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October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15
Facebook ruling not only landmark data protection case in Europe, say experts

A landmark ruling against Slovakia-based website Weltimmo could impact the Max Schrems case against Facebook and new European data protection rules currently being finalised
September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15
Risk to internet roots of trust having impact on businesses, study shows

Some 61% of UK firms have lost customers due to failure to secure the online trust established by digital certificates and cryptographic keys, a Ponemon Institute study shows
September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15
120-day patching gap puts many firms at risk of cyber attack, study shows

The probability of a vulnerability being exploited hits 90% between 40-60 days after discovery, but many firms are taking up to 60 days beyond that to patch, while others are failing to patch at all, a study shows
September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15
ICO warns over public Wi-Fi data

The Information Commissioner’s Office speaks out on public Wi-Fi network security

September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15
Brit spooks snoop on users of the BBC, Facebook, Google and more

Documents handed to The Intercept by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal that GCHQ has harvested data from users of search engine, social media, news and adult websites, as well as online radio
September 24, 2015 24 Sep'15
Why businesses are failing on information management

The smartest organisations maximise the use of data they collect, but the majority are being held back
September 22, 2015 22 Sep'15
Majority of UK businesses have been targeted by cyber criminals

Cyber attacks are now considered a serious threat to UK businesses, yet a relatively small number have adopted the government's Cyber Essentials Scheme
September 22, 2015 22 Sep'15
Belgian Privacy Commission accuses Facebook of using NSA tactics to spy on users

Belgian Privacy Commission data protection watchdog likens Facebook's data handling processes to those of the US National Security Agency (NSA)
September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15
Department for Culture, Media and Sport takes over responsibility for data protection policy

Government transfers responsibility for data protection policy and ICO oversight from Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15
MI5 chief Andrew Parker: Social networks have a responsibility to spy on users

MI5 director general Andrew Parker calls for more surveillance powers for the agency and says social networks have a responsibility to report suspicious activity

September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15
Majority of UK citizens happy to share wearable data with GPs

UK citizens willing to share data from wearable devices such as smartwatches or wristbands with GPs, but storing medical data in a central database is less acceptable, a KPMG survey shows
September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15
UK firms cope better with cyber attacks than continental enterprises, research shows

Trend Micro research suggests UK firms are at greater risk of cyber attack than their counterparts in continental Europe – but are better at dealing with them
September 16, 2015 16 Sep'15
NHS trust failed to recognise IT whistleblowing

Managers at Southwark CCG did not realise that serious concerns raised by a former nurse of its IT systems should be treated as whistleblowing
September 14, 2015 14 Sep'15
Malaysia the most cyber-savvy nation in Asia claims Eset, but security gaps remain

Eset report ranks Malaysia and Singapore as the top two most cyber-savvy nations in Asia – but many internet users still take unnecessary security risks
September 14, 2015 14 Sep'15
RSA Group flags ID theft risk to Lloyds Bank customers following datacentre storage theft

International insurance group has seen 500 customers take up offer of identity theft protection in wake of datacentre theft
September 14, 2015 14 Sep'15
Fraud rises but Australian businesses fail to heed data

Fraud is costing Australian businesses billions of dollars, but many are failing to address the threats from insiders
September 10, 2015 10 Sep'15
Microsoft makes fresh legal bid to protect emails stored in Irish datacentre from US government

Software giant's ongoing battle to protect emails stored in overseas datacentre from US government enters new phase
September 10, 2015 10 Sep'15
Cloudian boosts object storage HyperStore compliance features

Distributed object storage software maker Cloudian upgrades HyperStore with added granularity of data protection features that can help meet compliance requirements
September 09, 2015 09 Sep'15
Cisco presents security recommendations to Australian government

The Australian government has received cyber security advice from Cisco after the networking giant aswered its call for support
September 04, 2015 04 Sep'15
US cracks down on mobile phone tracking by federal agencies

For years, the FBI has sought to keep secret information about stingrays that can be used to determine mobile phone location by spoofing a mobile cell tower
September 03, 2015 03 Sep'15
HIV clinic data breach shows lessons not learned

The latest NHS data breach comes after repeated warnings in recent years by the ICO about the risk of disclosing personal data through poor email practices
August 25, 2015 25 Aug'15
More legislation needed to bolster Asean cyber security

Asean countries will need legislation to motivate organisations to step up their cyber security activities
August 21, 2015 21 Aug'15
ICO orders Google to remove links to right to be forgotten takedowns

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says Google must remove newer links that reveal the same details as previously removed links
August 20, 2015 20 Aug'15
Broadband Stakeholder Group to review UK net neutrality policy

The Broadband Stakeholder Group commissions an independent review into the UK’s industry-led approach to net neutrality and the open internet
August 19, 2015 19 Aug'15
Is Australia's cyber security-focused government underestimating the insider threat?

