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How Securing Blood & Organ Donor Data Became A Minor Operation
Check Point Endpoint Security helps protect 1,400 NHS Blood and Transplant computers
What Can We Learn From The Largest US Government Data Theft?
China has been blamed for a hack in which huge amounts of US Government officials' data was stolen. China has denied it, but the whole world can learn from it
Cybercriminals Could Use iOS Vulnerability To Hack Apple Pay
Apple Pay could be hijacked by criminals using fake login page, Wandera warns
China Denies Hack Of US Government Personnel Records
China denies it was behind massive breach of US government data and employee records
Pole Position: How Kaspersky Helps Ferrari Stay Secure From Factory To Racetrack
Security firm helps build ‘the most secure house in the world’ to keep Ferrari safe
Sophos Wants To Raise £65m With London IPO
UK IT security company Sophos scopes out IPO that could value company at £1bn
Knowledge Is Power To The Hacker
SecurEnvoy's Steve Watts tells us how hackers are gaining more and more power through unsecured knowledge access points
Symantec Releases Cloud Security Offering Following Revenue Decline
Cloud security tool 'Data Loss Prevention 14' will feature Box cloud storage integration and Office 365 compatibility
Dyre Banking Malware Surges In Europe
The malware is part of a wider campaign targeting the spread of online banking, according to researchers
BAE Systems Offers Up Cloud Security Suite
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence announces cloud-based cyber security tools for commercial organisations
Security Experts Urge Users To Uninstall ‘Unfixable’ Hola VPN
The Hola VPN service exposes users to security, privacy and legal issues, security researchers have claimed
UK Police Make Two Communications Data Requests Per Minute
A report based on Freedom of Information requests has found British police forces approved 93 percent of requests
FoI Requests Show Businesses Are Vastly Under-Reporting Stolen Devices To The ICO
Freedom of Information (FoI) requests submitted to ICO and UK police show just 1 in 10 stolen devices with personal data are being reported
40 Percent Of Companies Risking Cyber Security Catastrophe
Too many European firms are nowhere near ready for a data breach, with no incident response plans in place
Hackers Strike Japan Pension Service
Attackers access the personal details of more than one million individuals
NSA Hit As Broadest Patriot Act Surveillance Powers Expire
The US Senate failed to reach a compromise in time to save key Patriot Act surveillance powers
Silk Road’s Ulbricht Gets Life Sentence
The judge argued Silk Road was run as a profitable criminal enterprise that expanded the market for dangerous drugs
Protecting People Is Key To Protecting Data In The Public Sector
Iron Mountain's Phil Greenwood explains how protecting people is vital to protecting vulnerable data within the public sector
15,000 Spam Emails Hit Android Devices With FBI Porn Warning
Ukranian ransomware demands up to $1,500 to unlock victims' devices
iOS Bug Crashes Your iPhone With One Text
iPhones will restart following SMS containing Arabic text, user reports say
How To Secure An OpenStack Cloud
Providing security in OpenStack is not as easy as simply deploying a firewall and enabling antivirus. Many additional controls need to be deployed
Three Security Problems The IoT Will Create — And How To Solve Them
Arxan Technology director Jonathan Carter explains how you can protect against IoT threats
Top 5 Tips For Keeping Hackers At Bay
Wherever you are, be safer from hackers with these top tips from Sophos
Android Smartphone Factory Resets Leave Data Exposed
A new Cambridge study has found that user data is routinely retrievable from second-hand Android devices that have been wiped via a factory reset
Adult FriendFinder User Details Hacked
Adult FriendFinder has called in police after being informed of the leak of millions of users' personal details, including those of ex-users
Criminals Target Windows Live ID Accounts
New scam uses Windows Live ID as bait to catch personal information stored in user profiles on services like Xbox LIVE, Zune, Hotmail, Outlook, MSN, Messenger and OneDrive.
Sophos – IT Skills Gap Is ‘Leaving The Door Open’ For Criminals
Sophos’ John Shaw tells TechWeekEurope why government agencies need to sharpen up their defences
IBM Boosts Cyber Defence With Threat-Sharing Initiative
It's good to talk - IBM initiative aims to help companies share their cyber security experiences
DDoS Attacks Double In A Year As Akamai Warns Of Future IPv6 Threat
Akamai says attackers are changing tactics with DDoS now lasting longer but using less bandwidth