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News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. Virtual worlds are playgrounds not just for people who want some online fantasy role-playing but for cyber criminals who are looking for places to launder money and steal data, according to... [28 Aug 2008]
Firefox extension to protect from wireless hacks
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have released an extension for Firefox 3 that can protect wireless network users from so-called "man-in-the-middle" attacks. [27 Aug 2008]
Ofcom: Copper capable of high-speed broadband
News Industry pressure group the Communications Management Association (CMA) has called for a £15bn government-led initiative to run fibre to all the nation's homes, and BT has begun a £1.5bn programme to take fibre to 10 million homes. [22 Aug 2008]
OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw, claims researcher
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. A fundamental issue affects the OpenID authentication system, due to its reliance on the Domain Name System, a Sun identity-technology specialist has warned. [14 Aug 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. 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 hijacked... [29 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. A website infected with malware is detected every five seconds - a dramatic increase over the last 12 months due to the rise in SQL injection attacks. [23 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. 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... [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. 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 card... [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. 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... [17 Jul 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. 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... [10 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. Body scanning chairs and mobile phone blocking technology will be rolled out to UK prisons to stamp out drug abuse in jails. Mobile phone use will be blocked and Bodily Orifice Security... [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. 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... [08 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News The Communications Management Association's (CMA's) Next Generation Access report, issued on Thursday, claims companies' ecommerce operations will suffer unless broadband speeds are increased. More than a third of the businesses surveyed by the CMA... [07 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. Representatives of the aviation industry have said they are being used as political pawns to further the government's controversial ID cards programme. [07 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News Comparatively sluggish fat pipes are damaging UK Plc, according to comms industry organisation, the Communications Management Association (CMA) - part of the British Computer Society. The CMA has called on the government to create a national... [04 Jul 2008]
