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Hackers and cybercrime prevention

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Google’s Eric Schmidt calls for social media controls

  Google chairman Eric Schmidt has called for tech firms to develop “spellcheckers” for hate and harassment as alternatives to censorship

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  IT gives Rotterdam psychological care provider more time with clients

  A psychological care provider in the Netherlands, Pameijer, has improved efficiency, improved care and become more secure through an identity and access management project

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Global operation targets Dorkbot botnet

  The latest international operation against cyber criminals included seizing domains to disrupt the Dorkbot operators’ capacity to control their victims’ computers

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Cyber attacks an increasing concern for Asean countries

  Organisations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are increasingly the targets for cyber criminals, according to a report focused on the region

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  EFF sets up software vulnerability disclosure programme

  The EFF’s vulnerability disclosure programme includes a set of guidelines on how to report bugs in software the group develops and uses, offering several non-cash rewards

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Wetherspoon pub chain warns customers of data breach

  Discovery of a data breach at JD Wetherspoons comes hard on the heels of a breach at TalkTalk, underlining the importance of keeping customer data safe

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Veracode finds most web apps fail Owasp security check list

  The findings of a report on critical vulnerabilities in most web applications is raising concerns over potential security vulnerabilities in millions of websites

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  The US and China agree more steps to fight cyber crime

  The US and China have made progress in expanding co-operation on cyber crime as China claims criminals and not state-backed hackers broke into the US Office of Personnel Management

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Workday ringfences support in Europe after Safe Harbour ruled unsafe

  US cloud HR and financial services provider reponds to Safe Harbour failure by ringfencing European data

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Cyber insurance likely to drive better security, says Raytheon-Websense

  Security improvements driven by cyber insurance requirements is one of the top predictions in a Raytheon-Websense report on security trends in 2016

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Australia blames China for cyber attack on supercomputer

  A cyber attack on a supercomputer at Australia's weather bureau has raised fears that potentially sensitive national security information may have been compromised

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  IISS urges world policy makers to consider cyber domain more seriously

  The cyber domain needs to be better understood and the subject of greater strategic focus, according to a report by the Interanational Institute for Strategic Studies

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Security analytics needs practical approach, says Fico Ciso Vickie Miller

  Analytics must form part of a comprehensive defence-in-depth strategy, according to chief information security officer (Ciso) Vickie Miller at software firm Fico

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Financial loss still not a priority for UK IT decision makers

  UK chief information officers are more concerned with the loss of sensitive data in the face of increased cyber threats than financial loss, a survey has revealed

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  EU agencies boost Europol powers to fight terrorism and cyber crime

  The European Parliament and Council have agreed to extend Europol's powers to enable faster responses to terrorism, cyber crime and other organised crime

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  International police seize nearly 1,000 counterfeit goods sites

  UK law enforcement officers have taken part in the largest international operation to date against the sale of counterfeit goods on e-commerce platforms and social networks

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  Five key checks to ensure a business is ready for cyber attacks

  Top of any company’s cyber security checklist should be ensuring that the cyber security strategy is taking all changes in the operating environment into account, says BAE Systems

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  Five million customers’ details exposed in VTech hack

  A toymaker's database compromised by hackers reportedly included the personal details of more than 200,000 children worldwide

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Microsoft security tools remove risky Dell certificates

  Microsoft has updated its security tools to remove vulnerable certificates intalled on some Dell computers from the certificate root store, as well as the affected binaries that might reinstall the vulnerable certificate

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Three key areas to limit cyber attack liability, says Kemp Little

  Identifying the source of the attack, reducing the spread of stolen data and mitigating liability to third parties are key areas businesses should focus on, according to law firm Kemp Little

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  BAE Systems identifies three key security strategies

  Threat intelligence, network segmentation and comprehensive systems monitoring are key ways of increasing the odds in favour of cyber defenders, according to BAE Systems

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Use legal protection to soften cyber attack impact, says Kemp Little

  IT outsourcing provides an opportunity for businesses to transfer risk and recover losses from cyber attacks, says law firm Kemp Little

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Dridex banking Trojan regains strength to mount attacks on the UK

  Fresh Dridex banking Trojan campaigns target the US, UK and France – despite a recent law enforcement takedown operation – warn security researchers

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Not all UK consumers would abandon a data-breached site

  Nearly two-thirds of UK consumers would stop using a website hit by a breach, but nearly a quarter would not, a survey shows

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Dell security flaws reignite debate on pre-installed software

