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• 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

• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  US team claim revolutionary battery breakthrough

  US researchers claim they have made a technological breakthrough to shrink the size of batteries by 10 times yet still offering the same power

• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  White House still unhappy with cyber security bill

  The White House has threatened to veto a controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (Cispa)

• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  Apple shares hit 16-month low

  Apple shares have hit a 16-month low due to concerns that the lower than expected phone and tablet sales may cause the company to miss its revenue targets.

• April 17, 2013 17 Apr'13

  New approach blocks all zero-day malware, says Trusteer

  Stateful application control blocks 100% of previously unknown malware, closing the security gap left by traditional AV software, says Trusteer

• April 17, 2013 17 Apr'13

  Oracle releases mega security patch for Java

  Oracle releases major security update for the version of Java that runs inside web browsers in an attempt to halt ongoing hacker attacks

• April 17, 2013 17 Apr'13

  UK government website wins global design award

  The UK government's website, Gov.uk, has beaten off competition from the Shard, the Olympic cauldron and a folding wheel for a wheelchair to win the global 2013 Design of the Year award

• April 17, 2013 17 Apr'13

  Yahoo chief upbeat despite lacklustre results

  Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer has put a positive spin on the lacklustre Q1 results, which saw revenues down 7% from a year ago

• April 16, 2013 16 Apr'13

  Storm pushes website onto Azure infrastructure

  Model agency Storm has migrated its website to Microsoft’s Azure infrastructure as a service

• April 16, 2013 16 Apr'13

  UK firms need to work harder at trust online, survey shows

  UK firms need to work harder to address a serious lack of trust by customers who shop and bank online, a survey has revealed

• April 16, 2013 16 Apr'13

  Mobile malware up 163% in 2012, says NQ Mobile

  Mobile malware threats increased 163% to more than 65,000 in 2012, according to the latest security report from NQ Mobile

• April 16, 2013 16 Apr'13

  Facebook defends mobile ad plans

  Facebook has defended plans to release software that enables firms to send adverts to smartphones even if device is locked

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  Enterprise security moving to the cloud, says Gartner

  By 2015, 10% of IT security enterprise product capabilities will be delivered in the cloud, according to a report by research company Gartner

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  US and China co-operate on cyber security

  The US and China are to set up a working group on cyber security to co-ordinate joint efforts in safeguarding cyberspace

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  Anonymous hacks North Korean websites for a second time

  Members of the Anonymous hacktivist collective claim to have again hacked several prominent North Korean websites

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  Google reaches deal with EU competition authorities

  Google has reportedly reached a deal with European Union (EU) competition authorities over concerns about its business practices

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  mRAT spyware bypasses mobile enterprise controls, research shows

  Mobile remote access Trojan (mRAT) infections are bypassing mobile enterprise security controls, putting businesses at risk of cyber espionage

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  Google has another go at allaying EU competition concerns

  Google has submitted a fresh set of proposals to address European concerns about its business practices and avoid punitive action

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  Real-life disaster recovery boost at video firm with HDS clustered NAS

  Special effects video firm The Mill boosts HDS/BlueArc clustered NAS capacity to cope with HD movies and build disaster recovery site at London’s Docklands

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  Largest Bitcoin exchange reports heavy DDoS attack

  The world’s largest exchange of the digital Bitcoin currency is back online after reporting a “stronger than usual DDoS” attack

• 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

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  HP chief defends public attack on Autonomy management

  HP CEO Meg Whitman has defended her company’s attack on the former management of Autonomy, which it acquired in 2011 for $11.7bn

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  South Korea accuses North Korea of launching cyber attacks

  South Korea blames North Korea for the cyber attacks that shut down thousands of computers at broadcasters and banks two weeks ago

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  Case study: Playtech bolsters code security with Checkmarx

  Online gaming software supplier Playtech implements automated code review system from Checkmarx to optimise secure development lifecycle

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  UK companies unable to stop employees stealing data, study shows

  Businesses are placing too much trust in their employees when it comes to safeguarding company data, a study from LogRhythm has revealed

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  Google rolls out super-fast broadband to Austin, Texas

  After weeks of media speculation, Google has confirmed that it will be extending its super-fast fibre broadband service to Austin, Texas.

