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MI5 warns of Chinese digital espionage
News MI5 has issued a warning to UK businesses that spies in China are conducting a campaign of cyber-espionage against them. Martin Jordan, principal advisor of IT advisory services at KPMG, said that MI5 — through its branch the Centre for the...
[December 3, 2007, 11:27]
MI5 website breached by hacker
News MI5 has closed up a flaw on its website that could have opened up visitors to malicious attacks, the UK intelligence agency said. The website suffered a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to inject code into the site...
[July 30, 2009, 11:30]
MI5 looks to recruit techies
News MI5 is launching an advertising campaign aimed at recruiting up to 500 new staff — including tech experts. Adverts will appear on buses and the London Underground as the UK security service seeks to raise its profile as an employer, especially for...
[May 15, 2007, 17:32]
MI5 turns to the Web in hunt for terrorists
News The British intelligence service has launched an Internet investigation to appeal for information about potential terrorist attacks. An Arabic message has been posted in the discussion forums of several Muslim extremist Web sites, in the hope that...
[October 26, 2001, 13:28]
MI5 laptop containing top secret data stolen
News An MI5 agent has admitted losing a laptop notebook containing sensitive government information at Paddington train station earlier this month. Security has been stepped up at MI5 following the theft, which has caused extreme embarrassment for the...
[March 24, 2000, 8:56]
Mi5 Webgate Earns an A+ for Washing Spyware Out of Peace College
White Papers Peace College is an all-women's, Presbyterian-affiliated College in Raleigh, North Carolina, with 650 students - 450 of whom live on campus - and 175 employees. Spyware was a big problem at Peace College.
[June 22, 2007, 1:00]
MI5 document leaked to US Web site, gov't acts
News The government is trying to have what is believed to be a top secret MI5 document, removed from the Internet over fears it could endanger the lives of covert field operatives, according to a US ISP. The document, "Libyan Intelligence Service...
[April 25, 2000, 9:28]
MI5 IT upgrade costs balloon
News A new computer system for MI5 will cost at least 50 percent more than originally planned - and will deliver less functionality. The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) annual report reveals that MI5 is "part-way" through the project to renew...
[April 8, 2005, 10:20]
MI5 email alert subscription 'not secure'
News The terror alert email service being offered by the British secret service is not secure, according to a Spy Blog, a libertarian organisation that monitors security and surveillance developments. MI5 launched an email alert service on Tuesday which...
[January 12, 2007, 16:41]
MI5 to send out threat level emails
Blog According to Sky News, spooks are to start sending out emails warning if there is an increase in terrorist threat levels, once people have signed up for the service. I have reservations about opening up yet another social engineering scam possibility.
[January 9, 2007, 16:34]
News Burst: MI5 gets codebreaking unit
News MI5 headquarters is about to be furnished with a special codebreaking unit dedicated to cracking encryption, according to Monday's Times. The report says the new centre will recruit members soon at a cost of around £25m over the next few years.
[June 12, 2000, 11:17]
MI5 laptop containing top secret data stolen
Talkback SOLUTION: use FBIdata.com made special laptop. This would be an ONLY solution available today for this kind of data-theft case. Sample available upon regit request. This will blow your mind. Bring any IT specialist (MI6, MI5, Hacker, your neighbor...
[September 1, 2006, 21:32]
Boston Celtics Shut Out Spyware With Mi5 Networks Webgate Appliance
White Papers A charter member of the Basketball Association of America since 1946, the Boston Celtics have produced a legacy of success that no other professional sports franchise can match. The existing desktop anti-spyware solutions were not adequately...
[June 22, 2007, 1:00]
City of Chico Kicks Spyware Out of Town With Mi5 Networks Webgate Appliance
White Papers The City of Chico was founded in 1860 by General John Bidwell, and incorporated in 1872. Even with multi-layered anti-virus defenses in place, spyware, adware, and malware were slipping through and threatening the city's confidential data.
[June 22, 2007, 1:00]
#1-Rated Web Mortgage Broker Keeps Their "House" Safe With Mi5 Webgate
White Papers Since its 1997 launch, E-LOAN has originated over $27 billion in consumer loans. E-Loan's reputation depends on how well it safeguards its customers' data. The IT department had desktop anti-spyware protection in place, but it needed a second level...
[June 22, 2007, 1:00]
Symantec scoops up web-security firm Mi5
News Symantec has acquired web security firm Mi5 Networks and plans to announce two new security suites at the RSA 2009 security conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. Mi5 sells a web-security appliance that protects corporations against web-based...
[April 21, 2009, 10:10]
Spies target techies with honey traps, warns MI5
News IT staff travelling abroad are being targeted by foreign spies in an attempt to steal cutting-edge technologies and research, according to MI5. MI5 warns that many countries still make extensive use of espionage against the UK.
[June 17, 2005, 15:15]
MI5 IT upgrade costs balloon
Talkback Earlier the question asked was on ID cards and I posted that it would be a shambles. This article only confirms what we know that there is no way Government could run a pissup in a brewery. Until someone applies joined up thinking and stops...
[April 9, 2005, 8:58]
Spies target techies with honey traps, warns MI5
Talkback Good news for foreign intelligence circles, isn't it? Henceforth, those Brits who don't follow this Code of Conduct are possibly MI6 agents. It's a matter of trade-off.
[June 17, 2005, 22:27]
MI5 to provide terror alerts online
Talkback Greetings: How is it that both the sites you list in the aticle aren't there---just an error page
[November 25, 2003, 18:47]
