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UK Sentinel study reveals GPS jammer use

UK Sentinel study reveals GPS jammer use

The government-funded Sentinel project has uncovered more than a hundred incidents of GPS jammer use in the UK since January 2011 Read more

22 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Bradley Manning to face 22 extra criminal charges

...Alleged Wikileaks source Bradley Manning is facing 22 additional criminal charges, including one that involves the death penalty, the US military said... Read more

3 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Nominet makes formal call for Soca takedown views

...if police or Nominet suspected that a domain was being used by criminals. Bradley said that she did not want to pre-suppose any conclusions... Read more

10 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Hacktivists hit businesses harder than fraudsters

...Financially motivated criminals were behind most of last year's data breaches, but hacktivists stole... Read more

22 March, 2012 by Elinor Mills

HMRC anti-fraud squad targets online scammers

...HM Revenue and Customs is setting up a team to tackle criminals targeting its online systems used by the public to apply for the... Read more

14 March, 2012 by Gill Hitchcock
Cloud security: How to make the switch

Cloud security: How to make the switch

...of strangers, competitors and possibly even malicious actors — we have already seen criminal activity being hosted in Amazon's EC2 cloud, for example — brings a... Read more

26 February, 2012 by Rik Ferguson

Report: Inefficient IT hinders Scottish justice system

...The limited compatibility of IT across Scotland's criminal justice system means that some areas still rely heavily on paper-based... Read more

8 September, 2011 by Sade Laja

Police launch £75m national database

...A major database of criminals, victims and other people has been formally launched by the National Policing... Read more

22 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Vodafone fires staff after data leak

...million customer records. The company fell into hot water following allegations that criminals had been sold access to its sensitive customer database and planned to... Read more

13 January, 2011 by Luke Hopewell

Wikileaks editor may face US indictment

...A grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia is weighing criminal charges against Wikileaks editor Julian Assange, according to his lawyer. "We have... Read more

14 December, 2010 by Declan McCullagh

Europe to get stronger cybersecurity laws

...of cyberattacks and the producers of related and malicious software prosecuted, and criminal sanctions increased to a maximum two-year sentence. European countries would also... Read more

30 September, 2010 by David Meyer

'Clunky' IT systems hamper police work

...Police and criminal justice work is being slowed by a lack of interoperability and integration... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner
K7 Total Security 12.0

K7 Total Security 12.0

...internet without the right protection, you too can be attacked by cyber criminals. Be it swindling money from your bank account, misusing your credit card... Read more

14 May, 2012

Koobface botnet gang exposed by researchers

...imperfection," Sophos wrote. "It is this imperfection, paired with a sense of 'criminal arrogance' and an uncontrollable threat environment such as the internet, that ultimately... Read more

17 January, 2012 by Jack Clark

Akamai warns of mobile banking security rift

...had a great effect so far, but will become increasingly attractive to criminals as possible gains increase, Freeform Dynamics analyst Martha Bennett told ZDNet UK... Read more

12 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

35 minutes ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

2 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

5 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

11 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

12 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

13 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

17 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

17 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

18 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

20 hours ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

21 hours ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

21 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

1 day ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

1 day ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

2 days ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

2 days ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

3 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

3 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything