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Hackers and cybercrime prevention

• September 17, 2013 17 Sep'13

  Mobile security “a tidal wave” of challenges, says security expert

  “Expect more trouble,” a mobile security expert has told the 2013 EuroCACS security and risk management conference in London

• September 16, 2013 16 Sep'13

  ICO denies bias against public sector organisations

  The ICO has denied a bias in imposing civil monetary penalties against public sector organisations

• September 16, 2013 16 Sep'13

  Risk assessment key to cloud adoption, says Isaca

  There is mass confusion among small and medium businesses about cloud computing, says Amar Singh, chair of Isaca UK

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Will the iPhone 5S’s fingerprint technology help enterprise security?

  A fingerprint sensor has been built into Apple's latest iPhones. Computer Weekly looks at what this means for enterprise security

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Police foil bespoke cyber theft at Santander

  London police have arrested 12 men in connection with a foiled attempt to steal millions of pounds from Santander

• September 12, 2013 12 Sep'13

  Wick Hill and Guidance Software partner to help UK businesses with security

  Value-added distributor Wick Hill and security firm Guidance Software have joined forces to help UK business address cyber threats

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  GCHQ launches recruitment challenge

  Government communications intelligence agency GCHQ has launched an online code-cracking competition with the aim of finding talented recruits

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  Security Think Tank: Embrace consumer cloud storage at your peril

  How can businesses make use of free or low-cost cloud storage services aimed at consumers, but ensure their data is safe and secure?

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  Apple adopts hands-off approach to iPhone fingerprint scanner

  The fingerprint sensor in the newly unveiled iPhone 5S could mean the end of passwords, but Apple is keeping developers at arm’s length

• September 09, 2013 09 Sep'13

  Most websites could be targeted through PHP, warns Imperva

  Hackers are focusing on vulnerabilities in PHP web application development platform, threatening most websites, warns Imperva

• 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.

• September 04, 2013 04 Sep'13

  Over half IT pros believe business is losing cyber battle

  Business is losing the battle against state-sponsored cyber attacks according to a survey of senior IT security professionals

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  Disinfecting PCs false security, says security expert

  Many companies proud of their ability to identify and clean malware infected machines are missing a trick, says veteran security expert

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  IT security critically underfinanced, study finds

  IT security is critically underfinanced by business, a global study has revealed

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  Eight new finalists in Cyber Security Challenge UK

  Eight Cyber Security Challenge UK finalists announced at the UK’s first civilian cyber security training camps

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  Public sector ignoring secure by default approach

  The public sector is risking security breaches by ignoring the principle of secure by default, a study has shown

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  UK business data theft at record high

  Data theft from UK companies by employees is at a record high, according to law firm EMW

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  Snowden docs show broad and aggressive US cyber intrusions

  US intelligence services conducted 231 offensive cyber operations in 2011, the latest leaked documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal

• August 30, 2013 30 Aug'13

  NYT hactivist attack shows need for registry locking

  Syrian hacktivist attack on New York Times website highlights the need for registry locking, says communications and analysis firm Neustar

• August 29, 2013 29 Aug'13

  Vishing costs UK £7m a year

  Fraud committed using personal details obtained by voice email, voice over IP, landline and mobile calls is costing UK citizens at least £7m a year

• August 29, 2013 29 Aug'13

  Dropbox can be hacked, say security researchers

  Security researchers say they bypassed the security of cloud-based storage service Dropbox and gained access to private user files

• August 28, 2013 28 Aug'13

  Cyber protection must shield targeted apps, says Trusteer

  Cyber threat protection must shield targeted end-user applications, says security firm Trusteer

• August 28, 2013 28 Aug'13

  Syrian hacktivists down New York Times website

  The New York Times believed to have been targeted by a hacktivist group that supports Syrian president Bashar al-Assad

• August 28, 2013 28 Aug'13

  Financial services watchdog announces mobile banking report

  FCA outlines the thematic work it is carrying out to better understand opportunities and risks associated with mobile banking

• August 27, 2013 27 Aug'13

  Many firms vulnerable to Java 6 flaw, warns Qualys

  Many firms are at risk of cyber attacks exploiting an unpatched security flaw in Java 6, warns security firm Qualys

