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• August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14

  Time puts servers at risk of denial-of-service attacks

  The Network Timing Protocol, which is used to keep servers on the internet synchronised, could become a major vector of attack for hackers

• August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14

  Russian hackers steal over a billion usernames and passwords

  A group of Russian cyber criminals have attacked 500 million email addresses and gained 1.2 billion usernames and passwords

• August 05, 2014 05 Aug'14

  Malware incidents make up 25% of CERT-UK's work in first 100 days

  Over half the incidents reported to CERT-UK in the first three months of its operation were not related to critical national infrastructure

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Barclays passes government’s ‘internet-born threat’ test

  Barclays Bank has been awarded the government’s cyber security certificate for digital banking services after independent tests of services such as Pingit

• June 24, 2014 24 Jun'14

  CIO interview: Thierry Bedos, CTO, Hotels.com

  Hotels.com packs a huge digital punch globally, but is still striving for the perfect omni-channel customer experience

• June 24, 2014 24 Jun'14

  Legitimate apps used for 2014 mobile malware push, reveals McAfee

  The manipulation of legitimate mobile apps and services played a key role in the expansion of mobile malware, says McAfee

• June 10, 2014 10 Jun'14

  Commoditisation drives down security software spending to $20bn in 2013

  The increased commoditisation of end-point security software meant spending grew at a lower rate than expected in 2013, compared with 2012

• June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14

  Get Safe Online apologises for site collapse

  Get Safe Online website collapses after calls for firms to protect their systems against GameOver Zeus Trojan

• May 21, 2014 21 May'14

  Swale Heating emulates head office in national expansion

  SE England based Swale Heating emulated its head office IT set-up in the Midlands when it expanded through a major contract

• May 13, 2014 13 May'14

  Blue Coat is looking to partner with business, says chief security strategist

  Information security is about what you can make possible for the business, says Blue Coat's Hugh Thompson

• April 29, 2014 29 Apr'14

  Cyber criminals continue to target Android smartphones

  Nearly all new mobile threats in the first quarter of this year targeted Android users, latest research shows

• April 28, 2014 28 Apr'14

  Computer Weekly European User Awards for Security: 2014 winners

  Computer Weekly European User Awards for Security: 2014 winners announced

• April 22, 2014 22 Apr'14

  UK finance firms to face planned hacking

  Finance firms in the UK could be attacked by ethical hackers on behalf of financial services regulators to identify weaknesses in cyber security

• February 05, 2014 05 Feb'14

  Bank of England publishes Waking Shark II cyber security exercise results

  Bank of England publishes the results of its Waking Shark II security exercise, which tested financial institutions' contingency plans for cyber attack

• January 14, 2014 14 Jan'14

  Cabinet Office attempts to defuse PSN compliance tensions

  The Cabinet Office has updated the public services network (PSN) programme to make it easier for councils to meet security requirements