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Darth Vader brought his own device...

Posted by BarryGill on 16 May, 2012 12:09

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog piece called "Bring Your Own Delusion (BYOD)".
In this piece I explored the thought that reactions to recent BYOD noise are largely emotional.

This time round I want to take a look at something less emotional.

While the story of Darth Vader’s fight against the Rebellion is not a true and accurate representation of the average organization, there are parallels to be drawn.... Read more

Twitter wants to work with UK government

Posted by Tom Espiner on 15 May, 2012 16:51

Social network Twitter has said it wants to work more closely with UK policy makers, according to the BBC.

Twitter, which has over 10 million UK users, is recruiting a UK public policy manager, the BBC said on Tuesday.

The micro-blogging service has attracted parliamentary scrutiny over injunctions, and gave evidence to a parliamentary committee which in March called for self-censorship by search engines and... Read more

SMBs adopt the cloud without security

Posted by manek on 14 May, 2012 18:14

Security has take another knock as a prime barrier to the adoption of cloud computing.

A survey commissioned by Microsoft (whose involvement was not revealed to the respondees) found that small to medium-sized businesses might gain a fair amount from adopting cloud computing. The survey, conducted with organisations in Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore and the USA, reckoned that most organisations viewed a... Read more

Mobile porn filters catch innocent content, says report

Posted by Tom Espiner on 14 May, 2012 16:24

Filters for adult content on mobile networks are blocking innocent websites, according to a report by the Open Rights Group and the London School of Economics.

Technical measures such as blacklists, designed to filter content that is inappropriate for children, have captured a number of websites that have been misclassified as 'adult' by mobile operators, the Open Rights Group (ORG) said in a report (PDF) on... Read more

Amnesty websites compromised in Gh0st RAT attack

Posted by David Meyer on 14 May, 2012 08:38

Amnesty International websites in the UK and Hong Kong have been compromised and made to serve a variant of malware known as Gh0st RAT, security researchers have said.

Websense revealed the hack of Amnesty's UK site in a blog post on Friday, saying it had picked up the incident between 8-9 May. Amnesty dealt with that breach before the public announcement was made, but Websense subsequently updated its post to... Read more

Alleged LulzSec hackers' plea date moved

Posted by Tom Espiner on 11 May, 2012 17:05

Four young men from the UK who are accused of being involved in LulzSec hacking attacks have had a plea hearing moved to June.

Ryan Cleary, 20, Jake Davis, 19, Ryan Ackroyd, 25, and a 17-year-old boy who cannot be named for legal reasons will appear before Southwark Crown Court on 25 June, Judge Alistair McCreath told the court on Friday.

At least one of the defendants is expected to plead innocent,... Read more

Heathrow eGates added to border confusion

Posted by Tom Espiner on 10 May, 2012 17:42

Biometric 'eGates' intended to speed immigration checks at Heathrow have in fact slowed passengers down, even though the gates had been altered to allow false positives, according to independent chief inspector of borders and immigration John Vine.

A 2011 inspection found that the 'tuning' on the three facial-recognition eGates at Terminal 3 had been 'turned down', allowing incidents such as a wife to pass... Read more

Microsoft patches 'Sons of Duqu' flaws

Posted by Tom Espiner on 9 May, 2012 11:29

Microsoft has patched a number of software flaws that could have led to information-stealing attacks by Duqu malware, according to security company Qualys.

One of the critical 'Patch Tuesday' bulletins, MS12-034, addressed multiple Microsoft products that were vulnerable to the Duqu data-stealing malware, Qualys chief technology officer Wolfgang Kandek said in a statement on Tuesday. The flaws had not been... Read more

Tony Sale Award to recognise computer conservation

Posted by Tom Espiner on 8 May, 2012 11:52

Technologists and engineers involved in computer conservation projects have been invited to compete for an award named in honour of the late Tony Sale, who led the rebuilding project of the Colossus code-breaking computer.

The Tony Sale Award will recognise achievements in computer conservation, and is named after the late Colossus rebuilder (pictured). Image credit: TNMOC The annual Tony Sale Award, which has... Read more

IT security? You're doing it wrong!

Posted by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on 5 May, 2012 19:58

Sometimes change is abrupt, sometimes it just sneaks up on you.

For quite some time I've been thinking about the impact of many different trends on the world of IT, as virtualisation and cloud combine with new devices and service-oriented application development to change the way we build and deliver applications. It's one of those megatrends that we can see pushing its way through the industry, leaving trails... Read more

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