• August 27, 2013 27 Aug'13

  Government leaders lack tech knowledge, says US cyber expert

  Many government leaders are not informed and familiar with technology, says director and chief economist at the US Cyber Consequences Unit

• August 27, 2013 27 Aug'13

  Security must be part of digital reform, says Thales

  The arrest of a man believed to have collected more than £100,000 in fraudulent UK tax rebates shows that security must be part of digital reform, says security firm Thales

• August 27, 2013 27 Aug'13

  Five cyber attackers arrested over UK tax fraud

  Five men have been arrested in connection with an HMRC investigation into cyber attackers suspected of identity theft and tax fraud

• August 23, 2013 23 Aug'13

  Box.com forges new cloud security model

  Service providers and consumers need to move to a security model better suited to the cloud computing, says Box.com

• August 23, 2013 23 Aug'13

  Nasdaq shutdown raises security fears

  A software glitch that caused the Nasdaq stock exchange to shut down raises fears over stock market stability and cyber attacks

• August 22, 2013 22 Aug'13

  Security Think Tank: 3 keys to effective cyber security

  The rapid rise in cyber espionage highlights the need to rethink data security strategies to improve protection of intellectual property. But what is the best way of doing that?

• August 22, 2013 22 Aug'13

  Charlie McMurdie joins PwC’s cyber practice

  Charlie McMurdie, former head of the Metro Police central e-crime unit, is joining business consultancy firm PwC as its senior crime adviser

• August 21, 2013 21 Aug'13

  How to build a risk threat model

  Experts at Rapid 7’s United security summit share advice on building a risk threat model to get the resources you need

• 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

• August 21, 2013 21 Aug'13

  Android mobile malware rebounds in Q2, reports McAfee

  Android-based malware has grown 35% in the second quarter, according to the latest threat report from security firm McAfee

• August 21, 2013 21 Aug'13

  United 2013 Security Summit: How to make an insane idea acceptable

  Rapid7’s president and chief executive officer discusses the evolution of risk management throughout time and best practices

• August 20, 2013 20 Aug'13

  Rapid 7 summit: Attacks are personal so risk analytics need to get personal too

  Delegates at Rapid 7’s United 2013 security summit heard how security needs to be personal as cyber attacks become personal

• August 20, 2013 20 Aug'13

  Rapid7 opens London office in international expansion

  Security supplier Rapid7 continues to grow, with plans to expand operations in London, Hong Kong and Australia

• August 20, 2013 20 Aug'13

  Enterprise data security still possible, say industry partners

  Novell, Kyocera and NetIQ have joined forces to demonstrate that reliable enterprise data security is achievable in the mobile era

• August 20, 2013 20 Aug'13

  (ISC)² expands UK exam centres to 33 locations

  Information security certification body (ISC)² expands network of test centres for computerised exams through partnership with Pearson VUE

• August 20, 2013 20 Aug'13

  Cyber Security Challenge UK embraces Raspberry Pi

  An innovative simulated cyber battle at the weekend saw six candidates move to the next round in the Cyber Security Challenge UK

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  Rapid7 opens United 2013 security summit

  Rapid7’s president and CEO Corey Thomas talks about the security supplier's show and sessions attendees should check out

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  Cyber attack could be next shock to UK banks, warns KPMG

  Cyber attack or disruption could cause the next systemic shock to the UK banking industry, warns KPMG

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  Georgia Tech researchers sneak malicious app past Apple checks

  Researchers claim to have found a way of hiding malicious code in apps from Apple’s app review and code-signing mechanisms

• August 15, 2013 15 Aug'13

  Quick thinking security consultant Secarma saves charity data loss

  Hypoparathyroidism charity HPTH UK avoided a big fine from the information commissioner thanks to quick thinking from Secarma

• August 15, 2013 15 Aug'13

  UK sites wrongly blocked in Premier League piracy battle

  Users were unable to access a number of UK sites when they were wrongly blocked for copyright infringement

• August 13, 2013 13 Aug'13

  Government partners with security services to launch Cyber Incident Response schemes

  Two cyber security schemes have been launched today to provide industry expertise to victims of cyber security attacks

• August 05, 2013 05 Aug'13

  Websites hacked to show child abuse images

  More than 25 business websites worldwide have been hacked to show illegal images of child sex abuse

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  Attackers are in the network, now what?