  News that some Dell laptops are shipping with at least one, and possibly two, rogue root certificates represents a potential security breakdown in production processes, say security experts

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  QLabs gives hope to Australia’s data security shortcomings

  Australia might be ranked low for its computer security preparedness today, but there is enough innovation in the country to point to a more secure future

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Data breach hits Hilton Worldwide hotel chain

  Hilton Worldwide says malware found its way onto point of sale (PoS) systems and enabled attackers to steal payment card information

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Police make fifth arrest over TalkTalk hack

  Metropolitan Police have arrested a fifth person, an 18-year-old boy, in connection with the cyber attack on TalkTalk that exposed more than a million customers details

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  No sensible business ignoring cyber threats, says Kemp Little

  There is an exponential growth in the UK of 'street level' cyber crime that is costing businesses millions, according to consulting firm Kroll

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  UK defence review criticised for being too light on cyber

  Compared with the annual defence budget of almost £40bn, the allocation for cyber defence is extremely small, say commentators

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Defence review promises 1.2% of defence budget spend on technology

  The government’s defence review highlights need for technology investment, innovative ideas and cyber security

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  UK police make two arrests over cyber crime services site

  A joint investigation by the NCA and information security firm Trend Micro has led to two arrests in connection with a crypting website

• November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15

  RSA aiming for usability through innovation, says CTO

  The challenge facing RSA as a technology company is making products that are easy to use, but allow some flexibility at the same time, says chief technology officer Zulfikar Ramzan

• November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15

  Cyber breaches have hit a fifth of UK consumers

  More than two-fifths of UK consumers often feel targeted by cyber criminals, according to a report by business advisory firm Deloitte

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Cyber Security Challenge UK terror final kicks off in London

  Would-be cyber warriors are defending Church House at Westminster Abbey from a simulated biological cyber terror attack in a battle to take top honours in the 2015 Cyber Security Challenge UK final

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Coalition of top tech firms opposes weakened encryption

  Weakening security with the aim of advancing security simply does not make sense, a coalition of top tech firms tells US president Barack Obama

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Password-killing Fido Alliance submits tech specs to W3C

  The Fido Alliance has taken another step closer to defining a standard web-based API as industry support for its password-killing standards gains momentum

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  Most European executives would bypass security to win business

  A survey has revealed that 69% of European executives polled would take the risk of a potential security threat to achieve the biggest deal of their life

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  US district attorney calls for access to encrypted smartphone data

  A report from US district attorney Cyrus Vance claims the encryption of data on mobile operating systems has had severe consequences for public safety

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Cyber security mindset needs to change, says report

  Government organisations are prime targets for cyber attacks, leading to increased importance on robust information security, according to a report by Intel Security and the Digital Government Security Forum

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Government and industry must tackle cyber security in partnership, says Vaizey

  Digital economy minister Ed Vaizey encourages UK businesses to get to grips with cyber security

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  CGI tempts Nordic customers with Finnish cyber security centre

  IT supplier CGI has opened a Nordic cyber security centre to help it serve organisations in the region with the same service levels it provides US clients

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Security key to digital transformation

  In the future, we will go to systems of systems, which means we will need a secure and trusted ecosystem from the sensor to the user, says security firm Exceet

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Security and privacy need to be core to IoT design, say industry leaders

  The best way of tackling security and privacy concerns around the internet of things is to focus on both from the design phase, say industry leaders

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  IoT value even greater than the hype, says McKinsey

  Any business that fails to invest heavily in the internet of things in the next 10 years is unlikely to be able to remain competitive, according to McKinsey researcher Dan Aharon

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Osborne pledges £1.9bn investment in cyber security

  Chancellor George Osborne has promised a £1.9bn investment in cyber security over the next five years and to “aggressively defend” public services from cyber attacks

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  Passwords still a top issue the tech industry has to deal with, says panel

  In the face of several failed attempts by individual companies to eliminate passwords, a growing number of large companies are joining the Fido Alliance, ISSE 2015 conference in Berlin told

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  Security forces drive hacking idustrialisation, says SensePost

  The buyers of cyber attacks are military and police organisations who are willing to pay to enable taskforces to get into devices, says SensePost

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  UK firms look to threat intelligence to focus security efforts

  Performance, skills and costs remain biggest hurdles to true data-driven security, reveals an IDC study

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  Three men charged over JP Morgan hacking and fraud

  Exploiting the Heartbleed bug was one of the methods used by three men charged in connection with the theft of more than 100 million customer data records from financial institutions to carry out "pump and dump" fraud

