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• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  Google denies breach after hackers leak millions of user logins

  Google denies claims cyber criminals stole users' data and downplays the threat after a hacker purportedly leaked 4.9 million Gmail logins

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  EY seeks tech startups to address challenges of right to be forgotten

  Professional services firm Ernst & Young is looking for startups to find technology solutions to the ‘right to be forgotten’ regulation

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  BP spends £2m developing apps to train business leaders

  BP is scrapping online courses in favour of apps and portals that can deliver bite-sized information and training when it's needed

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  Ransomware on the rise, warns cyber threat report

  The first half of 2014 saw an increase in online attacks that lock up user data and hold it for ransom, reports F-Secure Labs

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  Nude celebrity hack forces changes at Apple and 4Chan

  Apple and image-sharing site 4Chan take security measures after celebrity iCloud accounts were compromised and photos leaked

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  Barclays bank launches biometric authentication

  Barclays bank plans to launch biometric readers that read users' finger veins to authenticate customers

• September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14

  Apple and FBI launch iCloud hack investigation

  Apple and FBI investigate the breach of Apple’s iCloud causing fresh business concerns over cloud security

• September 01, 2014 01 Sep'14

  Nato set to clarify stance on cyber attack

  Leaders will discuss changing the mission of collective defence with respect to cyber attack at this week’s Nato summit

• September 01, 2014 01 Sep'14

  Nude celebrity pictures posted online after alleged iCloud hack

  Hundreds of nude images of female celebrities have been leaked, allegedly after Apple’s iCloud service was hacked

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  Microsoft re-releases security bulletin MS14-045

  Microsoft has re-released a software security update that was withdrawn because it put some computers in endless reboot loops

• August 27, 2014 27 Aug'14

  Security experts identify top 10 software design flaws

  The IEEE Center for Secure Design has published a report on how to avoid the top 10 software security design flaws

• August 27, 2014 27 Aug'14

  South Korea arrests 16 suspects in massive cyber fraud

  South Korea has arrested 16 suspects in connection with a multi-million-dollar fraud enabled by the theft of 27 million online gaming credentials

• August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14

  Local authorities can improve data protection, says ICO audit

  There is room for improvement in how local authorities protect personal data, says an audit report by the ICO

• August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14

  DDoS attacks hit Sony’s PlayStation Network and other gaming services

  Sony's PlayStation Network and other gaming services reported disruptions at the weekend in a suspected cyber attack campaign

• August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14

  Load balancing supports Kent County Council's VDI project

  Kent County Council picks Kemp Technologies load balancers to support a deployment of VMware Horizon View and Workspace across its estate

• August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14

  Heartbleed bug linked to US hospital group hack

  A security firm has linked the Community Health Systems data breach to the Heartbleed bug

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  21% of manufacturers hit by intellectual property theft

  More than one in five manufacturing firms reported a loss of intellectual property in a cyber attack in the past year, a study shows

• August 11, 2014 11 Aug'14

  USB-connected devices present cyber vulnerabilities

  Connecting devices to computers using a USB port could lead to security breaches, say Berlin-based researchers

• August 05, 2014 05 Aug'14

  Cyber Security Challenge UK takes on the internet of things

  The latest level of the Cyber Security Challenge will involve participants hacking devices connected to the internet of things

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  Fingerprint scanners most popular alternative to banking passwords

  Fingerprint scanning technology is the most favoured biometric security alternative to passwords for UK bank customers

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  Russian blogger law comes into action

  A new information security law which places restrictions on Russian bloggers and social media users has come into force today

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Paddy Power hit by data breach in 2010

  Gambling firm Paddy Power owns up to 2010 data breach after recovering a compromised dataset in Canada

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  Tackle IAM with a risk-based approach, says KPMG

  A risk-based approach is the best way to tackle identity and access management, says KPMG

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  Hacker and UFO hunter Gary McKinnon launches SEO business

  Hacker Gary McKinnon has set up a search engine optimisation business after winning a 10-year battle against extradition to the US

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  Search firms meet EU regulators over right to be forgotten

  Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have met EU data protection authorities to discuss the implications of the right to be forgotten ruling

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Six cyber criminals charged in $1m Stubhub fraud

  The US has charged six members of an international cyber crime gang that defrauded Stubhub of $1m

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Italy gives Google 18-month privacy compliance deadline

  The Italian data protection watchdog has given Google 18 months to comply with EU privacy laws

• July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14

  Hackers abuse Bitly API in novel attack, reports Websense

  A cyber attack targeting MSNBC highlights cybercriminals’ abuse of the public’s trust in news sites, says Websense Security Labs

• July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  EU funds project to boost European cloud computing market

  Cloudcatalyst project will assess cloud market in Europe, identify barriers to cloud adoption and provide tools to boost its growth

• 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 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  BT’s secure link to Microsoft Azure goes live in Europe

  BT’s new, secure, high-performance connectivity to Azure public cloud has gone live in Europe three months after BT teamed up with Microsoft

• 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 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  IBM partners with Apple to deliver enterprise services for iOS

  IBM has given Apple a major boost in the enterprise, through a partnership that will see it provide services and software for iOS

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  iPhones not a security threat to China, says Apple

  Apple has denied allegations that location-tracking iPhone features pose a threat to China’s national security

• July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14

  Info sharing key to cyber defence, says financial services firm

  Threat information sharing is key to success in combating cyber attacks, says the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation

• 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 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 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 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Barclays passes government’s ‘internet-born threat’ test

  Barclays Bank has been awarded the government’s cyber security certificate for digital banking services after independent tests of services such as Pingit

• 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 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Netflix releases its AWS monitoring tool Security Monkey into the wild

  Netflix has made Security Monkey, the AWS tracker tool it built for itself, freely available to other Amazon cloud users

• 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

  ISPs take legal action against GCHQ over mass network infrastructure surveillance

  Six global internet service providers (ISPs) have filed a legal complaint calling for a halt to GCHQ’s use of network infrastructure for surveillance

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Most people keen to share biometric data for smoother travel

  A study has revealed that 89% of citizens agree with the use of biometric identification to aid travel

• 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

  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

  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 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 18, 2014 18 Jun'14

  YouTube to block indie labels unwilling to join paid service

  YouTube plans to drop music videos from independent record labels unwilling to join its new subscription music service