Canberra is strengthening its cyber security response, but there is conflicting evidence about where the main threat is coming from
August 18, 2015 18 Aug'15
Australian Cyber Security Centre sets baseline for businesses

The ACSC wants more organisations to take responsibility for protecting their information resources and computer systems
August 16, 2015 16 Aug'15
Mobile phone users at risk as hackers bug and track victims

An investigation by Australian TV show 60 Minutes demonstrates how hackers based thousands of miles away in Germany were able to record the calls of an Australian senator and track his movements
August 14, 2015 14 Aug'15
Security flaw exposes billions of mobile phone users to eavesdropping

Hackers, fraudsters, rogue governments and unscrupulous commercial operators are exploiting flaws in the architecture of the mobile phone signalling system known as SS7
August 12, 2015 12 Aug'15
FOI response reveals G-Cloud suppliers escape fines for missing MISO sales data deadlines

Freedom of Information response suggests Cabinet Office is taking a softly-softly approach to clamping down on non-compliant G-Cloud suppliers
August 12, 2015 12 Aug'15
Hacking-enabled insider trading underlines need for cyber legislation

The latest insider trading case highlights the need for legislation to strengthen cyber security, according to an international cyber security expert
August 07, 2015 07 Aug'15
Many firms still failing to test and secure web applications, says Rapid7

Web application security is not getting the focus and attention it needs because of a lack of awareness of the risks by security professionals and developers alike, says Rapid7
July 29, 2015 29 Jul'15
Technology experts warn of dangers of artificial intelligence arms race

An open letter signed by more than 12,000 technology experts calls for a ban on artificial intelligence (AI) to manage weapons “beyond meaningful human control”
July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15
APMG opens door to military-grade cyber security assessments

Developed for the MoD, the CDCAT tool enables any business to assess and manage its cyber defence capabilities using continually updated multiple cyber security controls and inputs
July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15
GCHQ unlawfully intercepting parliamentary communications, tribunal hears

Tribunal hears claims that GCHQ is unlawfully intercepting MPs' and peers' communications
July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15
Government sets out code of practice for driverless car tests

Business secretary Sajid Javid sets out plan to put the UK at the forefront of driverless vehicles, establishing a £20m fund and a code of practice for testing
July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15
UK considers 10-year jail sentences for online piracy

The UK government is considering new measures to increase the sanctions for criminals who infringe the rights of copyright holders for large-scale financial gain
July 17, 2015 17 Jul'15
MPs win challenge to Dripa surveillance legislation

The High Court ruled that the UK's Dripa legislation is inconsistent with EU law, but home secretary Theresa May plans to appeal
July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15
RUSI surveillance review calls for clearer UK interception legislation

The latest surveillance review calls for a new, comprehensive and clearer legal framework in the UK to provide a fresh start on a basis of mutual trust
July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15
Tech experts warn against law enforcement backdoors

International cryptographers and computer scientists warn exceptional access to data for law enforcement could open doors for criminals and malicious nation states
July 03, 2015 03 Jul'15
Why trust, rather than security, could be the bigger barrier to Google cloud adoption

Industry watchers probe Google's claim that data stored in its cloud is safer than keeping it on-premise
July 03, 2015 03 Jul'15
Wi-Fi enhances guest experience and profitability for Belgian theme park

Bobbejaanland, one of the largest theme parks in Belgium, is using a Fortinet Wi-Fi network to offer visitors access on the go, and improve its management capabilities
July 02, 2015 02 Jul'15
ICO reports progress in data protection, but funding remains a concern

Despite the progress of the past year, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says it still doesn't know how it will fund its operations in the future
July 02, 2015 02 Jul'15
Facebook wins first round in European privacy battle

Facebook has welcomed a Vienna court’s rejection of a 25,000-strong class action lawsuit against the social networking firm for allegedly breaching European privacy laws
July 01, 2015 01 Jul'15
Rights group ACLU opposes extended NSA phone surveillance

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will argue the Freedom Act does not authorise the National Security Agency (NSA) to collect phone data in bulk
June 22, 2015 22 Jun'15
German IT security ahead of UK

UK organisations are failing to patch vulnerabilities quickly, according to a new survey
June 19, 2015 19 Jun'15
Gear up for tougher privacy regulation, says PwC lawyer

The battle between the citizen and the regulators will result in regulators becoming equipped with greater powers to use against businesses, a privacy lawyer warns
June 17, 2015 17 Jun'15
Venture capital will drive IoT security and privacy, says data protection lawyer