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  Three UK LulzSec members plead guilty to hacking charges

  Three UK members of LulzSec have pleaded guilty to attempting to break into computers run by the NHS, Sony and News International

• April 09, 2013 09 Apr'13

  Iceland media firm opts for ATA-over-Ethernet archive

  Icelandic media firm 365 Media opts for 600TB Coraid ATA-over-Ethernet storage system after rejecting iSCSI and DIY open source file storage

• April 09, 2013 09 Apr'13

  Check Point CEO Gil Shwed unveils 2013 plans

  Check Point will focus on mobile data, simplifying security management, protecting branch offices and collaborative attack intelligence in 2013

• April 08, 2013 08 Apr'13

  Security updates likely to keep admins busy in April

  Security updates from Microsoft, Oracle and PostGreSQL are likely to keep security administrators busy this month

• April 08, 2013 08 Apr'13

  Windows XP will expose businesses to cyber risk from April 2014

  Businesses that fail to update their OS from Windows XP are putting themselves at increased risk of cyber attack

• April 08, 2013 08 Apr'13

  Israel claims Anonymous cyber attacks caused minimal impact

  Hacker collective Anonymous launched cyber attacks on Israeli websites in a pro-Palestinian campaign, but officials say the damage was minimal

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  Anonymous threatens cyber attack on Israel

  Members of the Anonymous hacktivist have threatened cyber strikes on Israel within days of issuing a similar threat against North Korea

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  UK calls for opt-out of online right to be forgotten

  The UK wants to opt out of the right to be forgotten, enshrined in proposed data privacy regulations for the European Union

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  Hack attacks hit value of Bitcoins

  Online services and exchanges dealing in the Bitcoins have been hit by hack attacks that led to a drop in the value of the digital currency

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  Anonymous claims first strikes against North Korea

  Members of the Anonymous hacktivist collective claim to have launched the first strikes against North Korea as part of its Operation Free Korea

• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  Malware hits businesses 20 to 60 times an hour, say researchers

  Advanced cyber attacks hit businesses 20 times an hour on average, say researchers at security firm FireEye

• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  Researchers discover new Android Trojan

  Cyber threat researchers have discovered a new Android Trojan called Stels which is designed to steal text messages

• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  Facebook phone announcement expected soon

  Facebook is to announce a joint venture with handset maker HTC to capitalise on the increased use of social networking on mobile devices

• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  Fraudsters widen card-skimming operations in Europe

  Criminals using card-skimming devices are targeting not just bank ATMs but transport and parking ticket machines as well, a report has revealed

• April 03, 2013 03 Apr'13

  Case Study: 192business switches to tokenisation to speed up business processes

  Online payment card verification firm 192business uses tokenisation to speed up its processes and protect credit card details from fraud

• April 03, 2013 03 Apr'13

  US Army practises poor data security on mobile devices

  Pentagon inspector general finds smartphones and tablets the US Army buys are not configured to protect sensitive data and allow remote wipe

• April 03, 2013 03 Apr'13

  Anonymous threatens to declare cyber war on North Korea

  Anonymous hacktivist collective has threatened North Korea with cyber war if leader Kim Jong-un does not resign and install free democracy

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  Google closer to action from European privacy regulators

  Google is another step closer to action by privacy regulators across Europe for failing to change the way it manages user data

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  UK CIOs spending more time and money on security, study shows

  On average, UK CIOs are spending almost a quarter of their time managing IT security and 40% have increased spending, a study shows

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  Security incident response below par at most firms, says Guidance Software

  Most organisations are not as prepared as they should be for responding to cyber attacks, says Guidance Software

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  Cyberbunker’s Sven Kamphuis denies unleashing DDoS attacks on Spamhaus

  The internet activist accused of being behind one of the biggest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to date claims he is the victim of an establishment conspiracy.

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  Activists unleash biggest DDoS cyber attack to date

  Activists unleash a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in support of a web hosting firm, Cyberbunker, blacklisted by an anti-spam website

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  Switching cloud services

  If industry hype is anything to go by, everyone should be using services. But what happens when a cloud service is longer available?

