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RSS cmaStolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News C is for CMA 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 on route to RAF Northolt, near London. [29 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News C is for CMA 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. Websites poisoned with malware capable of infecting visitors' machines are being... [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 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 reader, made by Amsterdam-based Gemalto... [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News C is for CMA 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 will grow from 20 per cent of... [17 Jul 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News C is for CMA 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 data - such as proposals to retain... [10 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News C is for CMA 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 Scanner (Boss) chairs will be fitted throughout... [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News C is for CMA 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]
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 Representatives of the aviation industry have said they are being used as political pawns to further the government's controversial ID cards programme. The British Air Transport Association (Bata) said aviation workers were being used... [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]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News C is for CMA Terrorists are increasingly using technology to achieve their aims, according to the government. In a speech at the Homeland & Border Security Conference 2008 in London on Thursday, Admiral Lord West, parliamentary undersecretary of... [04 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News C is for CMA A US judge's order for Google to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy. Viacom, owner of movie studio Paramount and MTV Networks... [04 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News C is for CMA Malware is becoming increasingly complex, designed with multiple components that target different enterprise weaknesses, according to industry watchers. In other words, the next security threat that hits your organisation could be a... [02 Jul 2008]
NHS data left lacking encryption
News C is for CMA 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 strategic health authorities (SHAs) as... [24 Jun 2008]
