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• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Business Secretary calls for TSB’s funding to be doubled

  Business Secretary Vince Cable has urged the government to double the Technology Strategy Board’s (TSB) funding

• July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  Privacy key to UK business opportunity, says KPMG

  Finding the right balance between privacy and business insight could help UK firms take the lead in innovative online services, says KPMG

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  UK man with leaked Tata staff database in alleged blackmail attempt

  A UK man and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) are embroiled in a case alleging that he tried to blackmail the IT services firm.

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Total internet failure: are you prepared?

  A total internet failure could stop any business in its tracks, yet few are preparing for this possibility, KPMG has warned

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Brazil's World Cup humiliation softened by Twitter success

  Despite not winning the World Cup, host nation Brazil can take solace in the fact its team was the most Tweeted about

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  HP staff refuse to cooperate in knowledge transfer

  HP staff working on contracts with the Department of Work and Pensions and the Ministry of justice will refuse to cooperate in move

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Atos continues to supply IT to disability tests

  Atos will continue to supply IT to the DWP’s disability testing despite paying compensation to step down as the main supplier

• July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14

  Cyber insurance complements security controls, says Aon

  Cyber insurance is a good complement to a high level of information security controls, says Aon Risk Solutions

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  The SDN state of play: first steps for the enterprise

  Software-defined networking experts say telcos will be first to push SDN ahead of enterprises and suggest how CIOs can prepare

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  UK leads international partnership to fight financial malware

  The UK National Crime Agency is leading international collaboration between law enforcement and the private sector to fight bank theft malware

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  US government network hacked by Chinese cyber criminals

  Chinese hackers broke into a network of the US government agency that stores personal information on all federal employees

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  UK emergency surveillance legislation expected soon

  The government is expected to rush through emergency legislation to force UK communications providers to store customer data

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Cyber Essentials ensures SMEs protected, says Databarracks

  The government’s Cyber Essentials Scheme protects SMEs from cyber threats in a practical way, says IT services firm Databarracks

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Organisations fail to encrypt sensitive data, shows Infosecurity Europe survey

  More than a third of all organisations are failing to encrypt sensitive data sent outside their own systems, reveals a survey at Infosecurity Europe

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Why using voice biometrics is a good idea

  Banks and other organisations are turning to voice biometrics, but why do they believe the technology is good idea?

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Prominent muslim US citizens targeted by NSA spying, Snowden files show

  The NSA Prism surveillance programme targeted prominent muslim US citizens, shows a document leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  Enisa gears up to focus on economic benefits of cyber security

  Enisa, plans to re-focus its efforts with a new strategy to put economic benefits at the forefront of all its activities

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  Dunnhumby heads to Oracle cloud for back-office standardisation

  Data science company Dunnhumby has launched a project to globalise its back-office business processes using Oracle Fusion cloud

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  Top hardware firms join forces on IoT standards

  Top hardware firms join forces to establish secure and reliable connectivity standards for the internet of things

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Smart light bulbs get security update

  Smart light bulb maker LIFX has issued a firmware update after security researchers exposed a security weakness

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Vodafone cuts roaming costs with WorldTraveller

  Vodafone moves to combat high roaming costs outside the EU, launching £5 a day WorldTraveller service in countries including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the US

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Most NSA spy data relates to innocent internet users, report shows

  Study shows NSA's internet surveillance collects more data from ordinary internet users than legitimate targets

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Five arrested in crackdown on bogus UK government websites

  The National Trading Standards eCrime Team arrests five people in a crackdown on bogus government websites

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Flat mobile batteries banned from US-bound flights

  UK Department for Transport has announced that mobile devices with flat batteries will not be permitted on flights to the US amid new terrorism fears

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Crest welcomes Barclays CES certification

  Security certification body Crest has welcomed the first certification by a major organisation under the government’s new Cyber Essentials Scheme

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Contact centre value-add services on the up

  The global contact centre outsourcing market was worth almost $75bn in 2013 after growing 7% since 2011, according to research

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Security Think Tank: The dos and don’ts of a good incident response plan

  What does a good information security incident response plan look like?

