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Chip-and-pin bypass used in £48m fraud scheme

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:04:01 GMT

Operation High Roller attacks banking systems worldwide and attempts to bypass physical chip-and-pin authentication by using automated mule account databases

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

MI5 chief: Massive cybercrime wave putting businesses at risk

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:57:01 GMT

Companies in Britain are fending off an 'astonishing' level of sustained cyberattack from governments and gangs trying to prise out their secrets, fed by an industrial-scale black economyl, according to MI5 chief Jonathan Evans

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

NatWest failure: Special report

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:46:01 GMT

NatWest has been plagued by a glitch in its software that left customers unable to update their balances and make payments for several days. Read ZDNet's round-up of the unfolding story

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

NatWest faces probe, compensation claims over balance glitch

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:33:01 GMT

After a software bug caused widespread payments chaos last week, RBS faces regulatory scrutiny and compensation claims from customers who incurred charges

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

RBS faces probe, compensation claims over balance glitch

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:33:01 GMT

After a software bug caused widespread payments chaos last week, RBS faces regulatory scrutiny and compensation claims from customers who incurred charges

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

Bromium's new twist on BYOD malware: Cordon it off with micro VMs

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:24:01 GMT

Xen veterans have unveiled the Bromium Microvisor — a piece of lightweight kernel-level code that cordons off untrusted application tasks, allowing employees to use potentially untrustworthy devices for business purposes

(ZDNet UK - Security Management)

Communications Data Bill is suffering from a communications breakdown

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:19:02 GMT

Facebook has been left out of the conversation on government plans to monitor data about communications. What does this tell us about the Communications Data Bill?

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

Opposition grows to 'Snoopers' Charter' amid data-mining fears

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:32:02 GMT

MPS, ISPs, security experts and civil liberties groups have voiced harsh criticism of a bill that would give agencies access to data on all web and postal communications

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

LulzSec suspect Cleary indicted in US over X Factor hack

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:47:02 GMT

British man Ryan Cleary has reportedly been indicted in the US over charges that he hacked into the website of the American X Factor, as well as government agencies

(ZDNet UK - Security)

'Snoopers' charter' will force ISPs to monitor Facebook, Twitter

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:35:01 GMT

The government wants to give HMRC, the police, and the intelligence agencies access to geolocation data, and information about who is communicating with whom on services like Facebook and Twitter

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

Google: Patch Tuesday overlooks zero-day threat

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:37:01 GMT

Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday update has fixed 13 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, but Google has noted it misses out a separate exploit, which is being exploited in the wild

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

Google Wi-Fi snooping probe back on despite deletion of vital data

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:21:02 GMT

The Information Commissioner's Office will not receive many meaningful answers from Google in its reopened Street View investigation due to a decision in 2010 to allow Google to destroy evidence, according to a privacy campaigner

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

UK's £11bn cybercrime costs: £16bn less than first thought

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:27:02 GMT

A report requested by the Ministry of Defence has found that annual cybercrime costs to the UK are less than half a previous government-backed estimate, with traditional fraud online far outweighing new crimes such as phishing

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

Last.fm password leak could affect millions of users

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:30:02 GMT

Last.fm is investigating a data breach that security experts believe could see several million users' passwords exposed

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

LinkedIn confirms password leak

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:26:01 GMT

The social-networking site for professionals has confirmed that some of its users' passwords have been 'compromised', but has not said how the leak occurred

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

Keeping the lid on zero-day exploits

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:21:02 GMT

Is it possible for the enterprise to be ready for, and react effectively against, the zero day exploit?

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

Google warns Gmail users of 'state-sponsored' snooping

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:23:01 GMT

The web giant will warn Gmail users if it believes their email has been targeted by state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks, in what seems to be a veiled swipe at China

(ZDNet UK - Security Management)

Mac malware: Over-hyped or underrated?

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Are the days of Mac security supremacy over — or did they ever really exist at all? Either way, there's a two-fold threat to Mac users

(ZDNet UK - Security)

Stuxnet has put us all on the front line of warfare 2.0

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:10:01 GMT

With the revelation that the US and Israel co-operated at the highest level on Stuxnet, the rules of international aggression are changing. The implications will be wide-ranging — and very personal

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

Social networking's nasty habits

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:39:01 GMT

Just how risky is social network usage for the enterprise? And how can you strike the right balance between a happy workforce and a secure, effective system?

(ZDNet UK - Security)

BYOD: How to avoid Bring Your Own Danger

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:35:03 GMT

What else might you introduce to the poorly protected enterprise when you Bring Your Own Device?

(ZDNet UK - Security)

How much security is too much?

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:29:02 GMT

As security breaches within UK companies continue on an upward curve, is throwing money at the problem the only solution? Or do we need to train ourselves to spend less, better?

(ZDNet UK - Security)

Flame virus poses serious espionage threat, ITU warns

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:51:02 GMT

The International Telecommunications Union has issued its 'most serious warning ever', saying the Flame malware found in Iran could be a threat to other nations

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

Assange loses extradition battle in Supreme Court

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Wed, 30 May 2012 09:07:02 GMT

Wikileaks editor Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden to face questioning over allegations of sexual coercion, the Supreme Court has ruled

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

Assange loses extradition battle in Surpreme Court

feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors) — Wed, 30 May 2012 09:07:02 GMT

Wikileaks editor Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden to face questioning over allegations of sexual coercion, the Supreme Court has ruled

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)