Privacy is a prominent issue in developing applications for the internet of things (IoT) – but investors will insist on safeguards, says data law firm Kemp Little
June 17, 2015 17 Jun'15
Finland's F-Secure backs Nordic expertise

F-secure is betting on Nordic IT security skills as it buys Danish firm
June 15, 2015 15 Jun'15
EU Data Protection Regulation to be finalised by end of 2015

The last phase of negotiation is set to begin to hammer out a final text of the new European General Data Protection Regulation
June 12, 2015 12 Jun'15
Growing cyber threats challenging cost reduction as reason to use managed services

Mid-sized companies plan to use more managed services and many see it as improving security
June 11, 2015 11 Jun'15
Surveillance legislation needs verification, says Anderson report

The government, TechUK and Big Brother Watch welcome the Anderson report on surveillance legislation – but the civil liberties group calls for wider debate
June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15
Met Police failed on cyber crime, says top fraud officer

The chief of the Metropolitan Police Service's fraud squad Falcon admits the Met's policing of online fraud and cyber crime has not been good enough in the past
June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15
US government websites to use encryption by 2017

A US government HTTPS-Only Standard directive requires that all federal websites accessible to the public must encrypt all data exchanges
June 04, 2015 04 Jun'15
Peer demands action over ‘illegal’ Prism programme

US technology companies are operating illegally by accessing data on UK citizens, Lord Laird tells the House of Lords
June 02, 2015 02 Jun'15
EPSRC launches £10m IoT hub to explore security issues

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is to run a contest to develop a research hub to explore the security issues around the Internet of Things
June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15
Still a long way to go on US surveillance reform, say critics

Critics say reforms contained in the US Freedom bill do not go far enough to achieve significant surveillance reform
June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15
Most of more than 733,000 police communications data requests approved

Big Brother Watch is calling for a curb on the scale of police access to communications data and greater transparency in the use of this data
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
Tim Berners-Lee concerned by expanded snoopers’ charter

Tim Berners-Lee calls on government to prove it can build an electronic communication monitoring system that is accountable to UK citizens
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
EU surveillance inquiry calls for stronger intelligence oversight

A European parliamentary conference has called on member states to improve the evaluation and oversight practices of their intelligence services
May 28, 2015 28 May'15
Internet of things and smart cities need UK-wide consensus

At a TechUK event, delegates call for cross-body collaboration on IoT to ensure local authority CIOs get the best from the emerging technology
May 28, 2015 28 May'15
Yahoo to face US class action lawsuit over email spying allegations

US judge gives green light for lawsuit filed by non-Yahoo mail account holders, who say Yahoo is analysing emails sent to Yahoo Mail accounts
May 27, 2015 27 May'15
Queen’s Speech sets out plans for new snoopers' charter

The Queen’s Speech confirmed that the government will introduce legislation to modernise the law on communications data
May 27, 2015 27 May'15
More responsive PSN security compliance regime goes live

Following a successful public beta of the updated Public Services Network compliance regime, the process has now gone live
May 20, 2015 20 May'15
US group calls to keep encryption strong as UK snoopers’ charter set to return

A coalition of top cryptologists and several large technology firms have sent a letter urging the US government to preserve strong encryption
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
ICO calls for practical approach to data protection

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has called for a more practical approach to data protection regulation
May 15, 2015 15 May'15
UK law enforcers support snoopers’ charter

Three of the UK’s law enforcement chiefs have come out in support of a revival of the so-called snoopers’ charter to monitor electronic communications
May 12, 2015 12 May'15
GCHQ launches recruitment campaign due to demand

UK intelligence agency GCHQ is recruiting for computer network operations specialists
May 11, 2015 11 May'15
PSNGB rebrands to drive information sharing across PSN

PSNGB, the trade association set up to promote the Public Services Network, rebrands itself as Innopsis and says its work is far from over
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
Theresa May signals Tory majority could revive snoopers’ charter

Theresa May has indicated the party could revive the so-called "snoopers’ charter" to monitor electronic communications
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
Criminal attacks new top cause of health sector breaches, study shows

Criminal attacks are the new top cause of data breaches in the US health sector, a Ponemon Institute report has revealed
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
NSA phone metadata tracking ruled illegal

The US National Security Agency (NSA) bulk collection of mobile phone metadata revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013 has been ruled unlawful by a federal appeal court
May 05, 2015 05 May'15
Something disgusting at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal

Kevin Cahill explains why he has filed a case at the Investigative Powers Tribunal over US intelligence gathering on children.
April 28, 2015 28 Apr'15
2014 saw step change in anti cyber attack collaboration, says UK official

Although 2014 was marked by an increase in cyber attacks, it also saw a new level in international cooperation to combat them
April 27, 2015 27 Apr'15
EU data protection regulation will drive privacy by design, says KuppingerCole

