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Leader: Unjust extradition laws must be amended
Leader C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. He must now find a way to support himself for the next year and a half. The danger is that it will only lead to further injustices and legal experts have warned that anyone who has been an... [22 Nov 2006]
'Big Brother' listening for angry exchanges
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. Smarter CCTV cameras have been given the ability to listen out for disturbances as well as keeping an eye on citizens. The system has already been deployed in the Netherlands to listen out for... [22 Nov 2006]
"Highly critical" Mac OS X kernel hole unearthed
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. A security researcher has published attack code for an unpatched flaw in Mac OS X. The proof-of-concept code exploits a security hole in the way Apple's operating system handles disk image... [22 Nov 2006]
Vista security: What's in it for you?
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. Up until now it has been expensive and difficult to do and as long as it is expensive and difficult people will find a reason why they don't want to do it. [20 Nov 2006]
ID card procurement timetable revealed
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. The contracts to build and run the UK's national ID card system will not go out to tender before April of next year, the head of the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has admitted. [17 Nov 2006]
Bosses buy Bond gadgets to protect company secrets
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. Once they have equipped themselves with counter-surveillance gadgets, executives often come back and stock up on surveillance devices so that they can then find out which member of staff in... [17 Nov 2006]
Ten things not to do with your data
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. Deaths at the hands of bananas, smelly socks and WD-40 are some of the unusual fates to have befallen innocent hard drives, according to a data recovery company that has released a list of the... [16 Nov 2006]
Top hacker targets named
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. Microsoft's Internet Explorer has been named one of the internet's top 20 hacker targets by a leading security organisation. Security from A to Z [15 Nov 2006]
Home chip and PIN readers 'make shoppers feel secure'
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. Personal chip and PIN readers would make the majority of consumers feel more comfortable about buying over the phone using their credit and debit cards. [15 Nov 2006]
Microsoft 'slapped' by foul-mouthed DNS listing
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. Microsoft has become the victim of pranksters who have replaced DNS information held on several sub-domains, which look like they are held by Microsoft - though they are not - with a string of... [15 Nov 2006]
Leader: Phishers raise their game
Leader C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. This morning news broke that the Nationwide building society had suffered the theft of a laptop which contained customer account information. The Financial Services Authority is currently... [14 Nov 2006]
Worried customers force data safety rethink
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. Prodded by worried consumers, companies are only now starting to wake up to the need to invest in privacy and data protection. For the first time in nine years organisations are listing... [14 Nov 2006]
The A to Z of security
News The long-awaited CMA revamp means DoS attackers now face up to 10 years in jail. C is for CMA C is for CMA DoS attacks, while undoubtedly disruptive, do not involve data modification so perpetrators were exempt from prosecution under the CMA. [14 Nov 2006]
Oftel to get tough over 'confusing' business tariffs
News The CMA would like to see Oftel take action here. Many users have complained of a culture of price confusion, which allows telcos to get away with high prices and gives businesses no way to find out which company gives them the best deal. [30 Oct 2000]
