Some UK letting and estate agents are failing to notify the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that they are handling people’s personal information.
US NIST publishes guide to smart grid cybersecurity
The US has released a 537-page guide on how to protect the country’s electrical power grid from cyber attack.
Salesforce.com launches Chatter Mobile apps for Apple, Android and Blackberry
Cloud computing company Salesforce.com has launched mobile apps for its enterprise social network, Chatter, on Apple, Google Android and RIM Blackberry devices.
Sourcefire links up with Qualys with Qualysguard collaboration/support
Sourcefire, the company that created the Snort open source firewall software, has announced it is collaborating with Qualys to make its software fully integrated with the QualysGuard platform.
Microsoft quietly admits there’s another problem with Internet Explorer
Microsoft has apparently quietly admitted yet another serious security flaw with Internet Explorer, but is working on a fix, says Rik Ferguson, a security consultant with Trend Micro.
Car hacking goes wireless as modern vehicles open to hacker attacks
A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Washington, have published a paper on the susceptibility of cars to wireless hacking.
Research shows lawyers struggling to cope with the digital age
Research released today claims that almost all lawyers are struggling to cope with the challenges of digital information, to the point where information overload has either lost them a case or resulted in them being fined or sanctioned in the last two …
Security and mobile IT offer better job prospects
Unemployed computer science graduates should look for security and mobile IT jobs to increase employment prospects.
Former HP chief Mark Hurd replaces Charles Phillips as co-president of Oracle
Former HP chief executive Mark Hurd is to replace Charles Phillips as co-president of Oracle alongside Safra Catz a month after the HP board forced him to quit.
Security and connectivity main worries over smart meter project
Network security, accuracy and reliability, and first-time connectivity have emerged as energy utility executives’ key concerns for the proposed £10bn national smart meter project.