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Revamped Twitter may pose security risks
Revamped Twitter may pose security risks
Yesterday’s announcement about a redesigned Twitter detailed the micro-blogging service’s intent to upgrade its user panel to include rich media accompaniment. While the move is a bold step in enhancing the Twitter user experience, one security vendor is warning about its short-term potential for scammers.
Sept. 15, 2010
Money mule industry gets a professional makeover
Money mule industry gets a professional makeover
Money mule soliciting has always been associated with the less tech-savvy amongst the internet user base, mainly on the basis that such programmes prey on the greedy and gullible, but now it seems that soliciting is getting very professional.
Sept. 14, 2010
Cloud apps cost firms £500,000 a year in poor performance
Cloud apps cost firms £500,000 a year in poor performance
European organisations are losing more than £500 000 per year because of the poor performance of cloud-based apps.
Sept. 14, 2010
IT downtime costs UK £2bn a year, study finds
IT downtime costs UK £2bn a year, study finds
UK organisations are losing 300 000 hours and £2bn a year through IT downtime, according to a report by CA Technologies.
Sept. 14, 2010
Adobe brings forward zero-day patch releases
Adobe brings forward zero-day patch releases
Adobe has announced it will release security patches for the latest zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in its Reader and Acrobat products.
Sept. 14, 2010
ICO investigates FIFA over world cup ticket data loss
ICO investigates FIFA over world cup ticket data loss
The Information Commissioners' Office (ICO) is investigating FIFA, the international football authority, over allegations that details of thousands of World Cup fans – including their passport data – were accessed by one or more members of staff and then sold on the black market.
Sept. 13, 2010
Anti-US hacker claims credit for ‘Here you have’ worm
Anti-US hacker claims credit for ‘Here you have’ worm
A hacker who claims to be behind the
Sept. 13, 2010
HP eyes $1.5bn deal for ArcSight
HP eyes $1.5bn deal for ArcSight
Hewlett-Packard is widely reported to be close to buying intrusion detection security software company ArcSight for $1.5bn.
Sept. 13, 2010
Global Risk Register to improve business risk management is launched
Global Risk Register to improve business risk management is launched
Last night the Global Risk Register – a non-profit organisation seeking to improve the risk management of businesses – was launched in at a special event in the London Cabinet War Rooms.
Sept. 10, 2010
EURid announces completion of 'chain of trust' for DNSSEC
EURid announces completion of 'chain of trust' for DNSSEC
EURid, the registry for the .eu top-level domain, has announced that the .eu. element of the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), an Internet security standard, is now one of the most secure in the world.
Sept. 10, 2010
Third-party apps now a top vulnerability, says security expert
Third-party apps now a top vulnerability, says security expert
Attacks on third-party applications have become a major threat to enterprise information security, says security firm NGS Secure of the NCC Group.
Sept. 10, 2010
Estate agents risk legal action for not following data rules, warns ICO
Estate agents risk legal action for not following data rules, warns ICO
Some UK letting and estate agents are failing to notify the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) that they are handling people's personal information.
Sept. 9, 2010