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RSS botnets in newsMalware-infected site detected every five seconds
News B is for Botnets 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 B is for Botnets The company said the latest version of its Virus Barrier X5 10.5.3 antivirus package for Mac OS X, released last week, was also able to scan the iPhone for viruses. Security from A to Z [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News 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 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 will grow from 20 per cent of... [17 Jul 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 amounts of data - such as proposals to... [10 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News B is for Botnets 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... [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack
News 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 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 become compulsory in 2009. [07 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News 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 were increasingly harnessing... [04 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News 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 parent, Google. [04 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News 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 seek to stealthily accomplish" the... [02 Jul 2008]
NHS data left lacking encryption
News B is for Botnets NHS trusts will not have completed encrypting patients' personal data held on their computers until later this year. A number of health trusts are expected to be months late meeting a target to encrypt all data on non-secure... [24 Jun 2008]
Tech-savvy recruited for organised crime
News 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 B is for Botnets Secretary for local government Hazel Blears has had a computer stolen from her constituency offices in Salford. The PC, which was lost on Saturday, contained details of the Cabinet minister's constituency work, and some "restricted... [18 Jun 2008]
'Connected' UK vulnerable in face of cyber attack
News B is for Botnets The government has said it is engaged in tackling ongoing state-sponsored cyber attacks on UK national infrastructure. Security minister Lord West told the House of Lords that the UK continues to be targeted by a "large number of... [16 Jun 2008]
