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Security

Information Commissioner calls for prison sentences as council employee is fined for taking medical data

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Fines are not a big enough deterrent, believes Information Commissioner Christopher Graham
24 May 2013

US electric grid under 'constant state of attack' from hackers

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Congressional report suggests cyber threats against infrastructure are growing
24 May 2013

Hackers blamed for data loss at London-listed mining giant ENRC

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Mining company ENRC claims to have been targeted by burglars and hackers
24 May 2013

Chinese IP theft costs US $300bn a year, says report

The Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property urges stronger action to be taken
23 May 2013

Twitter (finally) unveils two-factor authentication - long after Google, Facebook and others

Twitter responds to security concerns following a string of high-profile account hijackings
23 May 2013

Cyber Security MSc launched by De Montfort University and Deloitte

Course will look into hacker psychology and industrial control systems security
22 May 2013

Amazon wins cloud clearance from US government

Deal makes it easier for government agencies to use Amazon Web Services
21 May 2013

Cyber-crime reports are 'just a snapshot', says GCHQ chief

Professional services firms' client information is an attractive target, Lobban said
17 May 2013

E-Skills UK and employers team up to launch cyber security apprenticeship

Degree-level qualification aims to boost the number of young people working in IT security
15 May 2013

Exclusive: EE denies customer info sharing ‘deal’ with marketing firms and police

Suggestion 'misleading to say the least' says EE
14 May 2013

Crash Podcast: Ethical hacking, USB flash drives, consumerisation and Nokia

On this week's podcast we discuss ethical hacking, the death of the USB flash drive, Nokia's crashing feature-phone sales and the consumerisation of corporate IT
14 May 2013

Microsoft promising 'mega patch' Tuesday

IT departments braced for security and other updates to Microsoft's operating systems and applications
14 May 2013

US data breach exposes 160,000 social security numbers

Vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion app server used to break into official system
13 May 2013

Teach engineers cyber security skills to protect critical national infrastructure, says IET

SMEs are at particular risk of losing IP because they don't think they are vulnerable
10 May 2013

Cyber-heist victim says 'no customers suffered loss' in suspected £29m bank robbery

Outdated credit card designs to blame, says Kaspersky
10 May 2013

£7.45m granted to universities to train cybersecurity experts

Royal Holloway and Oxford University selected to boost number of PhD graduates with cyber skills
09 May 2013

US government will take your data even without the Patriot Act

Cloud expert says that firms shouldn't worry about the Patriot Act, the US has other means if it decides it wants your data
08 May 2013

Washington media websites hit by cyber attacks

Hackers use waterhole attack to plant malware on websites of WTOP and Federal News Radio
08 May 2013

IE 8 zero-day attack spreads to military sites

Microsoft urges IE 8 users to upgrade as Metasploit module appears
08 May 2013

Pentagon accuses China of hacking US government computer systems

Department of Defense annual report to Congress points the finger directly at Beijing for the first time
07 May 2013

The internet ‘needs a delete button’, says Google CEO Schmidt

'Let me be very clear that Google is not tracking you...it's not doing all these things,' says Schmidt
07 May 2013

McAfee acquires Stonesoft in $389m deal

Intel-owned anti-virus software vendor adds firewall technology to its portfolio
07 May 2013

Ninety per cent of passwords 'vulnerable to hacking' - Deloitte

Even 'strong' passwords aren't good enough, claims Deloitte
03 May 2013

Proposed Dutch laws grant police hacking powers – in the Netherlands and abroad

Dutch police seek the power to tap Gmail, Skype and WhatsApp communications in the interests of cyber security
03 May 2013