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• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Royal Opera House tunes online queuing with AWS cloud

  The Royal Opera House has deployed AWS cloud to eliminate the virtual "waiting room" on its website for customers booking tickets online

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Google may have to revise proposals to EU competition authorities yet again

  Google may have to revise its proposals yet again to allay European concerns about its business practices

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Stratfor hacker pleads guilty

  US hacktivist Jeremy Hammond pleads guilty to accessing computers of law enforcement agencies and government contractors illegally

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  China plans first digital war games

  China’s state media say the country’s military plans to hold its first digital war games

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  US anti-piracy group proposes locking infringing computers

  The Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property has proposed pre-installing software on computers to identify copyright-violating activity

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  UK masters students to help build online security and trust

  The UK national Cyber Security Challenge and 15 UK universities are calling on masters students for ideas on improving online security and trust

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Syrian hackers deface Sky Android apps

  Syrian hackers have defaced several of Sky’s Android apps, forcing the broadcaster to remove them temporarily from the Google Play store

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Chinese hackers accessed US weapons designs, says Pentagon

  Hackers are feared to have accessed more than 20 designs for advanced US weapons systems, according to a Pentagon report

• May 24, 2013 24 May'13

  Eurovision Song Contest app built and delivered via Google's cloud platform

  Service providers Scalr and Grandcentrix used Google Compute Engine to build the app for the second largest television event

• May 23, 2013 23 May'13

  Economic future depends on e-ID, says Security Identity Alliance

  The digital economies of Europe could comprise 28% of GDP by 2020 but only with secure electronic IDs, says the Secure Identity Alliance (SIA)

• May 22, 2013 22 May'13

  UK data breaches largely hidden, says Stroz Friedberg

  The true extent of UK data breaches is unknown because most companies do not report them says Stroz Friedberg

• May 22, 2013 22 May'13

  Blue Coat buys big data security company Solera

  Business assurance firm Blue Coat Systems announces it will buy big data security intelligence provider Solera Networks

• May 22, 2013 22 May'13

  UK ISPs block access to pirate sites

  UK internet service providers have begun blocking access to two sites accused of breaking copyright laws

• May 22, 2013 22 May'13

  Apple calls on the US to cut corporate tax

  Apple has called on the US government to cut corporate tax rates after admitting to sheltering at least $30bn of international profits in Irish subsidiaries

• May 22, 2013 22 May'13

  Vodafone delays 4G superfast mobile internet launch

  Vodafone is to delay the launch of its 4G superfast mobile internet service until August or September to coincide with Apple’s release of a compatible iPhone 5

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  Small firms lose up to £800m to cyber crime, says FSB

  Cyber crime is costing small businesses around £785m a year, according to research by the Federation of Small Businesses

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  Privileged accounts key to most APT attacks, says Cyber-Ark

  The theft, misuse and exploitation of privileged accounts is becoming an increasingly key tactic in advanced persistent threat attacks

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  Researchers uncover Indian cyber espionage network

  Researchers have uncovered a large and sophisticated cyber attack infrastructure that appears to have originated in India

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  Yahoo revamps Flickr

  Yahoo has unveiled a revamp of its Flickr photo sharing platform as CEO Marissa Mayer forges ahead with plans to reinvigorate the company

• May 20, 2013 20 May'13

  Twitter uses open source to automate security

  Twitter is increasingly using open source automation tools to ensure security processes are taken care of in all the code it produces

• May 20, 2013 20 May'13

  Yahoo Japan says hack attack may have exposed 22 million users

  Yahoo Japan has warned that the identity details of up to 22 million users may have been compromised in recent hack

• May 20, 2013 20 May'13

  London Olympic Park will become home to a datacentre facility

  The London Legacy Development Corporation has signed a deal with a UK provider to develop a datacentre facility at the Olympic Park

• May 20, 2013 20 May'13

  Shanghai cyber hacking unit back in business, says US

  China’s military cyber espionage Unit 61398 is back in business, deploying different techniques, say US officials

• May 20, 2013 20 May'13

  FT is latest media group attacked by Syrian hackers

  The Financial Times has confirmed that its website and several Twitter accounts were hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army

• May 20, 2013 20 May'13

  Yahoo board approves $1.1bn deal for Tumblr

  Yahoo is set to acquire blogging service Tumblr in a $1.1bn deal, with an official announcement expected today

