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UK officials going snoop crazy
News Police and security services made the majority of the requests for billing information and other details but 1,707 of them came from local councils. Officials made more than 500,000 requests to snoop on private phone and internet information in the... [23 Jul 2008]
Businesses fear Sepa debit fraud risk
News In a survey conducted by Experian of 180 corporates a third felt there was a lack of information on the migration to Sepa instruments. Financial administrators feel being unprepared for the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) directives could expose... [22 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Security from A to Z Earlier this month Barclays offered all its online customers free Kaspersky security software, including parental controls as well as protection from spam, adware, spyware and viruses. [18 Jul 2008]
Privacy watchdog to get power to raid
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The government launched its consultation on the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) powers and funding following the Data... [17 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News A database of all calls, emails and internet traffic, to be stored by the Home Office for at least 12 months, is thought to be included under proposals for "modifying procedures for acquiring communications data" in the draft Communications Data... [15 Jul 2008]
Malware threat for iPhone 2.0
News Expect malware targeted at iPhone 3G users over the next six months, according to security vendor Trend Micro. The company's report, released on Friday, on the security threat landscape for the first half of 2008, and in its outlook for the second... [14 Jul 2008]
Google open sources web 2.0 security
News Zalewski wrote: "We decided to make this tool freely available as open source because we feel it will be a valuable contribution to the information security community, helping advance the community's understanding of security challenges associated... [14 Jul 2008]
Businesses have mixed feelings on IM
News Security A to Z From antivirus to zero-day, click here for silicon.com's alphabetical guide to security. But a similar proportion (72 per cent) said they have banned IM due to security and compliance concerns. [11 Jul 2008]
UK must overhaul data sharing rules
News Whitehall has neither the framework nor the leadership to properly protect the public's personal data, a review by Information Commissioner Richard Thomas and Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust has found.silicon.com's Full Disclosure... [11 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News Site forums so far have raised fears about data security and governments abusing the information despite the glowing assessment of the scheme offered by home secretary Jacqui Smith as she launched the site on Wednesday. [09 Jul 2008]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News The committee first made its recommendations on tackling online crime in its Personal Internet Security report in August 2007. In its follow up report, the committee also urges the government to make it easier for victims of electronic fraud to get... [08 Jul 2008]
City slickers addicted to email
News But this diligence could also present a security risk with roughly a third of workers taking their work laptops on holiday with a fifth of these failing to secure them with a password and 68 per cent not encrypting information on them. [07 Jul 2008]
NHS data handling: Calls for independent audits
News Speaking at a Westminster eForum meeting on information security she said: "Every trust must carry out an information governance assurance self-assessment. It would mark a shift away from the current arrangements that see trusts responsible for... [07 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News Information-security company Detica also claimed that terrorists and criminals were increasingly employing technology, and were attempting to exploit the growing information infrastructure to hide their activities. [04 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News Security from A to Z 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]
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