The European Union has reached an agreement with the US to continue sharing European bank data to help fight terrorism, after initially rejecting a proposal to extend information sharing because of privacy concerns.
Plymouth City Council fined £8000 for breach
Plymouth City Council has been fined £8000 for allowing unauthorised firms to remove and sell unwanted computers from its waste plants.
EU agrees to share banking data with US
The European Union has reached an agreement with the US to continue sharing European bank data to help fight terrorism, after initially rejecting a proposal to extend information sharing because of privacy concerns.
Cellcos are at risk of “inadvertently sponsoring terrorism, money laundering and human trafficking”
Security compliance and governance specialist Datanomic claims that the rise of mobile money services amongst cellcos in emerging markets is increasing the risk that the carriers are inadvertently getting involved in the darker side of commerce.
Testing begins for Intel’s remote kill technology
Intel’s Anti-Theft (AT) technology – which allows companies to give a remote command to a laptop PC to disable access to the computer’s operating system or, where appropriate, disable the encryption key system – is reportedly being tested by a number o…
Laptop thefts to soar this summer
Absolute Software, the company behind the Computrace BIOS-based laptop tracking and remote disabling technology, has warned holidaymakers of the increased risks of home theft in the UK this summer.
50% IT professionals using unencrypted USBs
A survey of what are called ‘alleged security conscious professionals’ claims that more than half of them are moving company data around on unencrypted USB drives.
US sets out plan to boost online security with trusted identities
The US has published a strategy aimed at improving the security of online transactions.
Minnesota WiFi hacker who threatened vice president indicted
A Minnesota man was indicted yesterday for an incident where he allegedly hacked into a neighbor’s WiFi network and sent threatening emails to the vice president, governor of Minnesota, and a US senator.
Apple iPhone 4 hacked in a day
The iPhone’s new operating system – iOS 4 – has been hacked by at least one expert, and other websites report that the OS will be cracked by them by the weekend.