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Blog: Social networking and portability
One of the more interesting speakers at Infosec's "Locking Down Social Networking Vulnerabilities" event today was Giles Hogben of the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) more
ICO: Data-protection spot checks due this year
The information commissioner has confirmed that his office will be getting new powers to carry out spot checks on any company in the UK holding data on individuals more
Infosecurity Europe 2008: Preview
Over 11,000 delegates and 320 exhibitors will attend one of Europe's largest IT security shows on Tuesday at London's Olympia conference centre more
Security breaches down, says IT security report
The latest Information Security Breaches Survey has reported that while the number of security breaches has fallen in the past two years, the average spend on defences has increased more
Facebook admits to increased attacks by spammers
The social-networking site has come under increased attack by spammers and phishers this year, according to its head of security more
Security industry gears up for biggest UK event
Infosecurity Europe 2008 is underway in London and will include keynotes and product demos from the some of the leading organisations in IT security more
Vendors urged to take responsibility for security
When it comes to the security of hardware and software, suppliers should be put on the spot, argue experts at Infosecurity Europe 2008 more
Media lobbying 'watered down' data-misuse laws
As a result of media lobbying, the information commissioner says another serious data breach will need to occur before prison sentences for data misuse are imposed more
HMRC data loss blamed on targets
Merlin, Lord Erroll, believes targets and budgets rather than individuals should be blamed for the loss of 25 million UK citizens' confidential records last year more
Former White House adviser talks mobile threats
Security strategist Howard A Schmidt discusses whether mobile attacks are overhyped and what new risks have been introduced by virtualisation more
Security expert voices virtualisation concerns
Mikko Hyppönen, chief research officer for security specialist F-Secure, claims virtualisation technology will have its own specific security threats more
Lord: No proof any data was lost from HMRC
Security expert Merlin, The Earl of Erroll, claims no evidence has come to light to prove data was actually lost in last year's HMRC missing-disc incident more
McKinnon's extradition judicial review...
Gary McKinnon, the man accused of hacking Nasa and Pentagon computers, will have his oral judicial review hearing on 20 Jan, according to the Free Gary McKinnon website. The judicial... More
Police seize phone-gun
Italian police have seized a gun disguised as a mobile phone, according to a report on Gizmodo. The phone can hold four bullets, and is powerful enough to kill somebody. Gizmodo... More
Gov't loses a PC a week
The government averaged losing one PC per week over the last year, according to figures collated by the Conservatives. A Friday report by the Press Association said that Tory front-bencher... More
Zero cost recovery – part 2: Removing malware
Slaying malware requires as many tools as you can muster, no single one comes close to removing everything so the more you throw at it the more you hit. Fortunately a good number of tools are...
Adrian Mars
Compliance – Part 1: Software Licensing
Compliance, is rarely fun, more the very the essence of red tape. But ignore it and the consequences can range from a, sometimes public, ticking off to corporate manslaughter charges. In future...
Adrian Mars
Is Your Head (And Data) In The Clouds?
With Microsoft's recent launch of its Azure cloud platform, which bundles the company’s familiar software functions into an online service with your data stored remotely, cloud computing is set to...
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