On Saturday, Google users were warned that all their search results were potentially harmful, due a widespread result of human error.
Companies their own worst enemy says IBM X-Force report
The annual report from IBM’s X-Force security operation shows what many IT managers have suspected for some time, namely that Web application vulnerabilities represent the major risk for most organisations.
Google falls victim to human error
On Saturday, Google users were warned that all their search results were potentially harmful, due to a widespread result of human error.
ISACA unveils new IT security business model
ISACA, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, has developed a new business model for IT security.
Hackers run up $207 000 phone bill for Canadian law firm
If you’ve had a high company phone bill recently, spare a thought for Martin & Hillyer, a law firm in Burlington, Ontario.
£10 000 bounty placed on DDoS hackers
Overclockers.co.uk (OCUK), an online computer hardware reseller firm, have announced they are placing a bounty of £10 000 on the heads of hackers behind a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on their web site earlier in the month.
Germany’s train IT resources offline due to UPS failure
Here’s a lesson in IT contingency planning, courtesy of Deutsche Bahn, the German railway network company, whose IT systems – including station indicator boards, electronic ticketing, self-service counter tickets and Internet pages – all went off line …
Update: McKinnon Wins Permission for Judicial Review
‘NASA hacker’ Gary McKinnon has won permission from the High Court to apply for a judicial review against his extradition to the United States.
Update: Lifeline for McKinnon
According to his lawyer, Karen Todner, Gary McKinnon, who may be facing extradition after confessing to hacking into US military computers, was told yesterday that the UK High Court would delay his hearing until the director for public prosecutions had…
Government aligns with IISP
The UK government’s Infosec Training Paths and Competencies (ITPC) scheme is to transfer to the Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP) with effect from 1 April 2009.