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Google accused of censorship as it struggles with takedown requests

  Google has come under fire over some of the search links it is removing in Europe as it struggles to cope with the high volume of takedown requests

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Cyber fraudsters net up to $3.75bn in Brazil

  Cyber criminals are thought to have stolen up to $3.75bn in a malware-based fraud operation targeting online payments in Brazil

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Integrating intelligence key to better security, says FireEye

  Security threat intelligence is vital, but challenging to implement, says FireEye

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  UK internet porn filters a failure, says Open Rights Group

  The Open Rights Group reveals UK ISP internet porn filters are blocking nearly one in five legitimate websites, including political commentary

• 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

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  FireEye warns of new breed of Android malware

  Security researchers have discovered a new breed of mobile banking Android malware

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  Symantec exposes hackers targeting power grids

  More than 1,000 energy companies have been compromised by an Eastern European hacking collective, says Symantec

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  ICO probes Facebook over psychology experiment data protection fears

  The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) investigates fears Facebook broke data protection laws with a psychology experiment on users

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  Microsoft under fire over disruptive anti-crime operation

  Microsoft has come under fire after an operation aimed at taking down a criminal botnet disrupted traffic to millions of legitimate servers

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Government should consult more widely on cyber security, says NSSC

  Goverment should consult more widely on cyber security, says parliament's National Security Strategy Committee

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Industrial control systems increasingly under attack, says Kaspersky

  Targeted attacks on industrial control systems take place on a regular and increasing basis, says Kaspersky Lab

• June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14

  Government can learn from private sector cyber security, says EY

  UK government could learn from the private sector’s approach to cyber security, says EY

• June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14

  DDoS attacks a growing concern for UK, BT study shows

  DDoS attacks are a growing concern for UK organisations, a study has revealed

• June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14

  Facebook under fire over secret experiment on users

  Facebook has come under fire for conducting a psychology experiment on 689,000 users without their consent

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Government behind UK cyber security economy

  The government says ensuring the UK has the cyber security skills it needs is about defence and economic growth

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Wearable tech must comply with privacy laws, warns ICO

  Wearable technology must comply with UK data privacy laws, warns the ICO

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Google begins complying with European takedown requests

  Google has begun removing search results in response to takedown requests from European citizens

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  German government terminates Verizon contract over NSA snooping fears

  The German government has terminated a contract with Verizon over concerns of snooping by the National Security Agency (NSA)

• June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14

  Cloud access brokers top security technology, says Gartner

  Cloud access security brokers are the top security technology trend for 2014, according to Gartner

• June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14

  UK police forces fail to impress in ICO audit

  Only one out of 17 UK police forces audited by the ICO achieved the top assurance rating for compliance with data protection laws

• June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14

  Iraqis use Firechat app to bypass internet block

  Iraqis are using mesh messaging app Firechat to circumvent a government block on net access

• June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14

  Montana notifies 1.3 million residents of 11-month old data breach

  The US state of Montana has just notified 1.3 million residents of a data breach in the state health department that took place in July 2013

• June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14

  Cyber thieves tap over €500,000 from European bank

  Cyber thieves drained more than €500,000 from customers at a European bank in one week, researchers have discovered

• June 24, 2014 24 Jun'14

  Benefits of accessing data outweigh privacy risks for chronically ill

  Over half of UK patients with chronic health conditions want access to their medical records and believe the benefits outweigh privacy risks

• June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14

  Internet of things will put pressure on enterprise security, says Proofpoint

  The internet of things will give attackers more ways to deliver malware into the enterprise, says Proofpoint

• June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14

  Syrian hacktivists find new way to target Reuters

  Syrian hacktivists have found a new way of targeting Reuters, highlighting the need for greater supply chain security

• June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14

  Jihadists in Iraq hijack World Cup hashtags

  The militant Islamic group ISIS is hijacking Twitter hashtags for the 2014 World Cup to spread its message