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  NCA and Cert-UK call on more firms to share cyber-threat data

  As statistics suggest 30,000 attacks may have been thwarted by a cyber threat data-sharing scheme, operators NCA and Cert-UK call for more to get involved

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Snoopers’ charter will force ISPs to raise broadband prices

  The Science and Technology Select Committee hears that ISPs may be forced to put up their service charges to cover the cost of retaining communications data, should the Investigatory Powers Bill become law

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Data breach will cost TalkTalk £35m

  TalkTalk CEO Dido Harding expects to lose between £30m and £35m as a result of its recent breach

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Germany is finalising legislation to shore up CNI cyber security

  Germany is working to ensure digital sovereignty through IT security legislation and negotiations on IT security regulations and transatlantic trade at a European Union level

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Cyber security industry urged to engage with SMEs

  Engagement by the information security industry is necessary to help SMEs overcome the common barriers to becoming cyber secure, says IASME chief Emma Philpott

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Europe needs to tackle key security challenges, says TeleTrust

  Europe needs to resolve the key information security and privacy challenges of an internet-based society, says German security association TeleTrust

• November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15

  Relaxed attitudes in Australia stalling IT security investment

  The relaxed attitude to IT security in Australia is holding back much-needed investment in security technology

• November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15

  Risk of crippling cyber war yet to be addressed, says former US official

  Governments need to do more with defensive cyber security because offensive capability will not restore critical services after an attack, says a former US official

• November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15

  GCHQ and NCA join forces to police dark web

  GCHQ and the National Crime Agency are to track down paedophiles and serious online criminals by using the techniques and expertise used to find terrorists

• November 06, 2015 06 Nov'15

  TalkTalk data breach hit 155,000 customers

  Broadband provider TalkTalk confirms fewer customers than originally feared – some 155,000 – were affected by the data breach in October 2015

• November 06, 2015 06 Nov'15

  RSA undergoing aggressive transformation, says Amit Yoran

  RSA has made a series of “difficult decisions” as a business to focus on key markets and security challenges, says company president Amit Yoran

• November 05, 2015 05 Nov'15

  Cloud key to future cyber security, says Qualys

  Security could be improved by moving to a world where security is enabled by customised and optimised security agents in virtual datacentres, endpoints and apps, says Qualys CTO Wolfgang Kandek

• November 05, 2015 05 Nov'15

  Rethink security by focusing on resilience, says Raytheon-Websense

  Businesses need to take learned behaviours and use them to reliably contain and neutralise emerging threats, says Raytheon-Websense

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  UAE recognises importance of cyber security, says official

  Like the UK, the UAE federal government has identified the importance of creating an environment in which it is safe to do business online

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  Companies need to change the way they think about security, says RSA president

  The security mindset needs to change because the dirty little secret in the security industry is that all the supplier claims in the world cannot keep firms safe from breaches

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  000Webhost blames PHP exploit for breach of 13.5 million records

  Unencrypted passwords for a free web hosting firm were on sale for five months before customers were notified their records had been leaked, according to a security researcher

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  Vodafone warns more than 1,800 customers of hacking

  Vodafone has warned that more than 1,800 customer accounts may have been accessed using details stolen from an unknown source, almost simultaneously with a similar incident reported by British Gas

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  Police arrest a third person for TalkTalk hack

  Metropolitan Police have arrested a third person, a 20-year-old man, in connection with the attack on TalkTalk that exposed the details of four million customers

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Law enforcement cracks down on DroidJack Android snooping malware users

  A joint EU/US operation on the DroidJack malware is the latest example of international collaboration between law enforcement officers directed at cyber crime

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Social exclusion, IoT and data privacy the biggest issues facing digital economy

  At the 2015 Parliament and Internet conference in Westminster, a series of panels explored some of the key issues affecting the UK’s digital economy

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Police arrest second teenager over TalkTalk hack

  Metropolitan Police announce the arrest of a second teenager in connection with the attack on TalkTalk that exposed the details of four million customers

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  UK surveillance bill to give police access to web history

  Proposed UK surveillance legislation is expected to allow the police to seize details of websites and access specific web addresses visited by anyone under investigation

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  New European rules to help tackle cyber and other crime

  The EU parliament has approved an update of European police college rules to help Cepol keep pace with security threats such as cyber crime

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Morrisons’ staff data breach lawsuit underlines insider threat

  Thousands of Morrisons' employees are to sue the supermarket giant in what is believed to be the UK’s biggest ever claim in relation to a breach of data security

