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RSS disclosureVista flaw leaves OS open to DoS attack
News According to Unterleitner's disclosure of the flaw, the issue lies in the network input/output subsystem of Vista. The vulnerability was found by Thomas Unterleitner of Austrian security company Phion, and announced on... [24 Nov 2008]
Email as Evidence
White Paper Learn why today's litigious and regulatory environment means your email archive must support discovery and disclosure requests. Discover the 12 steps to ensuring good evidential quality of data. Written in conjunction... [10 Nov 2008]
Android security hole gets patched up
News Earlier, Google appealed for what it called "responsible disclosure" of security vulnerabilities - in other words, a grace period to fix problems before they're made public to reduce the likelihood an attacker will get a... [03 Nov 2008]
CEOs told - take responsibility for 'toxic' data
News The ICO has been arguing for some time that its powers and resources are no longer adequate, and parliament responded by deciding the ICO should have the power to impose penalties for deliberate or reckless breaches of data.silicon.com's... [29 Oct 2008]
J2EE Infrastructure Scalability and Throughput Estimation
White Paper By mining the full-disclosure archives for trends and correlations the paper has discovered that J2EE technology is very scalable with increasing middle-tier resources, as long as the database has sufficient resources to... [21 Oct 2008]
MoD admits losing nearly 2m recruits' details
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The MoD has revealed a lost hard drive may contain details on almost two million individuals - one... [14 Oct 2008]
Internet Security, Vulnerability Disclosure, and Software Provision
White Paper This paper examines how software vulnerabilities affect firms that sell software and consumers that purchase software. In particular, they model three decisions of the firm: an upfront investment in the quality of the software to reduce... [13 Oct 2008]
Oyster card security vulnerabilities uncovered
News Semiconductor company NXP, which manufactures the Mifare Classic chips, claimed on Tuesday that publication of the details had gone against the principles of responsible disclosure. A broad publication of detailed... [08 Oct 2008]
Data breach at Virgin prompts encryption order
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. Virgin Media has been ordered to encrypt all portable media that is used to move data after it lost... [30 Sep 2008]
Lost data total nears 30 million records
News September 2008: News emerges that the details of 5,000 prison staff were contained on a drive lost by EDS in 2007.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review... [30 Sep 2008]
Data breach victims get the mushroom treatment
News IT services company Logica, which sponsored the research, said the true number of organisations suffering data breaches is probably far higher.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com... [25 Sep 2008]
Data Mining Methods for Linking Data Coming From Several Sources
White Paper On the other side, intruders may attempt disclosure of confidential statistical data by using the same approach, i.e.by linking whatever databases they can obtain. Statistical offices are faced with the problem of... [18 Sep 2008]
Businesses ready for Facebook generation
News Apart from the risk of a breach of the Data Protection Act, my organisation takes a very hard line on disclosure of information in general in case it contains competitive information; it is used out of context; or... [15 Sep 2008]
Data loss consultants sacked by Home Office
News The firm was contracted to run the JTrack system, a database used by the Home Office and the police to keep track of offenders.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the... [10 Sep 2008]
Watchdog demands data breach confessions
News The NCC is petitioning the European Union to draft legal powers to compel businesses and banks to inform customers when they lose their personal data.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking... [01 Sep 2008]