  If attackers are inside the network, can disguise themselves and get close to sensitive corporate data, how can data be defended?

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  Cloud service providers often not set up for incident response

  Cloud data storage and disparate privacy laws could be hampering companies fighting cyber attacks, warns security investigator

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  Pressure mounts on Soca to name hacker companies

  Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) comes under pressure to reveal UK firms that employed hackers to gather information

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  UK and US collaborating on cyber weapons, says Snowden

  The US and UK intelligence agencies are collaborating on cyber weapons, according to documents released by Edward Snowden

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  Security services vital to support cloud, say 59% of IT managers

  Over half of UK IT managers say security as a service is necessary to support the roll out and management of cloud technologies, survey shows

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  Cloud contracts poor on security, says Gartner

  Buyers of commercial cloud services are finding security provisions inadequate, says analyst organisation Gartner

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  iOS 7 to protect against charger-based hacks of Apple devices

  Apple's latest iOS 7 beta release includes a security update to protect its mobile devices from hacks using a modified phone charger or battery

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  New threat portal pegs DDoS attacks at 2,570 a day

  More than 2,500 distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks take place every day worldwide, according to Arbor Networks’ Atlas Threat Portal

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  MPs call for hacker users to be exposed

  MPs are calling for the publication of a list of companies that used private investigators suspected of using hacking methods to gather information

• July 30, 2013 30 Jul'13

  Syrian hacktivists target Thompson Reuters

  Thompson Reuters has confirmed it is the latest media organisation to have its Twitter account hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA)

• July 30, 2013 30 Jul'13

  DDoS attacks up in size, speed and complexity, study finds

  DDoS attacks continue to be a global threat with a clear increase in attack size, speed and complexity, a study shows

• July 30, 2013 30 Jul'13

  UK invests £850m in tackling cyber threats

  The UK government is to invest more than £850m to develop and maintain cutting-edge capabilities to tackle cyber threats

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  CW500: Internet of things to pose 'huge security and privacy risks'

  The internet of things will pose enormous security and privacy challenges, a recent CW500 Club meeting heard

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Continual vigilance key to security, says Damballa

  UK businesses must update their approach to cyber security to look for signs of compromise continually

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Smart meters: Good for consumers but infrastructure unresolved

  Energy and Climate Change Select Committee report highlights infrastructure risks and spiralling costs in UK smart meter roll-out

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Google Play still riddled with malicious apps, says Symantec

  The Google Play app store for Android remains riddled with malicious apps despite efforts to clean it up, says Symantec

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Microsoft launches UK child porn warning

  Microsoft introduces pop-up warnings for people in the UK who use its Bing search engine to look for images of child sex abuse

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  High Court gags UK scientist who cracked car security codes

  The High Court has banned UK scientist Flavio Garcia from publishing a paper on how he cracked car security codes

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  FireEye partners with Phishme for multi-layered security

  Security technology developer FireEye has partnered with phishing awareness training firm PhishMe to offer a multi-layered approach to securing information networks

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Symantec Web Gateway flaw enables hacker surveillance

  Security flaws in Symantec’s Web Gateway appliance expose users to surveillance of all internet activities, says SEC Consult

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Business support security spending set to rise, survey shows

  Information security spending in support of the business is expected to rise, according to a survey from GDS International

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Five hackers charged with $300m card fraud

  US prosecutors have charged five men with hacking and credit card fraud that cost companies at least $300m

• July 25, 2013 25 Jul'13

  MI5 and GCHQ call for FTSE 350 cyber health check

  Intelligence agencies MI5 and GCHQ call on UK’s top listed companies to take part in a cyber governance health check

• July 25, 2013 25 Jul'13

  Targeted cyber attacks cost up to £1.6m

  Targeted cyber attacks could cost enterprises up to £1.6m, a survey has revealed

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Retailers fail to face up to online fraud, survey shows

  One in five retailers is not taking online fraud seriously enough, the latest Retail Fraud Survey from Martec International shows

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Lakeland warns customers of potential data breach

  Lakeland is warning of a potential data breach after a “sophisticated and sustained attack” exploited a recently-identified Java flaw

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Syrian hacktvists hit second mobile app in a week

  A Syrian hacktivist group has hacked into systems behind the Viber mobile app in the second such attack in a week

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Lax FTSE 350 cyber security puts UK at risk, says KPMG

