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Stark warning over cyber attacks on UK businesses
News The computer systems of critical businesses in the UK, such as power companies and large financial institutions, are being repeatedly probed to steal information or uncover weaknesses that could take them down. [29 Oct 2008]
World Bank hit by cyber intrusion epidemic?
News Cluley said: "Ideally, if you're a large organisation or financial organisation, then you would have a team of penetration testers testing your system to the limit looking for those weaknesses, looking for those holes. [13 Oct 2008]
MoD IT - late and over budget
News Defence Information Infrastructure Programme (DII) found that problems with the rollout of the hardware and "persistent weaknesses" in the core software have led to significant delays. A Ministry of Defence (MoD)... [04 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News Malware is becoming increasingly complex, designed with multiple components that target different enterprise weaknesses, according to industry watchers. He said: "Such attacks have all the weaknesses of... [02 Jul 2008]
Microsoft plans to go it alone online
News Hall wouldn't address that question but he did offer his take on AOL's strengths and weaknesses. In the wake of Microsoft's decision to pull its Yahoo! offer, executives are trying to make the case that Redmond's online... [07 May 2008]
Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'
News He said: "I think that the fact that businesses depend on applications to make them successful, but they're also the biggest weaknesses because of the vulnerabilities that we have in applications. Speaking to silicon.com... [24 Apr 2008]
Invest in staff training, businesses told
News And there are "long-standing weaknesses in the UK's skills base", it adds, pointing out that while "participation in higher education has increased rapidly, too many people of working age have few qualifications and... [17 Mar 2008]
Police backs calls for e-crime unit
News McMurdie told silicon.com in an exclusive interview that a centralised policing unit would address weaknesses in the current national policing approach to cyber crime. Leading police officers, global cyber security... [12 Mar 2008]
OLPC on the hunt for CEO
News Management, administration and details are my weaknesses. In the wake of a spat with former partner Intel and a reorganisation, Nicholas Negroponte is looking for a chief executive for his One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)... [07 Mar 2008]
BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban
News Sir Edmund Burton, chairman of the Information Advisory Council, is examining weaknesses in the MoD data security procedures and there is an ongoing cross-government review of data handling following HM Revenue &... [04 Feb 2008]
Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops
News Sir Edmund Burton, chairman of the Information Advisory Council, is examining weaknesses in the MoD data security procedures and there is an ongoing cross-government review of data handling following HM Revenue and... [22 Jan 2008]
MoD admits to more laptop thefts
News Browne said Sir Edmund Burton, Information Advisory Council chairman, would investigate weaknesses in MoD security procedure and warned if these losses had breached the law the individuals would "have to live with the... [22 Jan 2008]
Norwich Union Life fined for data control 'weaknesses'
News It said, "due to some weaknesses in internal controls, 74 policies were fraudulently surrendered and 558 other customers' policies were placed at risk" over the course of 2006. According to the FSA,... [17 Dec 2007]
Encryption not the key to data security
News Even with encryption technology there are weaknesses that could lead to data being compromised. Encryption has been back in the spotlight following the HM Revenue & Customs data breach that led to two CDs containing... [07 Dec 2007]
Data security a top priority for Europe
News Frattini said differences in the way the issue is tackled by national regulators need to be reconciled as they create weaknesses that criminals can exploit. Speaking at the Microsoft Innovation Day in Brussels yesterday,... [05 Dec 2007]
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