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  British Gas warns customers of security leak but denies breach

  British Gas has warned customers that account logins may have been leaked, but says its systems have not been breached and that no payment data has been exposed

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Mobile attacks more vicious, insidious and malicious, says Blue Coat

  An increase in insidious and malicious attack types should sound an alarm to strengthen defences, according to a mobile malware report

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  Information security maturing as a profession, says (ISC)2

  Today's information security professionals understand security is a blend of social, people and technology, and to be successful, they have to be capable across all of them, says (ISC)2's managing director for Europe

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  Online extortion set to increase in 2016, says Trend Micro

  2016 will see continued growth in cyber extortion, hacktivism and mobile malware, alongside a shift to an offensive cyber security posture for governments and corporations, say researchers

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  Police arrest teenager over TalkTalk hack

  Police are interviewing and searching the home of a 15-year-old boy in Northern Ireland in connection with a hack attack on TalkTalk that was feared to have exposed personal details of four million customers

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Security Serious Week kicks off in London

  Some 70 organisations and more than 50 cyber crime and security experts are supporting Security Serious Week to help others become more security savvy and cyber aware

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  TalkTalk could face huge data breach compensation cost

  Some commentators have suggested that the future of TalkTalk could be in jeopardy, with lawyers looking at potential compensation claims of £1,000 by thousands of customers

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Questions raised over Australian cabinet using Slack messaging

  Reports that Australian cabinet members could use messaging platform Slack to communicate has raised security questions

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  IoT not necessarily a security disaster, says Maersk CISO

  A growing focus on the internet of things means there is hope that it will not be a security threat, says Maersk CISO

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  Security needs to shift to resilience, says consultant

  Resilience means accepting that defences will be broken and preparing to reduce the impact on the business, says security expert Martin Stemplinger

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  TalkTalk warns customers about personal data breach

  TalkTalk has warned customers their personal data may have been compromised in the second cyber attack on the firm in 2015, with some data left unencrypted

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  New tech and collaboration key to future security, says expert panel

  Just as emerging cloud and mobile technologies bring new security challenges, cloud and big data analysis are key to bolstering cyber security capability, according to an expert panel

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  Android security improving, but enterprises should proceed with caution

  Enterprises need to think about the risks as well as the benefits of the Android operating system, cautions a forensics expert

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  Police and industry to tackle cyber crime together, says TechUK

  A TechUK report calls for collaboration between police and industry to raise standards of reporting, recording and responding to cyber crime

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  Stuxnet: A wake-up call for nuclear cyber security

  There is no way for nuclear operators to manage threats such as Stuxnet as they are beyond normal risk analysis, according to industry expert Andrea Cavina

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  Infosec pros should start preparing for the future, say experts

  Information security professionals need to grow their skills, engage with the business, increase security awareness, set business goals and tailor their messages, says a panel of experts

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  SHA-1 could be undermined before the year’s out

  Low-cost graphics processing in the cloud could enable hackers to create fake security certificates to exploit e-commerce sites

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  Security industry broken, says security researcher

  Information security professionals need to start really caring about security and ensuring the suppliers and businesses do the same, according to a security researcher

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  Dow Jones denies it was target of insider trading hack

  Dow Jones says there is no information to support reports that it was the target of hackers seeking information for insider trading

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  China hacked US firms despite cyber pact, says CrowdStrike

  Hackers linked to the Chinese government have attempted to hack into at least five US technology and two pharmaceutical firms, according to security researchers

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  Social media the main cyber terror threat facing the UK, says former MI6 officer

  Social media is the most powerful cyber tool terror groups use, counter-terrorist expert Richard Barret tells the London First Global Resilience Summit 2015

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  ONS cyber crime stats 'tip of iceberg', say experts

  Adding the traditional and cyber crime estimates together gives a total of 14.5 million for the past year, which is below the 1995 peak of 19 million, but well above last year’s estimate

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  Yahoo announces password-killing Account Key

  Yahoo Account Key uses push notifications to provide a fast and secure way to access Yahoo accounts from a mobile device

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  Uninstall Adobe Flash, experts advise as zero-day hits

  A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Flash Player 19.0.0.207 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and Linux

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Former MI5 director optimistic about cyber security

  Cyber security is well on its way to maturing into a recognised threat internationally, with established ways of managing it, says former MI5 director

• October 14, 2015 14 Oct'15

  BlackBerry aims to own mobile security and privacy

  BlackBerry views its transformation process as largely being about getting its “mojo” back around its “rightful place” in security and privacy