The malware that has been infecting automated teller machines in eastern Europe could be about to spread to other places in the world, according to the company that uncovered the fraud. Experts at SpiderLab, the research arm of security firm Trustwave,…
Parcelforce customer data revealed
Parcelforce customers’ names addresses and postcodes were available online after a system related to the company’s mail tracker service failed.
Government ordered to publish reviews of risky IT projects
The information commissioner has ordered the opening of confidential files on a wide range of high-risk IT projects, including the ID cards scheme, joined up police intelligence systems and the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT).
Microsoft wireless keyboard cracking technology revealed
Users of Microsoft’s Optical 1000 and 2000 keyboards should now take extreme care what data they enter using their wireless keyboards, as Dreamlab has taken the unusual step of publishing a 49 page presentation on how to `sniff’ any keystrokes out of t…
Companies leap to new web and mobile technologies leaving security behind
Companies are embracing new web and mobile technologies such as cloud computing, virtualisation, social networking and mobile communication at a faster rate than their information security strategies are updated.
Lawmakers seek to revamp REAL ID
Lawmakers in the US have introduced a bill that they hope will fix what they see as flaws in the controversial 2005 REAL ID act. The new bill introduces checks and balances to protect consumer privacy, according to congressional leaders and privacy wat…
£200m from digital TV fund earmarked for univesal broadband plan
The government could use £200m left over from a fund to pay for the switch from analogue to digital TV broadcasting to help pay for the roll-out of universal broadband.
DDoS attacks on Belarusian media – is cyber warfare escalating?
There has been a surge in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against media sites in Belarus, something that could signal an escalation in cyber warfare in the region.
PBX hacking moves into the professional domain as arrests stack up
PBX hacking – the act of cracking into a company PBX and selling long distance/international telephone time to third parties at a discount – is alive and well, despite several years of being out of the news.
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