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RSS wi-fi fStolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News W is for Wi-fi The thousands of UK ePassports stolen on Monday are likely to sell for up to £20m on the black market, say privacy experts. A van carrying about 3,000 blank ePassports and visas was... [29 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News W is for Wi-fi Websites poisoned with malware capable of infecting visitors' machines are being discovered at a rate of 16,173 per day - three times faster than in 2007. Security from A to Z Click on the... [23 Jul 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News Durie said: "There are alternatives - people can always use wi-fi," adding that "[pricing] regulation takes away operators' ability to innovate". Speaking at a Westminster e-Forum on data roaming on... [22 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News W is for Wi-fi The company said the latest version of its Virus Barrier X5 10.5.3 antivirus package for Mac OS X, released last week, was also able to scan the iPhone for viruses. Security from A to Z [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News W is for Wi-fi Barclays claims to have reduced online fraud to zero among users of its two-factor authentication system, PINsentry. The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has distributed the... [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News W is for Wi-fi Cloud-based malware and spam detection in email and instant messaging will grow from 20 per cent of messaging security revenue to 60 per cent over the next five years, according to... [17 Jul 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News W is for Wi-fi The Earl of Erroll, Merlin Hay, has warned against holding increasing amounts of data - such as proposals to retain internet, email and phone records under the draft Communications Data Bill. [10 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News W is for Wi-fi Mobile phone use will be blocked and Bodily Orifice Security Scanner (Boss) chairs will be fitted throughout non-high security prisons from March 2009. The technological measures were... [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News W is for Wi-fi An attacker would have to lure a victim, via a link in an email for example, to a specially crafted web page that could exploit the security hole to allow remote code execution. This would... [08 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News W is for Wi-fi The British Air Transport Association (Bata) said aviation workers were being used as guinea pigs for the scheme. ID cards for 'airside' workers - those who work beyond airport security... [07 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News W is for Wi-fi In a speech at the Homeland & Border Security Conference 2008 in London on Thursday, Admiral Lord West, parliamentary undersecretary of state for security and counter-terrorism, said that... [04 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News W is for Wi-fi In other words, the next security threat that hits your organisation could be a keylogger, Trojan and 'bot' rolled into one. The first component will trigger off "a chain of other... [02 Jul 2008]
NHS data left lacking encryption
News W is for Wi-fi A number of health trusts are expected to be months late meeting a target to encrypt all data on non-secure machines by 31 March. Many trusts will be unable to meet the local targets as... [24 Jun 2008]
Tech-savvy recruited for organised crime
News W is for Wi-fi A Soca spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk on Friday: "We are aware of anecdotal evidence of organised criminals [who are] moving into e-crime targeting people at an... [23 Jun 2008]
Cabinet minister's laptop stolen
News W is for Wi-fi Secretary for local government Hazel Blears has had a computer stolen from her constituency offices in Salford. The PC, which was lost on Saturday, contained details of the Cabinet... [18 Jun 2008]
