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Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News D is for DDoS R is for Rootkits Websites poisoned with malware capable of infecting visitors' machines are being discovered at a rate of 16,173 per day - three times faster than in 2007. Security from A to Z [23 Jul 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News R is for Roaming D is for dotMobi Mobile users should be made more aware of how much data they are using while abroad in Europe, the director general for the information society and media at the European Commission has said. [22 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News R is for Rootkits D is for DDoS 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... [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News R is for Rootkits D is for DDoS 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... [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News D is for DDoS R is for Rootkits Cloud-based malware and spam detection in email and instant messaging will grow from 20 per cent of messaging security revenue to 60 per cent over the next five years, according to analysts at Gartner. [17 Jul 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News D is for Dial-up R is for Remote working Following BT's Tuesday announcement that it was to plough £1.5bn into a fibre-access rollout to 10 million homes, an O2 spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that O2 was "not going to move... [17 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News R is for Remote working D is for Dial-up BT is planning to spend £1.5bn on significantly upgrading its broadband network to support next generation super-fast internet. The plans aim to give 10 million UK homes fibre access by 2012 with bandwidth... [15 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News D is for Dial-up R is for Remote working Almost a third (28 per cent) of fat pipe subscribers - an estimated 4.2 million customers - in the UK are not satisfied with the speed they receive from their provider, according to a survey by price... [14 Jul 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News D is for DDoS R is for Rootkits The Earl of Erroll, Merlin Hay, has warned against holding increasing amounts of data - such as proposals to retain internet, email and phone records under the draft Communications Data Bill. [10 Jul 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News D is for dotMobi R is for Roaming On-Communications has said it has decided WiMax is the best technology for providing wireless connectivity to business customers. The provider announced it would be rolling out the technology to customers in Leeds... [10 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News D is for Data privacy worries R is for Refuseniks People aged 16 to 25 have been using the site MyLifeMyID.org, launched today, to discuss the £4.4bn National Identity Scheme (NIS). So far the vast majority of the comments have been against the... [09 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News D is for DDoS R is for Rootkits Mobile phone use will be blocked and Bodily Orifice Security Scanner (Boss) chairs will be fitted throughout non-high security prisons from March 2009. The technological measures were announced by the government on... [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News D is for DDoS R is for Rootkits An attacker would have to lure a victim, via a link in an email for example, to a specially crafted web page that could exploit the security hole to allow remote code execution. [08 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News D is for Dial-up R is for Remote working The UK's business efficiency is being threatened by relatively slow broadband speeds, according to a report by the Communications Management Association. The Communications Management Association's (CMA's... [07 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News D is for DDoS R is for Rootkits 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... [07 Jul 2008]