• May 16, 2013 16 May'13

  Most IT environments immature, Microsoft reveals

  Most business IT environments are immature, analysis of data from Microsoft’s Cloud Security Readiness Tool has revealed

• May 16, 2013 16 May'13

  Supply chain key to comprehensive security, says Cisco

  A comprehensive security strategy must include the supply chain to deliver the integrity customers demand

• May 15, 2013 15 May'13

  Accept defeat and change the battle plan, says Adobe security chief

  Security professionals are good at lying to themselves that they are evenly matched with their adversaries, says Adobe CSO Brad Arkin

• May 15, 2013 15 May'13

  Adobe uses crises to drive security change

  After hackers broke into one of Adobe's code-signing servers in 2012, CSO Brad Arkin used the crisis to drive security change and improvement

• May 15, 2013 15 May'13

  Microsoft declares conformance with ISO 27034-1

  Microsoft has declared conformance with ISO 27034-1, the first part of an international standard for secure software development

• May 15, 2013 15 May'13

  IT pros turn a blind eye to secure coding

  Nearly two-thirds of IT professionals say their organisations do not build products and services with security in mind, a Microsoft survey reveals

• May 15, 2013 15 May'13

  SAFECode publishes free secure code training modules

  The Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code (SAFECode) has developed six free secure software development training modules

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  Microsoft to patch IE8 zero-day

  Microsoft is to issue a security update for a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8,just a week after issuing a security advisory

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  Eight hackers charged with $45m cyber fraud

  US federal authorities have charged eight hackers in connection with a $45m debit card fraud scheme

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  Facebook expected to acquire Israeli navigation startup Waze

  Social networking firm Facebook is in talks to acquire Israeli mobile satellite navigation startup Waze for up to $1bn

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  Carl Icahn and Southeastern join forces in fight over Dell

  Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has teamed up with Dell investor Southeastern to try to stop founder Michael Dell buying the firm

• May 09, 2013 09 May'13

  Information assurance certification gives SMEs the edge

  IT consultancy Purple Frog Systems says the IASME information assurance standard for SMEs gives it a competitive edge

• May 09, 2013 09 May'13

  Solihull council saves time and money with BYOD

  At least one in five local authorities in the UK could allow staff to use their own devices at work, due to demand from employees

• May 09, 2013 09 May'13

  Syria back online after 19-hour blackout

  Syria is back online after a 19-hour blackout that disconnected it from internet communication with the rest of the world

• May 09, 2013 09 May'13

  UK universities get £7.5m cyber security research funding

  Oxford University and Royal Holloway, London University, will receive £7.5m government funding for cyber security research

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Spirit of snoopers’ charter lives on in Queen’s Speech

  The draft Communications Data Bill did not make the Queen’s Speech, but there was mention of proposals for investigating cyber crime

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  US is real hacking empire, says China

  China rejects the first official US accusations of cyber espionage and brands the US the “real hacking empire”, accusing it of sowing discord

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Adobe moves to cloud-based subscription model

  Adobe has announced that it is to introduce a cloud-based subscription model for popular applications, including Photoshop

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Syria hit by another apparent internet blackout

  Monitoring services have reported that internet access to Syria appears to have been cut off, and Google says traffic has dropped off

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Investors sue HP for $1bn over Autonomy deal

  HP investors have launched a class action lawsuit over the company’s botched acquisition of UK software firm Autonomy for $11.7bn in 2011

• 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

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  CIO interview: Paul Freemantle, IT director, Arqiva

  As the delivery of internet content to televisions grows, Arqiva's IT strategy is focused on demands for models such as IPTV

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  Microsoft issues security advisory on IE8 zero-day exploit

  Microsoft has published a security advisory about an exploit for zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  McAfee to acquire Stonesoft

  Intel’s security business McAfee has announced an agreement to acquire Finnish next-generation firewall firm Stonesoft in a $389m deal

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  Windows 8 passes 100 million in sales

  Microsoft says Windows 8 OS has sold more than 100 million copies, roughly matching Windows 7 in the six months after launch

• May 03, 2013 03 May'13

  Netherlands considers hacking powers for police

  The Netherlands government considers legislation to give police powers to hack into computers, install spyware and read emails