The EU data protection regulation will drive privacy by design in companies with European clients, says KuppingerCole analyst Karsten Kinast
April 24, 2015 24 Apr'15
The suburban rogue trader's algorithms behind the 2010 US flash crash

US authorities accuse British trader Navinder Singh Sarao of manipulating the stock market with fraudulent trades, triggering the 2010 flash crash
April 23, 2015 23 Apr'15
Standard Chartered bank gets cyber-security expertise with former GCHQ chief Iain Lobban

Standard Chartered appoints UK security and intelligence organisation GCHQ former director Iain Lobban to its Financial Crime Risk Committee
April 22, 2015 22 Apr'15
Collaboration key to cyber security, says US homeland security chief

Collaboration between governments and with the private sector key to improving global cyber security
April 17, 2015 17 Apr'15
Six cyber security startups kick off with CyLon accelerator

Incubator CyLon kicks off first cohort in London with six selected European startups
April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15
EC slams Google over comparison shopping and Android

EC issues statement of objection to Google claiming it has abused its dominant position in internet search and mobile
April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15
Banks hide cyber crime losses, says City of London Police

Banks obscure the amount of money lost to cyber fraudsters – preferring to write off cyber theft as operating losses – says the City of London Police
April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15
Security risk potential linked to young, mobile users

A study conducted by wireless supplier Aruba Networks has identified a distinct cohort of high-risk, security-agnostic workers
April 13, 2015 13 Apr'15
European Commission set to rule on Google anti-trust case "very soon"

After five years of dispute, the European Commission is said to be close to deciding if Google should face formal anti-trust charges
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
Facebook faces privacy class action suit in Austria

Privacy campaigner Max Schrems leads a 25,000-strong class action lawsuit in Vienna against Facebook, claiming it breached European privacy law
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
Mixed reaction to AT&T’s $25m data breach penalty

A $25m fine by the US Federal Communications Commission on AT&T for data breaches at call centres has received a mixed reaction
April 02, 2015 02 Apr'15
Fears about Prism's long-term impact on cloud declared "overblown"

Forrester claims the fallout from the 2013 Prism surveillance scandal has had a minimal effect on the cloud industry
April 01, 2015 01 Apr'15
Facebook rejects report alleging privacy policy breaches EU laws

Facebook has rejected as inaccurate a report alleging that its privacy policy violates European law
March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15
HP files for $5.1bn damages while Mike Lynch counters

Mike Lynch has counter-sued HP following the computer maker’s London court appearance yesterday
March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15
AWS gets EU approval for data replication outside of Europe

The European Union Data Protection Authorities has approved Amazon Web Services’ Data Processing Agreement
March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15
Huawei not spying on UK, concludes Oversight Board report

A UK security probe into Huawei’s technology has concluded that the company has not presented any risk to national security
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
Google appeal ruling should send shivers through US tech companies

What are the implications of Google's legal defeat in London and the UK court's hardening attitude towards privacy breaches?
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
UK Safari users set to sue Google for privacy breaches

UK users of Apple’s Safari browser have been given the green light to sue Google in the UK for bypassing privacy settings in the browser
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
Europol chief joins call for legal tools to deal with encryption problem

Encryption has become one of the biggest problems for police and security services in dealing with threats from terrorism, says Europol chief
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
NHS regional health board adopts proactive approach to data security

The NHS Dumfries and Galloway health board has adopted a proactive way to protect patient data through continual vulnerability assessment
March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15
Samsung targets business with Microsoft tools integration

Samsung has pre-installed Microsoft OneNote, OneDrive, and Skype on the new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, as it expands into business
March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15
Europe’s highest court considers future of online data privacy

The European Court of Justice has begun considering a case that could decide how Europeans’ data will be shared with US internet firms in future
March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15
European SMEs sign up to security as a service

European SMEs see the value of security as a service (SaaS) and are signing up through resellers, says security supplier iSheriff
March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15
UK aims to become world centre in cyber security insurance

The UK aims to become a global leader in cyber security insurance through a set of joint initiatives between the government and the insurance sector
March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15
Most UK consumers worried about how personal data is shared

A survey by the ICO shows 85% of UK consumers are concerned about how their personal details are passed on or sold to other organisations
March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15
IoT and smart devices need ethical programmers, says Gartner

The internet of things (IoT) will need an emphasis on ethical programming if people are to come to trust smart machines and devices, say analysts
March 13, 2015 13 Mar'15
Verizon PCI DSS report a wake-up call, says PCI Security Standards Council

Verizon's payment card industry data security standard (PCI DSS) compliance report should be a wake-up call for business, says industry body