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News B is for Botnets L is for Love Bug Weaknesses in a £1.2bn computer system to track journeys into the UK could allow undesirable individuals to slip into the country, a security expert has claimed. From... [30 Mar 2009]
Legal Eye: Social networkers get smart about privacy rights
Comment B is for Botnets L is for Love Bug Social networking fans are getting more aware of their privacy rights online, says Ruth Hoy, and they're using web 2.0 technology to protect them. Since their... [05 Mar 2009]
"Netbook security is not there yet"
News B is for Botnets L is for Love Bug Since their introduction less than two years ago by Taiwan's Asus, nearly all major PC makers, including Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo, have jumped on the netbook bandwagon. [04 Mar 2009]
Airlines fear delays from snooping tech
News B is for Botnets L is for Love Bug Fliers face possible disruption from plans to begin electronic tracking of every journey into the UK during one of the busiest holiday periods of the year, the UK... [11 Feb 2009]
UK is Big Brother capital of the world say Lords
News B is for Botnets L is for Love Bug New powers are needed to combat a culture of "pervasive" surveillance that has seen the UK become the most spied upon country in the world, the Lords said today. The UK... [06 Feb 2009]
As crunch bites: Don't neglect the logs
Comment B is for Botnets L is for Love Bug Managing log files may seem like a mundane issue but doing it well tightens data security and boosts compliance efforts, says Quocirca's Fran Howarth. Managing risk,... [05 Feb 2009]
Is this the largest security breach ever?
News B is for Botnets L is for Love Bug Heartland Payment Systems, which processes payroll and credit card payments for more than 250,000 businesses, reported Tuesday that consumer credit card data was... [21 Jan 2009]
PCs at five hospitals struck down by virus
News B is for Botnets L is for Love Bug Troubleshooters are still trying to flush a virus out of hundreds of hospital computers more than three weeks after it first hit. The Conficker B virus infected 800 out... [21 Jan 2009]
Stopping corporate IT break-ins
News B is for Botnets L is for Love Bug Shutting the door to IT systems after staff leave the business and allowing workers to safely log in from home can be a major headache for business. In an identity... [20 Jan 2009]
Unveiled: Top 25 most dangerous code errors
News B is for Botnets L is for Love Bug Security experts from US government agencies, multinational companies and academia have released a list of what they consider to be the 25 most critical errors made... [14 Jan 2009]
Microsoft: IE at risk from security hole
News B is for Botnets L is for Love Bug An unpatched security hole in Internet Explorer that is being exploited affects all versions of the browser, making it more serious than originally believed when it was... [15 Dec 2008]
Can business trust "immature" cloud computing?
News B is for Botnets L is for Love Bug Cloud-computing services are on the rise but the security around them is not yet mature enough to trust, security experts have cautioned. Identity-and-access control is... [10 Dec 2008]
Facebook spammer fined $873m
News B is for Botnets L is for Love Bug Facebook has been awarded $873m in damages against a Canadian man accused of sending spam messages to its members. The default judgment was issued in federal court in... [25 Nov 2008]
Vista flaw leaves OS open to DoS attack
News B is for Botnets L is for Love Bug We have worked together with Microsoft Security Response Center in Redmond since October 2008 to locate, classify and fix this bug," Unterleitner... [24 Nov 2008]
Microsoft ditches OneCare for free antivirus
News B is for Botnets L is for Love Bug Microsoft on Tuesday said it is changing its strategy for offering PC antivirus software, with plans to discontinue its subscription-based consumer security suite and... [19 Nov 2008]
