

  Anonymous hacktivist collective has threatened North Korea with cyber war if leader Kim Jong-un does not resign and install free democracy

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  Google closer to action from European privacy regulators

  Google is another step closer to action by privacy regulators across Europe for failing to change the way it manages user data

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  UK government sets up cyber security fusion cell

  A cyber security “fusion cell” for cross-sector threat data sharing aims to put government, industry and information security analysts side-by-side

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Employees ignore security rules, say infosec pros

  Most information security professionals believe corporate employees wilfully ignore security rules, survey at RSA Conference 2013 reveals

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Malware in counterfeit software to cost business $114bn in 2013

  Dealing with malware in counterfeit software will cost global enterprises an estimated $114bn in 2013, says research firm IDC

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  Six security issues to tackle before encrypting cloud data

  Concern about security and privacy is likely to drive adoption of cloud encryption, but there are six security issues businesses should tackle

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  US authorities investigate hack of Michelle Obama and other high-profile people

  US authorities are investigating hackers who allegedly stole financial information belonging to US first lady Michelle Obama

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Phishing emails sent in pairs to lend authenticity, says training company

  Phishing emails are now being deployed in pairs to create the illusion of authenticity, says security awareness training company PhishMe

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Microsoft releases four critical security updates

  Microsoft is to release four “critical” patches in its monthly Patch Tuesday security update, according to the advance notice.

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  What is RSA's build, buy, partner strategy?

  Computer Weekly takes a closer look at RSA's build, buy, partner strategy

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  RSA 2013: Suppliers need to prepare for new security vulnerability handling standards

  Software makers and online service providers need to prepare for two ISO standards on vulnerability handling processes due by the end of 2013

• February 26, 2013 26 Feb'13

  RSA 2013: Obama cyber order will have significant effect, says DoHS

  President Barack Obama’s executive order on cybersecurity is a “very big deal” says Mark Weatherford, deputy under-secretary for cybersecurity at the US Department of Homeland Security (DoHS).

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Music companies critical of Google’s anti-piracy efforts

  Music companies have accused Google of failing to fulfil a pledge not to give prominent rankings in search results to websites offering illegal music downloads.

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  Bad outsourcing decisions cause 63% of data breaches

  Bad outsourcing decisions nearly two-thirds of data breaches investigated by security firm Trustwave in the past year

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  EU cyber strategy aimed at boosting preparedness and cooperation

  The European cyber security strategy addresses insufficient national preparedness and boosting co-operation in the region, says the EC

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  Business avoids cloud over fear of government snooping

  Almost half of IT professionals are deterred from keeping sensitive data in the cloud because of fear of government intervention and possible legal action, a survey has revealed

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  Twitter strengthens login security after hacker attack

  Days after a hacking attack, it has emerged that Twitter plans to strengthen its login security with two-factor authentication

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  Why has NAC, like DLP, failed to take off?

  Why are organisations not investing in systems that are designed to keep malicious actors out of their networks?

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Encryption is safe bet, says SafeNet

  Encryption is the only thing that can give peace of mind to CIOs and CISOs, says Dave Hansen, president and CEO of security firm SafeNet

• January 24, 2013 24 Jan'13

  ICO hits Sony with £250,000 data breach penalty

  The Information Commissioner’s office (ICO) has fined Sony Computer Entertainment Europe £250,000 for breaching the Data Protection Act

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  BYOD: People pay for devices to use for work

  Over half of employees buy their own devices for work use, according to new report from mobile device management specialist Good Technology

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Why has DLP never taken off?

  Why is data loss prevention (DLP) technology not being adopted if it provides the very protection most businesses need?

• January 14, 2013 14 Jan'13

  Oracle rushes out patches for Java zero days

  Oracle has released two out-of-band security updates for the latest zero day vulnerabilities in Java

• January 11, 2013 11 Jan'13

  Disable Java to protect from latest zero-day

  Security researchers are warning of a zero-day vulnerability in all versions of Java, including the latest Java 7 update 10

• January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13

  Software piracy international in scope, says Fast

  The scale of software piracy is both international in scope and military in its execution, says the Federation Against Software Theft (Fast)

• December 28, 2012 28 Dec'12

  Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2012

  Ten articles that illustrate some of the major trends in cyber crime in 2012

• December 12, 2012 12 Dec'12

  Ghost Shell hacktivists publish over a million credentials

  The Ghost Shell group, an offshoot of the Anonymous hacking collective has published the log-in details from 1.6 million accounts

• December 10, 2012 10 Dec'12

  UK CIOs see EU regulation as key

  A third of UK CIOs are more concerned with EU regulation, such as the data protection directive, than their own local laws, a study has revealed.

• December 07, 2012 07 Dec'12

  UK government jobs website exploited by hackers

  Hackers have been able to exploit security flaws in a new government jobs website to steal personal information about job applicants

• November 27, 2012 27 Nov'12

  Zero-day exploit for Yahoo Mail goes on sale

  Hacker sells $700 zero-day exploit for Yahoo Mail that allows attacker to use cross-site scripting vulnerability to steal cookies and hijack accounts