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Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News C is for CMA A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets A van carrying about 3,000 blank ePassports and visas was hijacked on route to RAF Northolt, near London. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [29 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News C is for CMA A is for Antivirus Antivirus firm Sophos found that more than 90 per cent of the web pages capable of spreading Trojan horses and spyware are legitimate websites. B is for Botnets Websites poisoned with malware capable of infecting... [23 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News C is for CMA Paris-based computer security firm Intego said late last week it had released the first antivirus software for Apple's iPhone handset. The company said the latest version of its Virus Barrier X5 10.5.3 antivirus package for Mac OS X... [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News C is for CMA A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has distributed the card reader, made by Amsterdam-based Gemalto, to more than one million customers, and that none have been hit by fraud. [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News C is for CMA A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets Security software will jump off PCs and into 'the cloud', with spending on online security services forecast to triple by 2013. Cloud-based malware and spam detection in email and instant messaging... [17 Jul 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News C is for CMA A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets Advances in technology could put the UK on the road to a Minority Report-style future, a security expert has warned. The Earl of Erroll, Merlin Hay, has warned against holding increasing amounts of... [10 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News C is for CMA A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets Mobile phone use will be blocked and Bodily Orifice Security Scanner (Boss) chairs will be fitted throughout non-high security prisons from March 2009. [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News C is for CMA A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets Microsoft issued a security advisory on Monday warning about targeted attacks that exploit a hole in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer in the Microsoft Access database-management system. [08 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News C is for CMA A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets 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 checks - will... [07 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News C is for CMA A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets 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 terrorists... [04 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News C is for CMA A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets Viacom, owner of movie studio Paramount and MTV Networks, requested the information as part of its $1bn copyright infringement lawsuit against the popular online video service and its deep-pocketed... [04 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News C is for CMA A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets 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 components that... [02 Jul 2008]
NHS data left lacking encryption
News C is for CMA A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets 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 set by... [24 Jun 2008]
Tech-savvy recruited for organised crime
News C is for CMA A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets 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 academic level. [23 Jun 2008]
Cabinet minister's laptop stolen
News C is for CMA A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets The PC, which was lost on Saturday, contained details of the Cabinet minister's constituency work, and some "restricted information", according to a spokesperson for the department for communities... [18 Jun 2008]
