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RSS incident in newsApple patch fails to address DNS flaw, say experts
Sans Institute incident handler Swa Frantzen wrote on Friday that, following the patch, OS X 10.5.4 was still using incremental ports. Apple's Domain Name System patch for Mac OS X systems is not completely effective, according to security experts. [04 Aug 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News The Poynter report said: "The data loss incident arose following a sequence of communications failures between junior HMRC officials and between them and the National Audit Office (NAO). Two government departments face enforcement action from the... [25 Jun 2008]
Ambulance service loses 999 details
News The call data included the name of the caller and person they called on behalf of, the date of birth of the person called on behalf of, the location of the incident, and the phone number used to call for assistance. [25 Jun 2008]
Cabinet minister's laptop stolen
News The incident is the latest in a long line of government data breaches, including the loss of 25 million details of child-benefit claimants by HMRC last year. It is important to remember that this incident relates to the criminal theft of a security... [18 Jun 2008]
Nato allies form cyber defence command
News It is a shift away from Nato's policy of mainly focusing on the defence of its own internal systems using the Nato Computer Incident Response Capability (NRIC). The Cyber Defence Management Authority (CDMA) will co-ordinate cyber defence among Nato... [08 Apr 2008]
Nato: Cyber terrorism 'as dangerous as missile attack'
News Suleyman Anil, head of Nato Computer Incident Response Capability Co-ordination Centre, said a determined cyber attack on a country's online infrastructure would be "practically impossible to stop". Nato's cyber defence chief has warned that... [07 Mar 2008]
Nato beefs up cyber defences
News Nato's Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) unit has deployed a large scale cyber defence project combining intrusion detection and prevention systems, security information and event management and automated incident response. [05 Mar 2008]
Hotmail back up after outage
News Windows Live product manager, Samantha McManus, said in a statement: "We can say with certainty that Windows Server did not contribute to this incident. After a day of problems yesterday, Microsoft says its Windows Live log-in issues are now resolved. [27 Feb 2008]
HSBC computer fault denies customers account access
News He said HSBC would mount a full review of the incident in order to learn from the fault. HSBC customers were denied access to their bank accounts at the weekend after an upgrade to a telephone banking system caused a fault in its database. [25 Feb 2008]
Mobile data keeps Wiltshire Police out on the beat
News Speaking to silicon.com, Bennion-Pedley said: "The idea is that officers will actually build the incident log as the officers' investigations go on. The system may also be integrated with a more streamlined resource allocation at the control centre... [11 Feb 2008]
Gov't fails to keep court data locked up
News The data breach is the latest incident in an exhausting list of government security breaches, which includes the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing three million learner drivers' details and the HMRC losing 25... [23 Jan 2008]
Stolen MoD laptop contains 600,000 records
News Defence minister Des Browne will make a statement today about the latest incident in a catalogue of embarrassing security breaches by the UK government, which includes the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing... [21 Jan 2008]
Thousands more UK patients' details lost
News A spokesman for the trust said: "Steps have been taken to emphasise to staff safety when carrying personalised data and there is a full review still taking place of the incident. Stockport Primary Care Trust (PCT) admitted it had not informed the... [18 Jan 2008]
Spiralling costs derail £500m offender-tracking system
News Public sector ICT body Socitm spoke out in the wake of the incident and condemned the government's track record on big IT projects as "embarrassing". Spiralling costs of a £500m IT system to manage UK offenders have forced the government to scale... [09 Jan 2008]
Command tech to save firefighters' lives
News The system relies on mobile wi-fi, electronic white boards, CCTV cameras, databases, voice commands, touchscreen displays and laptops to give incident commanders instant access to risk levels, crew availability, live video footage and hydrant... [04 Jan 2008]
