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Endpoint security

• February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15

  Symantec continues cloud investment in spite of poor Q3 results

  Symantec has reported third quarter 2015 revenue of $1.64bn, a drop of 4% compared with $1.70bn over the same period in 2014

• January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15

  Younger users prefer biometrics to passwords

  Younger bank customers would rather use biometrics than PINs and passwords for security, according to Visa Europe

• January 05, 2015 05 Jan'15

  Hackers can exploit free mobile apps to steal data, study shows

  Hackers can access private data by exploiting vulnerabilities mainly in free mobile apps, according to security researchers

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  Cabinet Office begins procurement for next stage of Gov.uk Verify

  The Cabinet Office has submitted a tender notice for a £150m three-year framework for the provision of identity assurance services

• December 04, 2014 04 Dec'14

  Cyber criminals are targeting smartphone supply chains, warn researchers

  A new mobile trojan dubbed “DeathRing” is being pre-loaded onto smartphones somewhere in the supply chain, warn researchers

• November 28, 2014 28 Nov'14

  CGI secures communications between pilots and air traffic control

  Satellite communications firm Inmarsat has outsourced the provision of security IT and services to CGI

• October 13, 2014 13 Oct'14

  Embedded SIMs key to unlocking internet of things

  GSMA’s eUICC Embedded SIM Specification will help M2M communications and the IoT become mainstream, say analysts

• October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14

  Azure CTO Mark Russinovich's top ten public cloud security risks

  Microsoft Azure cloud CTO Mark Russinovich identified ten key security risks of public cloud services

• October 08, 2014 08 Oct'14

  Malware being used to steal cash from ATMs

  Criminals are using malware to steal cash from ATMs without debit and credit cards

• September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14

  BlackBerry Passport delivers a real keyboard and high-res screen to business

  BlackBerry has introduced its Passport smartphone featuring a 4.5in hi-res screen, a qwerty keyboard and 13MP camera

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  Salesforce issues advice on avoiding Dyreza attack

  Salesforce has issued a set of guidelines on tightening security after a number of its customers were targeted by the Dyreza email virus

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  EY seeks tech startups to address challenges of right to be forgotten

  Professional services firm Ernst & Young is looking for startups to find technology solutions to the ‘right to be forgotten’ regulation

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  Ransomware on the rise, warns cyber threat report

  The first half of 2014 saw an increase in online attacks that lock up user data and hold it for ransom, reports F-Secure Labs

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  Barclays bank launches biometric authentication

  Barclays bank plans to launch biometric readers that read users' finger veins to authenticate customers

• August 11, 2014 11 Aug'14

  USB-connected devices present cyber vulnerabilities

  Connecting devices to computers using a USB port could lead to security breaches, say Berlin-based researchers

• August 05, 2014 05 Aug'14

  Cyber Security Challenge UK takes on the internet of things

  The latest level of the Cyber Security Challenge will involve participants hacking devices connected to the internet of things

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  IBM partners with Apple to deliver enterprise services for iOS

  IBM has given Apple a major boost in the enterprise, through a partnership that will see it provide services and software for iOS

• 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

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Netflix releases its AWS monitoring tool Security Monkey into the wild

  Netflix has made Security Monkey, the AWS tracker tool it built for itself, freely available to other Amazon cloud users

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Facebook apologises over psychological experiments

  Facebook has apologised over the controversial psychological experiments carried out on 689,000 users without their consent in 2012

• June 09, 2014 09 Jun'14

  IT departments unprepared for internet of things

  Only 41% of IT professionals are working on projects to prepare their business for the internet of things

• May 27, 2014 27 May'14

  Android Outlook app has privacy issues, warn researchers

  Microsoft’s Outlook.com app for Android is exposing users' data, warn security researchers

• May 20, 2014 20 May'14

  Shell thinks technology first in preparation for internet of everything

  Shell is reshaping its business to think technology first as it uses the internet of everything to change its business processes

