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UK national ID card cloned in 12 minutes

The prospective national ID card was broken and cloned in 12 minutes, the Daily Mail revealed this morning. The newspaper hired computer expert Adam Laurie to test the security that protects the in...06 Aug 2009
Home Office unlikely to accept ID card cloner's offer of demonstration

The Home Office is unlikely to respond to an invitation to see how a UK identity card was cracked and cloned. A Home Office spokesman confirmed it had received an offer from Adam Laurie, an expert ...19 Aug 2009
Infosecurity 2008: show guide and preview

Infosecurity Europe 2008 kicks off on April 22 at the Grand Hall, Olympia in London. Infosecurity Europe is the event where those responsible for securing their organisations' information can find ...07 Apr 2008
Expert cracks biometric passport data

The security being developed for the government's ID cards and biometric passports programmes has been thrown into question after a Guardian reporter and a security expert took just 48 hours to acc...20 Nov 2006
Microsoft grilled by Lords over internet security

The Lords House of Science and Technology Committee is to grill Microsoft over internet security tomorrow. The Lords committee has already questioned credit card giant Visa and banking clearing ass...16 Jan 2007
Infosecurity Europe 2008 - it’s all about trust

Customers, taxpayers and citizens expect governments, companies and organisations to keep their information safe, when that trust breaks down it can have a serious impact. We have yet to see how th...04 Apr 2008
Study reveals Bluetooth security holes

Security holes in the Bluetooth wireless data exchange facility on phones have been discovered by IT security company AL Digital. A possible implication of the discovery is that road warriors may b...14 Jun 2004
Flaws discovered in Bluetooth phones

UK security experts have discovered serious flaws in some Bluetooth-enabled phones, prompting Nokia to recommend precautionary measures. "We have developed a tool that allows us to connect to a nu...12 Feb 2004

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