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51 000 reasons for data encryption hit Zurich Insurance
51 000 reasons for data encryption hit Zurich Insurance
Reports are coming in that Zurich Insurance has lost the details of 51 000 UK customers after an unencrypted data tape went missing in South Africa.
Oct. 27, 2009
UK CIOs reported 356 data loss incidents last year
UK CIOs reported 356 data loss incidents last year
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has turned up the revelation that there were 356 data loss incidents reported in the 11 months to September of this year. The figures compare to 190 data loss incidents in the period October 2007 to November 2008.
Oct. 27, 2009
Hackers successfully target Guardian Jobs site
Hackers successfully target Guardian Jobs site
Reports are coming in that the Guardian Jobs website has been compromised by hackers, and that as many as half a million users of the portal have had their personal details compromised.
Oct. 26, 2009
Weekly brief October 26, 2009
Weekly brief October 26, 2009
Information security: Breaches, walls, charges, tools, and deals.
Oct. 26, 2009
Man jailed for selling pirated software on eBay
Man jailed for selling pirated software on eBay
A US court has sentenced a man to three years in jail for selling more than $1m worth of pirated software on eBay.
Oct. 26, 2009
RSA Europe: Information warfare is an overused term
RSA Europe: Information warfare is an overused term
Cyberwarfare and information warfare are overused terms for what could be classified as cybervandalism or cybercrime, said Ira Winkler, CISSP at ISAG, at RSA Europe in London on 22 October.
Oct. 23, 2009
RSA Europe: Barings Bank collapse avoidable if controls were in place
RSA Europe: Barings Bank collapse avoidable if controls were in place
The collapse of the UK Barings Bank in 1995 could have been avoided if proper controls and systems had been in place, Nick Leeson, the guy that brought down the Barings Bank told the audience at the RSA Conference Europe on 22 October.
Oct. 23, 2009
RSA Europe: We need revocable personal data says ISF president
RSA Europe: We need revocable personal data says ISF president
Speaking at the RSA Europe conference in London this week, ISF president Professor Howard Schmidt said that there is now a need for people to be able to revoke the personal data they present for identification and credit-worthiness to financial institutions.
Oct. 22, 2009
RSA Europe: Two-factor authentication is worth nothing, says executive director, EEMA
RSA Europe: Two-factor authentication is worth nothing, says executive director, EEMA
At the RSA Europe conference, 20 October 2009, in a session titled ‘Governments face up to the cyber security challenge’, Roger Dean, executive director of EEMA, declared two-factor authentication “not worth anything anymore”.
Oct. 21, 2009
Rapid7 acquires Metasploit open source project
Rapid7 acquires Metasploit open source project
Rapid7, the vulnerability management security specialist, has acquired Metasploit, the ongoing open source security project that developed the Metasploit Framework. The move is billed as allowing Rapid7 to enhance its penetration testing technologies.
Oct. 21, 2009
RSA Europe: Identity theft is too easy and can even be automated says IT security expert
RSA Europe: Identity theft is too easy and can even be automated says IT security expert
The realities of identity theft and the modus operandi of cybercriminals were explained to delegates at this week's RSA Security conference in London by Brian Honan, a principal security consultant with BH Consulting of Ireland.
Oct. 21, 2009
BitDefender readies for Windows 7 release to consumers
BitDefender readies for Windows 7 release to consumers
Although business users have had copies of Windows 7 on their machines for a short while now, this Thursday will see the first copies of the new Microsoft operating system released to consumers. And BitDefender says it is ready, as its 2010 range of IT security products have just been released, complete with Windows 7 certification.
Oct. 20, 2009