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NHS electronic health records: Benefits and dangers
NHS electronic health records: Benefits and dangers
Over the next few years, health records in the UK will become largely digital. Andrew Lansley’s new NHS Information Strategy offers both huge benefits and serious dangers for the future of the NHS/patient relationship.
June 8, 2012
Week of the Password Breach: Last.fm is lastest victim
Week of the Password Breach: Last.fm is lastest victim
Music website Last.fm joins the growing list of websites that have had their customers’ passwords exposed on the internet this week.
June 8, 2012
Senators propose compromise cybersecurity bill
Senators propose compromise cybersecurity bill
In an effort to break the cybersecurity logjam in the US Senate, two senators have proposed a compromise draft bill that they hope will be acceptable to both Democrats and Republicans.
June 8, 2012
Security is fundamental to continued adoption of mobile innovations
Security is fundamental to continued adoption of mobile innovations
The exploding mobility trend will continue to advance only as long as people who use the devices feel they can be trusted. That was the focus of Mobiquity CEO Scott Snyder’s opening keynote at this week’s AT&T Cyber Security Conference in New York.
June 8, 2012
PCI requires merchants to pass internal vulnerability assessments
PCI requires merchants to pass internal vulnerability assessments
The PCI Standards Security Council will require merchants to show proof of passing an internal vulnerability assessment beginning June 30, noted Alex Quilter, director of PCI at Qualys.
June 8, 2012
Not all is harmonious at eHarmony: Dating site admits to password breach
Not all is harmonious at eHarmony: Dating site admits to password breach
Online dating site eHarmony joins LinkedIn as the latest social networking site to be hacked, admitting to a breach that may have exposed 1.5 million user passwords.
June 7, 2012
Flame: why was it missed for so long?
Flame: why was it missed for so long?
While the in-depth analysis of Flame continues, and we learn more and more about its intricacies and capabilities, one question remains: why did the AV industry fail to spot it earlier?
June 6, 2012
Adobe issues free security patches for older version of Photoshop, Illustrator
Adobe issues free security patches for older version of Photoshop, Illustrator
Bowing to pressure from users of the CS5 versions of Photoshop and Illustrator, Adobe has issued free security patches to plug critical flaws in the software that could enable an attack to take control of a vulnerable system.
June 6, 2012
Hulk DoS tool analyzed and mitigated
Hulk DoS tool analyzed and mitigated
On 17 May, security researcher Barry Shteiman released Hulk (HTTP unbearable load king). It is, as its name suggests, a denial-of-service (DoS) tool that operates by sending an unbearable load of HTTP requests to the target web server, overloading it and bringing it to a standstill.
June 1, 2012
Warning about the dangers in browser syncing
Warning about the dangers in browser syncing
Chrome v19 introduced a ‘tab sync’. This in turn, claims Imperva, introduces a new threat vector for business – a threat Imperva terms BYOB (bring your own browser).
June 1, 2012
Facebook redesigns admin controls to prevent page hijacking
Facebook redesigns admin controls to prevent page hijacking
Facebook has improved the protections for page administrators by enabling them to assign lower admin rights, which helps prevent page hijacking.
June 1, 2012
Taking a bite of the iOS security Apple: A glimpse inside
Taking a bite of the iOS security Apple: A glimpse inside
In an unprecedented move at openness, Apple has issued a document on iOS security that provides details on the system architecture, encryption and data protection, network security features, and device access for iOS devices.
June 1, 2012