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Don't Blame 'stupid Users' For Data Breaches
News Ashenden claimed that although breaches such as HMRC had led to a new focus on IT security, based around improving processes and technology, the incidents were down to human factors. There has been a spate of high-profile security breaches dating...
[April 2, 2008, 14:30]
PCI Compliance: The Importance Of Securing Payment Information
White Papers The vast majority of these cases stemmed from data breaches associated with credit cards. In response, a federation of companies led by MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International set out to establish consistent data security measures for merchants...
[April 22, 2008, 1:02]
Government Database Security Breached
News Computer security breaches at a number of central government departments in the last year have led to confidential database records being compromised. Two of the departments that have been hit by security breaches include the Department for...
[November 1, 2006, 10:07]
Access Hacks Hit UK Plc
News For one in ten, the breach was significant, and half of all those affected said the breach was more serious than virus incidents, found the Information Security Breaches Survey, conducted by a consortium led by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the DTI...
[March 11, 2004, 9:15]
HSBC Bangalore Suffers £233,000 Security Breach
News Sunil Mehta, vice president of India's IT industry body Nasscom, insisted such security breaches are not unique to offshore operations and can happen in any country. Nasscom will work with the legal authorities in the UK and India to ensure that...
[June 28, 2006, 11:55]
Roundup: UK Online Banking Security Crisis
News Security breaches up, according to survey Wed, 02nd Aug 2000As Barclays tries to deal with its second online security breach in 48 hours, the Consumer Association is still condemning it for the carelessness that led to the first.
[August 11, 2000, 17:00]
Research Leads To Fresh Calls For Data-breach Laws
News Companies that suffer data breaches are unwilling to tell their clients about the mishap, leading to renewed calls for mandatory reporting of information security lapses. Tim Best, director enterprise security solutions at Logica, said in a...
[September 26, 2008, 9:22]
Exclusive: Major Security Flaw Hits Microsoft
News But it is not just Microsoft's products that are vulnerable to attack: there have been several security breaches of high-profile e-commerce Web sites illustrating the precarious nature of the fledgling technology.
[January 27, 2000, 16:03]
Privacy Experts Warn Of 'ambient Intelligence' Risks
News Following a number of recent reports of data breaches affecting both public and private-sector organisations, companies should look on the implementation of privacy-enhancing technologies as an investment or insurance against the costs of a...
[February 4, 2008, 10:26]
UK Firms Warn Of Increasing Spam Burden
News The Department of Trade and Industry's Information Security Breaches Survey, which is due to be published in full later this month, found that the increasing amount of spam sloshing around the Web is a growing concern for British firms.
[April 1, 2004, 17:20]
Microsoft Devotees Speak Out
News Still, Shaw had many good things to say about Microsoft's security push, particularly the way Windows Server 2003 ships "locked down" to prevent accidental security breaches. MVP input also led to changes to Windows XP and Visual Fox Pro 8, among...
[February 14, 2003, 7:50]
Spammer Hit With Criminal Charges
News There is no indication that any individuals are at risk of harm due to the breaches. That investigation led federal police -- including the FBI and Secret Service -- to Levine, according to the Justice Department.
[July 22, 2004, 8:45]
Spyware Enters The Spotlight
News Clearswift says the incident highlights a dangerous new trend in computer breaches, where spyware applications increasingly play a starring role. Dubbed the Consortium Of Anti-Spyware Technology Vendors and led by the creators of the popular Ad...
[November 20, 2003, 14:05]
BlackBerrys Grounded By Whitehall Data Ban
News The government has suffered a catalogue of embarrassing security breaches, which includes the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing three million learner drivers' details and the loss of more than 4,000 patient...
[February 5, 2008, 8:13]
Sobig Blamed For Fourfold Rise In Spam
News This backdoor route means that an infected PC can be turned into a spam engine -- causing individual users concern, as well as (causing) security breaches. This behaviour led to Sobig.F easily topping the MessageLabs top 10 virus list for 2003...
[December 9, 2003, 9:40]
Norwich Union Life Fined £1.26m For Data Loss
News Calling the breaches that led to the fine "a perfect example of trusted organisations not placing enough importance on managing personal data", database security company Secerno said the recent spate of public- and private-sector data-loss...
[December 17, 2007, 12:31]
HMRC Fiasco: Security Experts Predict Fallout
News Jonathan Armstrong, principal partner at law firm Eversheds, drew parallels with a similar security breaches in the US last year, when 26 million armed forces veterans' personal data was lost and when retailer TJX lost more than 90 million...
[November 23, 2007, 10:29]
Security Policies Fall Behind Internet Adoption
News The DTI's Information Security Breaches Survey found that 89 percent of employees now have access to the Internet, up from 69 percent two years ago. Most UK companies now provide their employees with Internet and email facilities but this has led...
[April 20, 2004, 12:00]
Deloitte: People Are Still Weakest Security Link
News The compromising of customers' systems continues to be the major cause of security breaches in financial institutions, according to the 2007 Global Financial Services Security Survey. However, a high percentage of security breaches were caused by...
[September 18, 2007, 15:52]
Open Source 'lacks Enterprise-grade Security'
News A recent survey found that unsupported open source software was one of the top causes of security breaches. The study, carried out by application security consultant Larry Suto, found that a lack of security processes led to a constant or...
[July 21, 2008, 17:03]
