Security

Amazon AWS Direct Connect hits the UK


16 Jan 2012

Oracle plans huge security update this week

Oracle Openworld
78 vulnerabilities will be patched on Tuesday 17 January in the firm's first critical update of the year
16 Jan 2012

Hospital faces £375,000 ICO fine after data sold on eBay

Nurses at NHS hospital
Brighton and Sussex General says it will challenge the decision
16 Jan 2012

Visa: Year of Olympics will be watershed for contactless payments

The 2012 Olympics is expected to be a technology showcase for both contactless and NFC payments
13 Jan 2012

Survey shows UK businesses are unprepared for the Olympics

With 200 days to go until the Olympics, only a third of UK businesses have performed a risk assessment around the increased risk of cyber attack during London 2012
10 Jan 2012

Roll up for the Facebook hack-a-thon


10 Jan 2012

Generation Y needs to grow up


09 Jan 2012

Locking down users is counter-productive


09 Jan 2012

ENISA is out for itself


09 Jan 2012

Law firm adopts cloud-based disaster recovery solution

Leeds-based Clarion implements Vision Solutions' Double Take Availability
09 Jan 2012

Symantec claims leaked anti-virus code will not affect customers

Following the publication of Norton anti-virus source code by hackers, Symantec claims that its products will be unaffected
09 Jan 2012

Crash Podcast: IT trends for 2012 and a big data breach

In this week's podcast we discuss the hottest IT trends for 2012, and the first big breach of the Data Protection Act of the year
09 Jan 2012

Anonymous hacks Sony again

Hacktivist group attacks corporate giant over its support of the US Stop Online Piracy Act
06 Jan 2012

Opinion: Time to shed light on the dark art of behavioural advertising

New laws should bring some much-needed transparency to the way cookies are used
06 Jan 2012

Financial services firm loses 1.4 million customer records

Cattles Group admits losing backup tapes storing customer information, while the ICO investigates
06 Jan 2012

Microsoft releases emergency patch for web application platforms

New code is designed to close down a newly discovered denial-of-service vulnerability
03 Jan 2012

Researcher finds flaws in Wi-Fi security

Security flaws heighten risks to enterprise data as employees increasingly work remotely
03 Jan 2012

Security Roundup: The top stories of 2011

Hacktivists on the rampage, Sony and RSA on the back foot, and the UK cyber security strategy all over the place
27 Dec 2011

Security researcher recommends ditching Oracle Java platform

Security expert claims the platform's vulnerabilities outweigh its utility
23 Dec 2011

ENISA calls for more security responsibility for ISPs

The agency suggests a raft of measures to better secure networks
22 Dec 2011

Report suggests NoW hacked computers as well as phones

BBC investigations suggest that the hacking may have compromised classified British intelligence on government servers
20 Dec 2011

ENISA outlines seven measures to improve ICS security

EU security body's report details the potential threats to Industrial Control Systems, and what should be done to protect them
19 Dec 2011

Visa investigates security breach

Visa has been notified of a possible security breach at a European payment processor, whilst 17,000 cards are being reissued in Romania
16 Dec 2011

BAE Systems kicks off business transformation programme

The defence contractor has selected Infor for ERP and BI, and Camwood for managed application certification
15 Dec 2011