• May 03, 2013 03 May'13

  BlackBerry 10 and Samsung Knox approved by US military

  The US Department of Defense (DoD) has approved BlackBerry and Samsung mobile devices for use on its networks

• May 02, 2013 02 May'13

  Training may be key to website security, study shows

  WhiteHat Website Security Statistics Report says vulnerabilities declined in the past year, but most sites had at least one vulnerability

• May 02, 2013 02 May'13

  Most UK firms lack data transfer visibility, study shows

  Four out of five UK organisations have little or no visibility of data movement, a study has revealed

• May 02, 2013 02 May'13

  MPs to recall Google executives to explain tax position

  Google is to be recalled to parliament to explain the company’s tax position following an investigation into its business practices

• May 02, 2013 02 May'13

  Facebook delivers on mobile growth

  Facebook delivered growth in the mobile market in the first quarter of 2013 with mobile advertising representing 30% of advertising revenue

• May 01, 2013 01 May'13

  What’s to be done about data breach discovery?

  The time from first contact by cyber attackers to the victim learning of it is still measured in months and years, not hours and days

• May 01, 2013 01 May'13

  LogRhythm and FireEye announce partnership

  LogRhythm's next-generation security information and event management technology is to be integrated with FireEye's malware protection system

• May 01, 2013 01 May'13

  NIST revises US federal cyber security standards

  The US National Institute of Standards and Technology has revised federal cyber security standards to address threats since 2005

• May 01, 2013 01 May'13

  Security Think Tank: Governance should determine strategy for BYOD

  With the growth of BYOD, what measures can IT take to ensure the security of enterprise data and does MDM really have a role?

• May 01, 2013 01 May'13

  Twitter urges news media to improve security

  Twitter is urging news organisations to improve security amid attacks by Syrian hackers targeting western media groups

• May 01, 2013 01 May'13

  Apple sells bonds to appease shareholders

  The next Apple buying frenzy looks set to take place around company bonds rather than the latest iPhone, iPod or iPad

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  Most UK SMEs ill-equipped to deal with cyber threats, study finds

  A minority of UK small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are giving high priority to cyber threats, research has revealed

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  UK banks hit by password bypassing malware, says Trusteer

  Cyber criminals are stepping up their use of social engineering techniques to bypass increasingly security-aware users of online banking and e-commerce sites, says security firm Trusteer

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  Hackers open malware backdoor in Apache webservers

  A new threat is targeting Apache webservers, which are among the most widely-used webservers in the world, according to security researchers

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  UK leads roll-out of Skype video in Outlook webmail

  Microsoft has announced that mail service Outlook.com will now support Skype voice and video calling and instant messaging

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  Guardian hit in pro-Syrian cyber attacks

  Syrian hackers have launched cyber attacks on the Guardian and other western media groups, the newspaper reports

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  McAfee warns of unpatched vulnerability in Adobe Reader

  An unpatched vulnerability in every version of Adobe Reader reveals where and when a PDF document is opened, says McAfee

• April 26, 2013 26 Apr'13

  Case study: Omnicom improves security and cuts costs without disruption

  The Omnicom Media Group has cut costs and reduced risk without business disruption by deploying ForeScout’s CounterACT network access control system

• April 26, 2013 26 Apr'13

  Business struggling with DDoS and other cyber threats, poll reveals

  Many organisations are struggling to keep pace with the changing face of security threats, a poll has revealed

• April 26, 2013 26 Apr'13

  ICO warns GP practice over hacked webmail account

  A GP practice is acting on a breach of the Data Protection Act linked to the surgery’s hacked webmail account

• April 26, 2013 26 Apr'13

  US judge sets FRAND rates for Motorola patents in Microsoft case

  A US district judge has ruled that Google’s Motorola Mobility is entitled to $1.8m a year from Microsoft for its use of certain patents in its Xbox and Windows products

• April 26, 2013 26 Apr'13

  Yahoo chairman steps down

  Yahoo has announced that chairman Fred Amoroso is resigning from the post and will not seek re-election to the board of directors in June

• April 26, 2013 26 Apr'13

  Government must work with business to avert cyber disaster, says Kaspersky

  Greater collaboration between government and private sector is needed to address the threat of cyber warfare, says Kaspersky

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Cyber crime challenges law enforcement

  Cyber crime is forcing police and law enforcement agencies to re-think basic skills needed, according to experts at Infosecurity Europe 2013

