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Single-sign-on system makes sense for logistics firm

News B is for Botnets Ratcliffe told silicon that requests for password resets were running at 400 per month. C is for CMA Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus

Tags: password, argos, security, sign

[21 Apr 2008]

How the good guys fight the security arms race

News B is for Botnets Those threats from things like botnets that once might have been a silly academic exercise have become a real issue. B is for Botnets That's all about behaviour, rather than just locking in with user ID and password - which are...

Tags: data loss, rsa, data security, sending

[15 Feb 2008]

Stolen M&S laptop contains 26,000 pension details

News B is for Botnets Mick Gorrill, assistant commissioner at the ICO, added in a statement: "It is essential that before a company allows personal information to leave its premises on a laptop there are adequate security procedures in place to protect...

Tags: ico, data loss, laptop theft, marks and spencer

[25 Jan 2008]

Police seek full costs of HMRC CD search

News B is for Botnets The password-protected CDs contain the names, addresses, dates of birth and national insurance numbers of the entire HMRC child benefit database. C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: hmrc, child benefit, police, data loss

[14 Jan 2008]

Top 10 security stories of the year

News This year has seen a shift from viruses, botnets and spam swamping the security headlines, to the loss of personal information by private and public organisations - leading to calls for better data protection and privacy laws.

Tags: security, storm worm, hmrc, data breach

[13 Dec 2007]

Hack forces Fasthosts to change user passwords

News B is for Botnets Fasthosts subsequently implemented automatic password change to every customer which did not change their control panel and FTP passwords. C is for CMA Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: hack, fasthosts, data breach, panel

[03 Dec 2007]

UK businesses shunning encryption tech?

News B is for Botnets Two password-protected CDs containing information from the child benefit database were sent unrecorded and unregistered by a junior HMRC official through courier TNT to the National Audit Office on 18 October but never arrived and...

Tags: hmrc, data breach, encryption, cio

[03 Dec 2007]

HMRC data breach prompts password and PIN changes

News B is for Botnets But customers using their child's name or date of birth as a password - information which is contained in the lost records - are advised to think strongly about changing them. It emerged last week that HMRC has lost two password...

Tags: customers, hmrc, fraud, accounts

[29 Nov 2007]

ICO: HMRC breach - where were the tech safeguards?

News B is for Botnets The loss by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of two password-protected CDs containing 25 million personal details of those who claim and receive child benefit was a major blow for privacy, according to assistant information...

Tags: hmrc, ico, privacy, questions

[23 Nov 2007]

How did 25 million records get 'lost in the post'?

News B is for Botnets But Darling told MPs this week: "It now appears that, following a further request from the NAO in October for information from the child benefit database, again at a junior level and again contrary to all HMRC standing procedures...

Tags: hmrc, alistair darling, data loss, child benefit

[21 Nov 2007]

Missing: 25 million child benefit records

News B is for Botnets Two password-protected CDs containing the child benefit information were sent unrecorded and unregistered by a junior HMRC official through courier TNT to the National Audit Office on 18 October but never arrived and have not been...

Tags: hmrc, alistair darling, security breach, activity

[20 Nov 2007]

Phishers snare Salesforce.com data

News B is for Botnets Salesforce.com is refusing to reveal details of a security breach caused when one of its employees surrendered their password in a phishing attack against the company. Details of Salesforce.com's customers were stolen as a result...

Tags: phishing, breach, salesforce.com, wave

[08 Nov 2007]

Businesses tackle laptop theft data security risks

News B is for Botnets Graham Yellowley, director of technology services at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International, said: "The laptop is password protected at boot time and all data is accessed from the servers located at our main site using Citrix as a...

Tags: security, laptop, cio jury

[15 May 2007]

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