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  Demos urges police to gather intelligence from social media

  Think tank Demos urges UK police forces to appoint a senior officer to take charge of gathering intelligence from social media

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  UK government launches cyber threat data-sharing partnership

  The UK government has announced a partnership with industry to share information and intelligence on cyber security threats

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  UK government sets up cyber security fusion cell

  A cyber security “fusion cell” for cross-sector threat data sharing aims to put government, industry and information security analysts side-by-side

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Employees ignore security rules, say infosec pros

  Most information security professionals believe corporate employees wilfully ignore security rules, survey at RSA Conference 2013 reveals

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Yahoo buys UK teenager’s app for £18m

  Yahoo has acquired Summly – an app created by a UK teenager – for £18m, making him one of the world’s youngest self-made millionaires

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Cloud security still top concern for UK CIOs, survey shows

  Data security in the cloud is still a top concern for UK companies, a survey of 250 IT decision makers has revealed

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Web and FTP top malware risks, study finds

  Study finds traditional antivirus solutions not identifying the majority of malware infecting networks via real-time applications such as browsing

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Hackers used stolen credentials to attack South Korea, say researchers

  Cyber attacks that shut down computers at banks and broadcasters in South Korea used stolen user IDs and passwords, say researchers

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Malware in counterfeit software to cost business $114bn in 2013

  Dealing with malware in counterfeit software will cost global enterprises an estimated $114bn in 2013, says research firm IDC

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  Six security issues to tackle before encrypting cloud data

  Concern about security and privacy is likely to drive adoption of cloud encryption, but there are six security issues businesses should tackle

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  Millions of vulnerable devices on the internet, researcher reveals

  A scan of the internet by an anonymous security researcher has revealed millions of IP-enabled devices protected only by default passwords.

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  BBC Twitter feeds breached

  The BBC is the latest high-profile organisation to have its Twitter feed breached

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  Apple debuts two-factor authentication to protect against hackers

  Apple is introducing two-factor authentication (2FA) for iCloud and other services to protect users from hackers trying to access their accounts

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  ICO calls for action on future funding

  Sorting out an acceptable system for funding the UK’s privacy watchdog needs to be tackled now, says UK information commissioner

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  Click fraud botnet costs advertisers £3.9m a month

  Security researchers find a botnet costing online display advertising £3.9m a month by simulating 14 billion clicks on at least 200 websites

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  South Korea says cyber attack came from IP address in China

  South Korea says a cyber attack that shut down thousands of computers at several major broadcasters and banks came from an IP address China

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  IT security professionals break USB stick virus rules

  Most IT security professionals polled at RSA Conference 2013 admitted to picking up and plugging in USB flash drives they found lying around

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  IDL activates ‘cat-signal’ to protest against Cispa

  Activists use an internet signalling system to co-ordinate protests against the proposed US Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (Cispa)

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  Retailers to consult former cyber criminal on e-retail fraud

  UK retailers are to consult former cyber criminal Tony Sales on how to prevent fraud carried out against their online operations

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  Cyber attacks must avoid civilian targets, says Nato manual

  State-sponsored cyber attacks must avoid sensitive civilian targets such as hospitals, dams and nuclear power stations, according to an advisory manual on cyber warfare compiled for Nato

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  US hacker jailed for 3.5 years over AT&T breach

  US hacker Andrew Auernheimer has been imprisoned for obtaining the email addresses of iPad users from AT&T's website

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  Norway’s Telenor hit by cyber espionage campaign

  Attackers stole files and emails from unnamed executives at Norwegian telecoms provider Telenor

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  John Riccitiello steps down as Electronic Arts chief

  Games developer Electronic Arts (EA) is looking for a new CEO after John Riccitiello announced he will step down at the end of March 2013

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  Nominet to join new government cyber crime reduction partnership

  Nominet, which runs the .uk registry is to join the government’s recently announced Cyber Crime Reduction Partnership.

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  Reuters journalist charged with Anonymous hacking professes innocence

  A Reuters journalist charged with helping Anonymous hack the LA Times website maintains he is innocent

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  Court rules FBI access to private data unconstitutional

  A US court has ruled that “national security letters” to obtain citizens’ private data are a breach of the constitution’s first amendment