• March 10, 2014 10 Mar'14

  Dark web key enabler for cyber criminals, say McAfee researchers

  The dark web is a key conduit for the malware industry to refine and distribute its products and services, say security researchers

• 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 17, 2014 17 Jan'14

  Internet at risk of 'cybergeddon' says WEF

  Internet is at risk of fragmenting amid concerns over spying and cyber crime, says World Economic Forum

• January 16, 2014 16 Jan'14

  Microsoft extends XP security updates by 15 months

  Microsoft has caved in to user concerns over XP end of support and will now extend security updates by another 15 months

• January 14, 2014 14 Jan'14

  Top European IT initiative to support business in 2014?

  Expanding IT to support business growth is one of the biggest areas of focus for IT departments in 2014, so what does this mean?

• January 10, 2014 10 Jan'14

  More than 1,100 DWP workers disciplined over benefits snooping

  More than 1,100 employees at the Department for Work and Pensions have received official warnings since 2008 for prying into benefits records

• January 03, 2014 03 Jan'14

  FireEye acquires Mandiant in $1bn deal

  Security firm FireEye has bought Mandiant in a deal worth just over $1bn

• December 30, 2013 30 Dec'13

  Bank robberies down 90% thanks to technology, says report

  Robberies at British banks have fallen by over 90% in two decades, according to a report by the British Bankers’ Association

• December 11, 2013 11 Dec'13

  Research reveals widespread mobile app hacking

  The top 100 paid Android apps and 56% of the top 100 paid Apple iOS apps have been hacked, research has revealed

• November 27, 2013 27 Nov'13

  European Parliament closes Wi-Fi after man-in-the-middle attack

  A number of mailboxes have been compromised and users’ smartphones could be at risk following a man-in-the-middle attack on the European Parliament’s public Wi-Fi

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  White hat Wi-Fi hacking shows vulnerability of business data

  Whitehat hackers have shown that senstitive data can be sniffed easily from public Wi-Fi hotspots

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  Report highlights poor UK attitudes to mobile security

  Businesses should note that many UK mobile users do not take security precautions and do not know how to guard against data theft

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Government overhauls security classification to fit digital age

  In its first overhaul since World War II the government is consolidating six security bands to three with a system deemed more appropriate in the digital age.

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Dexter payment card malware variant hits South Africa

  The Dexter payment card skimming malware discovered last year has resurfaced in South Africa, resulting in millions of pounds lost to fraud

• October 15, 2013 15 Oct'13

  The ICO issues BYOD warning after breach

  The ICO is calling on organisations to ensure data protection policies reflect how employees are using personal devices for work

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  MoD announces specialist programme to fend off cyber attacks

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced a strategy to defend UK national security from the threat of cyber attacks

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  Small businesses must encrypt customer data, says ICO

  The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) urges small businesses to encrypt customer data after a sole trader was fined for failing to do so

• September 06, 2013 06 Sep'13

  NSA and GCHQ unlock online privacy encryption

  UK and US intelligence agencies have unlocked the technology used to encrypt online services, including email, online banking and medical records.

• August 21, 2013 21 Aug'13

  Case study: Keeping it private at Beth Israel Deaconess after the Boston Marathon Attacks

  Doctor and healthcare CIO shares his lessons learned from the Boston Marathon attacks and how to protect patient data

• July 04, 2013 04 Jul'13

  FBI warns of increased spear phishing attacks

  The FBI has issued a warning about an increase in spear-phishing attacks targeting multiple industry sectors

• June 25, 2013 25 Jun'13

  BES extends MDM to Android and iPhones

  Aiming to rekindle interest in the Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES), Blackberry has extended the platform to support Android and iOS

• June 10, 2013 10 Jun'13

  Telefonica Digital forms security group Eleven Paths

  The business division of mobile operator Telefonica launches Eleven Paths, an independent company working on security issues in the workplace

• 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

• 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 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 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