Reports are coming in that eight laptops – one containing the medical records of 8.63 million patients – went missing three weeks ago from an NHS storeroom at NHS North Central London Health Authority.
Core Security director slams ITsec professionals over recent breaches
Mike Yaffe, director of enterprise marketing with Core Security, has launched what appears to be a thinly-veiled attack on the IT security professionals defending the systems that have been hacked in recent weeks and months by hacktivist groups such as…
Cellcrypt releases encrypted voice telephony app for Android
Cellcrypt has taken the wraps off an encrypted telephony app for Google Android smartphones and tablets. Compatible with the firm’s existing Symbian and Blackberry apps, as well as its commercial systems, the app supports 2048-bit RSA encryption.
Officials to review security after LulzSec hacks Senate website
US Senate officials have ordered a security review after hackers from LulzSecurity broke into the chamber’s website over the weekend.
Security researcher reveals shady links of Russia’s ChronoPay
The reputation of the ChronoPay e-money service took a battering last year when security researcher Brian Krebs revealed the backers of the service had questionable links with cybercriminal sites.
Infected Angry Birds apps discovered on Google Android Market
Despite a number of infected apps appearing on the official Android Market – the equivalent of the Apple iTunes store – earlier in the year, Google still appears to have an infected apps problem, with one US researcher having spotted infected bonus ver…
Execs still worried about moving critical applications to virtual, cloud environments
C-level executives are concerned about moving business-critical applications into virtual and clouds environments due to the challenges of security, reliability, availability, and performance, according to a recent survey sponsored by Symantec.
Skype protocol hack could have been prevented claims StarForce
The widely reported cracking of the Skype protocol – a process that will eventually allow tech-savvy hackers to eavesdrop on Skype IP data streams, whether or not compact headers are used – could have been prevented, says StarForce Technologies, the Ru…
EU prepares to set up Computer Emergency Response Team
The European Union has set up a team to establish a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) to counter the threat of cyber attacks against EU institutions, bodies and agencies.
Control systems, smart meters could be vulnerable to smart grid attack
Power plant control systems and smart meters are two components of the smart grid that could be particularly vulnerable to cyber attacks, says Ulf Lindqvist, program director at SRI International’s Computer Science Laboratory.