• June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14

  NSA granted extension to collect phone data

  The NSA has been granted an extension of 90 days to continue collecting US phone records in bulk

• June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14

  Growing call for anonymity online, says Cambridge researcher

  While it is difficult to be anonymous online, new technology is making it possible to protect users' privacy better, says a Cambridge researcher

• June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14

  Centrica's datacentre move to HP still not complete after three and a half years

  Centrica is yet to transfer its entire datacentre operations to HP despite signing a contract with the supplier in 2010

• June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14

  UK divided on government role in cyberspace, survey shows

  UK citizens are divided on the role of government in cyberspace, a survey has revealed

• June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14

  Researchers find critical Android security problem in Google Play

  Researchers have discovered a critical security problem in Google Play, the official Android app store

• June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14

  Former UK security minister calls for tighter surveillance law

  Former security minister Pauline Neville-Jones has called for the law on internet surveillance to be tightened up

• June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14

  Android and Windows Phone to get kill switch

  Google and Microsoft are to add a kill-switch to their mobile operating systems to help reduce smartphone theft

• June 19, 2014 19 Jun'14

  Top European court to rule on NSA Facebook data privacy challenge

  Europe’s top court will rule on whether data protection authorities should audit data Facebook allegedly gives to the US National Security Agency

• June 18, 2014 18 Jun'14

  GCHQ launches pilot to share cyber threat intelligence

  GCHQ is to help critical national infrastructure firms defend against cyber attack in a pilot for sharing threat intelligence

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  Data sharing key to fighting document fraud, says former cop

  Sharing data on lost, stolen and fraudulent identity documents would go a long way to stamping out fraud, says former cop

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  UK forced to reveal online snooping policy

  A top UK counter-terrorism official has been forced to reveal a secret government policy justifying the mass surveillance of UK citizens

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  IFDS integrates UK and India service centres

  International Financial Data Services has implemented software to balance workloads across UK and Indian delivery centres

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  Iraqi government blocks social media

  The government in Iraq is reportedly blocking access to social media sites amid growing armed conflict in the country

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  Domino’s breach underlines value of personal data, say experts

  The latest cyber breach to hit a high-profile brand underlines the high value of personal data, say security experts

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  Cyber security an economic opportunity, says UK government

  Cyber security should not be seen as a necessary evil, but an economic opportunity, says UK government

• June 16, 2014 16 Jun'14

  Technology key to secure document future, says UK Home Office

  Physical security is just as important as digital security in documents such as passports, says UK Home Office

• June 16, 2014 16 Jun'14

  Microsoft admits running out of IP addresses for Azure

  Microsoft has assured US Azure customers data remains in the US, despite running out of US-registered IP addresses at times

• June 13, 2014 13 Jun'14

  Boards need to get behind application security, says Owasp

  CISOs are becoming more concerned about web application security, but there is still a long way to go, says Owasp

• June 13, 2014 13 Jun'14

  Svpeng Android ransomware targets UK users

  A variant of the Svpeng Trojan is holding Android users to ransom in the UK and other English-speaking countries

• June 13, 2014 13 Jun'14

  Apple’s iOS8 set to improve Wi-Fi privacy

  Apple’s iOS8 uses randomly generated MAC addresses in scanning for Wi-Fi to make it difficult for advertisers to spy on users

• June 12, 2014 12 Jun'14

  UK business not taking mobile security seriously, survey shows

  UK businesses are not taking mobile security seriously despite mounting costs, a survey shows

• June 12, 2014 12 Jun'14

  UK calls for global effort to tackle IP theft

  The UK is calling for international collaboration to fight piracy and counterfeiting to protect intellectual property

• June 12, 2014 12 Jun'14

  Twitter suspends TweetDeck over XSS security flaw

  Twitter has been forced to suspend its Tweetdeck client temporarily to investigate and fix an XSS security flaw

• June 11, 2014 11 Jun'14

  Cyber crime a top fraud concern for UK business

  Cyber crime is a top fraud concern for UK businesses, according to the latest EY Global Fraud Survey

• June 11, 2014 11 Jun'14

  Larry Ellison lifts the lid on Oracle's in-memory database

  Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has taken the wrappers off the company’s in-memory database, trumpeting its 'real-time' performance capability.

