A new survey on attitudes towards passwords indicates an apparent contradiction: most people want stricter password security policies, but don’t bother changing their own default passwords.
End of the death grip court case
Apple has agreed settlement terms for the ultimate self-inflicted DoS: the ‘death grip’ that can cause the iPhone 4 to drop its signal.
TGIF: If you are a member of Anonymous, that is
Giddy with its recent successes against the FBI, Scotland Yard, the CIA, and US stock exchanges, Anonymous and its affiliates are vowing to launch cyberattacks every Friday.
The BYOD problem: criminal infiltration and data exfiltration
A solution to the growing ‘BYOD problem’ can be achieved by extending network access control at the servers to include mobile devices in the field by combining NAC and MDM.
Local authorities have spent £515m on CCTV in four years
A new report compiled with information from Freedom of Information requests shows that UK local authorities have spent more than half a billion pounds on CCTV surveillance cameras in the last four years.
It is confirmed: The Pirate Bay is a pirate
Following its legal success against Newzbin, the music industry has won its second major UK court victory: this time against The Pirate Bay.
Is ignorance bliss? Majority of employees don’t know or follow IT security policies
More than half of employees said they do not always follow their company’s IT security policies or are not even aware of those policies, according to a survey sponsored by McAfee and Xerox.
Health and Safety inspector loses details of Hartlepool nuclear power plant
Another day, another lost memory stick: this one with details of a UK nuclear power station including plans and a stress test lost in India.
Labour’s Intercept Modernisation Programme V2
The UK Government is renewing its plans to retain internet and mobile phone traffic data on everyone for a year.
Google fixes more flaws in Chrome
Google is again fixing flaws in its Chrome browser only a week after plugging 20 security holes with the release of version 17.