HSBC hit by three million pound fine

A three million pounds-plus fine imposed on three of HSBC’s divisions for failing to adequately protect customer data could easily have been avoided if the banking group has made use of digital data vaulting technology, says Cyber-Ark.

Read More >>

Kaspersky reveals price list for botnet attacks

A sophisticated underground economy has grown up to exploit the millions of personal computers that have been infected with rogue software that turns them into ‘zombies’ controlled by botnet masters, says an IT security expert.

Read More >>

Twitter email account hack highlights cloud dangers

Imperva, a data security specialist, says that last week’s hacking of a Twitter senior executive’s email account – details of which are now fully emerging – was the result of a combination of poor security practices and safeguards.

Read More >>

Smartphone security has privacy problems

WXPI, a Pittsburgh, Pennylvania-based TV station has quietly broken a story which could have profound repercusions on the security of so-called smartphones – mobile phones with computer-like qualities.

Read More >>