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UK crime fighters grapple with iPhone wipe threat
News B is for Botnets Criminals can remotely destroy incriminating evidence by exploiting security features on the Apple iPhone, a leading digital forensics expert has warned. The head of the Serious Fraud... [02 Sep 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News 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... [10 Jul 2008]
Security experts criticise Phorm
News B is for Botnets Dr Richard Clayton, a security expert from the University of Cambridge, published a paper earlier this month detailing Phorm's infrastructure. Security from A to Z Click on the links... [18 Apr 2008]
Box-tickers risk serious data breaches
Comment B is for Botnets Expert opinion from lawyer Stewart James: Unfortunately, governance expert Michael Parent says that those senior managers are asleep at the tiller in many cases, meaning... [28 Mar 2008]
Cyber-extortion on the rise - but targets the 'fringe'
News B is for Botnets Security expert Bruce Schneier has warned that cyber-extortion is on the rise, but gave the caveat that it mainly affects "fringe" industries, such as online gambling, rather than... [24 Jan 2008]
CPS hack attack guidelines: 'Confused'
News B is for Botnets Guidelines published this week by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on how to interpret amendments to the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) have been branded "confused" by a renowned security... [04 Jan 2008]
Top 10 security stories of the year
News B is for Botnets This year has seen a shift from viruses, botnets and spam swamping the security headlines, to the loss of personal information by private and public organisations - leading to calls for... [13 Dec 2007]
Malware: From bedroom to boardroom
Comment The botnets grew too quickly, were difficult for them to control and were large blips on the radar screens of the antivirus vendors. Botnets gave them the anonymity they required and the increasing... [19 Nov 2007]
Storm botnet 'services' for hire?
News B is for Botnets While it has continued to grow since then, it is difficult to gauge its true size as a large percentage of the infected machines are on 'stand-by', according to security expert Bruce... [17 Oct 2007]
Cyber criminals building more but smaller botnets
News Cyber criminals are downsizing their botnets to try and trick software security companies. But researchers at antivirus company F-Secure have reported seeing these large networks being broken down into smaller groups of... [28 Sep 2007]
Trojan targets companies' top brass
News B is for Botnets F-Secure security expert Patrik Runald recently postulated that the perfect attack would be a zero-day attack using a rootkit-cloaked Trojan sent to an HR manager who, due to company... [26 Sep 2007]
Data theft scam targets CEOs
News B is for Botnets Senior execs such as CIOs and CEOs are being singled out by increasingly sophisticated email attacks which one expert predicts could drive a wave of corporate data theft. According to... [02 Jul 2007]
ID card procurement timetable revealed
News B is for Botnets The Home Office, however, was forced to defend the security of the new ePassports and ID cards today after a security expert and Guardian newspaper journalist hacked one of the encrypted... [17 Nov 2006]
