Hewlett-Packard is to pay $16.25m (£10m) for alleged fraud, following an extensive investigation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Justice (DoJ).
EU legal threat stirs Home Office on interception opt-ins
People who use the internet may have greater protection from electronic eavesdroppers following a consultation on changes to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA).
Entrust teams with EDAPS to secure Interpol’s identification documents
Entrust, the identity security specialist, has teamed up with EDAPS, the Ukrainian consortium of high-tech firms, to develop a highly secure document identification system for Interpol, the international crime agency.
Forrester zero trust model design to make entire network secure
Forrester said that it has developed a “zero trust” model designed to make security ubiquitous through the network, not just at the perimeter.
Computer virus sparks bizarre $6 million fraud case
Composer Roger Davidson was scammed out of millions of dollars after he brought his laptop into a computer repair shop in Westchester County, New York, in 2004 to get rid of a virus.
Trend Micro’s Rik Ferguson reports on a new Facebook phishing vector
The fact that social networking portal has more than 500 million members attracts attacks like moths to a flame. Trend Micro’s Rik Ferguson has seen an interesting new twist to phishing this week on the site.
Defence minister Nick Harvey to detail UK cyber battle plans
Armed forces minister Nick Harvey is to expand on recent announcements on UK cyber defences in London today.
Royal Navy website sunk by SQL injection hacker
One of the websites operated by the Royal Navy was shut down yesterday, after a hacker called TinKode gained unauthorised access to the server using an SQL injection attack.
ZeuS malware dominates October malware landscape
The latest monthly analysis of the malware landscape from Kaspersky Lab shows that the ZeuS trojan continued to strike, as it became one of the most commonly used and best-selling spy programmes on the online black market.
Many hands cooperated to build Stuxnet worm
More than 30 people built Stuxnet worm, noted Brian Tillett, information security researcher at Symantec. Stuxnet has attacked a range of targets including Iranian nuclear facilities and Chinese computers.