Dan Raywood

Recent Articles

Malvertising increases by 240 per cent as networks detected

February 13, 2012

Malvertising networks were responsible for a 240 per cent increase in the number of malicious sites detected in 2011.

Fresh ICO fines against councils

February 13, 2012

Fines have been issued to Croydon Council and Norfolk County Council by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

Eircom slammed for laptop and data loss

February 13, 2012

Irish Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes has called the loss of Eircom's laptops "one of the most serious breaches" his office has seen.

Ticketmaster admits direct mailing system was hacked

February 13, 2012

Ticketmaster has admitted that its direct email marketing system was hacked and malicious emails were sent out "from an unauthorised party".

PCI council announces credential plans and new chairperson

February 10, 2012

The PCI Security Standards Council is planning to introduce a certification that demonstrates a company is qualified for assessment.

Google dishes out more than £250,000 in 'bug bounty' rewards

February 10, 2012

Google has announced that more than 1,100 legitimate vulnerabilities have been reported to its bug bounty programme since its inception, with over $410,000 (£258,000) awarded.

Extortion, ransom demands and code leak - what would you have done in Symantec's shoes?

February 10, 2012

This week Symantec's tussle with a hacker went public.

Microsoft's Valentine's gift: nine bulletins with four critical centres

February 10, 2012

Microsoft will release nine bulletins to address 21 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and .NET/Silverlight on its next Patch Tuesday.

Regional cyber-crime units created

February 09, 2012

Specific police cyber crime teams have been created in Yorkshire and the Humber, the Northwest and East Midlands.

DDoS attacks get smaller, as IPv6 hits detected

February 09, 2012

Hacktivism based on ideology poses the greatest challenge to businesses, as the first distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the IPv6 infrastructure are detected.

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