• June 11, 2014 11 Jun'14

  EE drives mobile phone deals with CRM software implementation

  Mobile phone operator Everything Everywhere claims a 400% increase in phone deals after rolling out customer relationship management software

• June 11, 2014 11 Jun'14

  Evernote hit by DDoS attack

  US-based online note-taking and storage firm Evernote has restored services after being hit by a DDoS attack

• June 10, 2014 10 Jun'14

  CGI to support UK radiation monitoring network

  CGI will provide application support services to the UK’s Radioactive Incident Monitoring Network (RMNET 3) in a four-year deal

• June 10, 2014 10 Jun'14

  UK finance industry launches cyber security framework

  UK finance industry launches a cyber security framework for sharing threat intelligence, testing cyber security and benchmarking service providers

• June 10, 2014 10 Jun'14

  Continuous monitoring key to retail cyber security, says Ponemon

  Retailers should look to continuous monitoring to tackle cyber attacks, according to a Ponemon Institute survey of IT security professionals

• June 09, 2014 09 Jun'14

  Cybercrime costs business £265bn a year, report reveals

  Cybercrime costs worldwide business an estimated at £265bn a year, a study has revealed

• June 09, 2014 09 Jun'14

  Google plans to flag censored search results

  Google plans to indicate when search results have been censored under European right to be forgotten ruling

• June 09, 2014 09 Jun'14

  Turing Test 2014 marks historic milestone in artificial intelligence

  A computer program has made history by passing the artificial intelligence test set by computer science pioneer Alan Turing

• June 06, 2014 06 Jun'14

  Web apps are open doors to hackers, says Trend Micro

  Web applications are very often an open door to hackers, says security company Trend Micro

• June 06, 2014 06 Jun'14

  Heartbleed leads to discovery of more OpenSSL flaws

  Following Heartbleed, six more OpenSSL vulnerabilties have been discovered

• June 06, 2014 06 Jun'14

  Microsoft retaliates to China’s Windows 8 spying claims

  Microsoft has launched a social media campaign against China’s claims that Windows 8 is being used for US spying

• June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14

  UK government launches cyber security support scheme

  Government issues guidance and certification to help businesses with cyber security as part of the national Cyber Security Strategy

• June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14

  CIOs should 'leave innovation to marketing'

  CIOs should focus on managing the technical infrastructure and leave innovation to other parts of the business – conclusion of a major study.

• June 04, 2014 04 Jun'14

  Gloucester City Council outsources IT

  Gloucester City Council is aiming to save £600,000 through a contract with Civica to provide IT services for six years

• June 04, 2014 04 Jun'14

  Revised EU data protection in effect already, says lawyer

  Proposed changes to European Union (EU) data protection laws are already in effect, says privacy lawyer Stewart Room

• June 04, 2014 04 Jun'14

  Apple opens door to virtual currencies for App Store

  Apple has changed its App Store guidelines to reverse a ban on allowing in-app payments using virtual currencies such as the Bitcoin

• June 04, 2014 04 Jun'14

  Turkey finally restores access to YouTube

  Turkey has restored access to YouTube, two months after banning the site and attempting to block access to it

• June 03, 2014 03 Jun'14

  Most data security relatively simple, says NHS security officer

  Most of data security is relatively simple, says NHS trust information security officer Derrick Bates

• June 03, 2014 03 Jun'14

  European retail data breaches largely hidden, SC Congress told

  European data breaches in retail and other sectors are largely hidden due to a lack of breach disclosure laws

• June 03, 2014 03 Jun'14

  KPMG expands its technology consulting business

  Management consultancy KPMG has acquired Portugal based IT consultancy Safira in the latest in a series of acquisitions to increase its IT experience.

• June 03, 2014 03 Jun'14

  Russian cyber crime kingpin sought after worldwide server raids

  Businesses urged to take action after a worldwide raid on GameOver Zeus servers