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  Lib Dems will block Snoopers’ Charter, says Nick Clegg

  The draft Communications Data Bill will not go ahead while the Lib Dems are in government, says deputy prime minister Nick Clegg

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  (ISC)2 and the CSA announce certification for cloud security

  Information security professional body (ISC)2 and the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) have signed an agreement to collaborate on a new professional certification for information security

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  Twitter tests two-factor authentication

  Twitter tests a two-factor authentication system internally, aimed at making it more difficult for hackers to take over users’ accounts

• April 24, 2013 24 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Cyber threats unlikely to disappear, says security researcher

  The past decade was the best for cyber defences but cyber security will still be a concern in another ten years, says F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen

• April 24, 2013 24 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Sophos updates free Android security app

  Google’s Android mobile operating system is an increasingly popular target for malware and SMS phishing, says security company Sophos

• April 24, 2013 24 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: ICO expects clarity on EU data rules only in 2014

  The ICO expects a clear picture of the coming European data protection framework in early 2014, says deputy commissioner David Smith

• April 24, 2013 24 Apr'13

  Global enforcement of law in cyberspace years away, says BCS

  Governments and international law enforcement have much to do to catch up with the criminals who have adapted to the online world, claims a report by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.

• April 23, 2013 23 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Every business in the cyber war frontline, says Kaspersky

  Every business is on the frontline of the fight against cyber threats, says Eugene Kaspersky, chief executive of security firm Kaspersky Lab

• April 23, 2013 23 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Cost of cyber breaches rises three-fold, research shows

  The cost of cyber breaches rose three-fold in the past year, says the government's latest annual Cyber Security Breaches Survey

• April 23, 2013 23 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Cyber threats, challenge and opportunity for UK, says minister

  Cyber threats are a challenge to UK businesses, but they also present exciting opportunities, says Cabinet Office minister, Chloe Smith

• April 23, 2013 23 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Research shows value in crowd-sourced threat intelligence

  Businesses can reduce risk by sharing information on attacks targeting multiple sources, research reveals

• April 23, 2013 23 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Every business a target of cyber attack, Verizon breach report shows

  Every business is a target of some kind of threat, the most comprehensive Verizon data breach report to date has shown

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: University research challenges reliability of IPS

  Research shows intrusion prevention systems (IPS) are not as effective at detecting malicious activity as some might think

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Tech firms among top cyber targets, report shows

  Technology organisations are among the most frequent targets of cyber attacks, according to a report from security firm FireEye

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Industry needs to address security poverty line, says analyst

  A lack of security expertise is one of the biggest and broadest problems in information security, says Wendy Nather, enterprise security research director at 451 Research

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Security spend misaligned with threats, says security veteran

  Security budget allocations have remained the same for the past 15 years, but threats have changed, says Shlomo Kramer, chief executive at security firm Imperva

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Embedding security: Simply does it, says Channel 4 CISO

  The best way to demonstrate the value of information security to board members is simply and concisely, says Brian Brackenborough, CISO at Channel 4

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Business skills key to CISO’s survival

  Business skills are key components of any CISO says Paul Swarbrick, CISO at aeronautical information service, NATS

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  US jails LulzSec hacker Cody Kretsinger

  The US has jailed a member of hacktivist group LulzSec for a year for his role in breaching computer systems at Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2011

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Google is tax law compliant and key to UK growth, says Eric Schmidt

  Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt says the company is tax law compliant and key to electronic commerce expansion in the UK

• 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 19, 2013 19 Apr'13

  Democrats support Cispa cyber bill despite White House veto threat

  US House of Representatives has passed the Cispa cyber bill aimed at helping companies and government share information on cyber threats

• April 19, 2013 19 Apr'13

  Mobile ads boost Google’s Q1 results

  Online revenues have helped boost Google's net profit to $3.35bn in the first three months of the year, up 16% from the same period in 2012

• April 19, 2013 19 Apr'13

  Microsoft reports strong quarterly results for all divisions

  Microsoft reported profit of $6bn for the past quarter, up 17% from a year ago, despite a mixed response to Windows 8 and a decline in PC sales

• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  Communication key to risk management in security, says CISO

  Challenges to security risk management are largely due to incorrect perceptions by the business, says News International CISO Amar Singh