  Cyber leaks at FTSE 350 firms are putting the UK’s economic growth and national security at risk, says business consultancy firm KPMG

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  Cisco buys cyber security company Sourcefire for $2.7bn

  Networking giant Cisco has reached an agreement to buy cyber security business Sourcefire in a $2.7bn deal

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  Survey reveals true global cost of cyber attacks

  Cyber crime and espionage costs between $300bn and $1tn in annual global losses, a study has revealed

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  Millions of mobiles vulnerable to Sim security flaw

  A newly discovered vulnerability in mobile Sim cards could allow hackers to access text messages, voicemail and location data

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  Web app attacks demand automated defences, study finds

  Automation is the most effective way to tackle multiple prolonged cyber attacks on web applications, a study has confirmed

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  Insider threat: Balancing security with privacy

  How can organisations increase security without affecting productivity or encroaching on employees’ right to privacy?

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  Apple overhauls developer systems after hack

  Apple is overhauling its developer systems and its developer website is still down after hackers tried to steal developer personal details

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  Hack exposes details of nearly two million Ubuntu Forum users

  The Ubuntu Forum website has been taken down after attackers defaced the homepage and accessed the details of 1,820,000 users

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  UK to block online porn by default

  The UK is to block online pornography by default to all new internet users, David Cameron is to announce

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Facebook to acquire UK startup Monoidics

  Facebook is to acquire UK startup Monoidics, which makes code verification and analysis tools and specialises in detecting coding errors

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Remote access a priority for latest Oracle patch update

  The vulnerabilities that allow for remote unauthenticated access should be a priority for administrators applying the latest Oracle Critical Patch Update

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  Government agrees to review Huawei’s Cyber Security Evaluation Centre

  The UK government is to conduct a review of Huawei’s Cyber Security Evaluation Centre to ensure the right measures to protect UK telecommunications

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  Tech firms target piracy profiting websites

  Tech firms including Google, Yahoo and Microsoft join an initiative targeting websites that profit from piracy by cutting off advert revenue

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  Tumblr issues security update for iPhone and iPad app

  Tumblr has released a security update to the iOS version of its app to fix a flaw that allowed passwords to be compromised

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  Public cloud secure, G-Cloud conference told

  Public cloud is more secure than any private cloud is likely to be says Richard Sykes, chair of the Cloud Industry Forum

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  More than one-fifth of UK firms hit by DDoS attacks in 2012

  More than a fifth of UK firms experienced a disruptive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in 2012

• July 15, 2013 15 Jul'13

  UK defence industry to fast-track supply chain security

  The UK’s Defence Cyber Protection Partnership seeks to implement controls to quickly increase supply chain security

• July 15, 2013 15 Jul'13

  Black market for software security flaws reaches new highs

  The black market in previously undiscovered vulnerabilities in commercial software is so established that the average flaw sells for up to $160,000

• July 15, 2013 15 Jul'13

  Germany to push for better internet data protection

  Germany wants internet firms to be more transparent about how they are using personal data, says chancellor Angela Merkel

• July 12, 2013 12 Jul'13

  What McAfee's acquisition of Stonesoft means for the companies and their customers

  Computer Weekly looks at what McAfee's acquisition of Stonesoft means for the companies and their customers

• July 12, 2013 12 Jul'13

  Lloyds Risk Index: Cyber crime is a top three issue for CEOs

  An Ipsos survey for Lloyds Risk Index 2013 has found that cyber risk is a major concern for CEOs and senior executives

• July 12, 2013 12 Jul'13

  ICO issues £200,000 penalty for failed IT disposal

  The Information Commissioner’s Office penalises NHS Surrey with a £200,000 fine for leaving patient data on discarded PCs

• July 12, 2013 12 Jul'13

  BlackBerry ready to enable India to track messages

  BlackBerry is ready to provide Indian law enforcement authorities with a way to track emails, email attachments and chats sent over its services

• July 11, 2013 11 Jul'13

  Security metrics fail to aid exec understanding, say IT pros

  IT professionals struggle to communicate effectively about security to senior executives, a study on risk-based security management reveals

• July 10, 2013 10 Jul'13

  Cyber threats at highest level ever, say MPs

  Despite the increased profile of cyber security threats, counter-terrorism remains the primary focus of the UK’s intelligence agencies