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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
[21 Apr 2008]
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...
[15 Feb 2008]
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...
[25 Jan 2008]
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.
[14 Jan 2008]
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.
[13 Dec 2007]
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.
[03 Dec 2007]
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...
[03 Dec 2007]
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...
[29 Nov 2007]
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...
[23 Nov 2007]
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...
[21 Nov 2007]
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...
[20 Nov 2007]
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...
[08 Nov 2007]
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...
[15 May 2007]
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