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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.
 

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.
 

Lost USB stick contained details of more than 1,000 school children

February 08, 2012

The details of more than 1,000 school pupils were lost when a USB stick was misplaced by a member of East Lothian Council.
 

Splunk updates Enterprise Security product

February 08, 2012

Splunk has announced the launch of the new version of its Enterprise Security Intelligence Solution.
 

More than three-quarters of UK employees 'unaware of EC data protection changes'

February 08, 2012

Two-thirds of UK employees would read an email that was not intended for them, as research finds that three-quarters are unaware of proposed changes to the Data Protection Directive.
 

Cloud and SaaS visibility solution launched by Fidelis

February 08, 2012

Fidelis Security Systems has released a cloud security solution to provide visibility and control at the enterprise network edge.
 

Early-bird tickets available for 44Con

February 08, 2012

Early-bird tickets for the 2012 44Con event are now available for online purchase.
 

Faronics beefs up anti-virus solution

February 07, 2012

Faronics has added process protection, intrusion detection and web filtering to its anti-virus product.
 

Safer Internet Day reaches out to kids, as extent of malware exposure is revealed

February 07, 2012

Today more than 4,000 schoolchildren will be visited as part of Safer Internet Day, as research reveals that over a quarter of them still click on malicious links online.
 

Trustwave's PCI portal provides checklist of compliance actions

February 07, 2012

Trustwave has announced the latest version of its cloud-delivered TrustKeeper PCI Manager portal.
 

Financial services firm and foot doctor report data losses

February 03, 2012

The personal details of more than 600 people were lost by E*Trade Securities almost two years ago.
 

VeriSign and Symantec say DNS, Trust Services and User Authentication unaffected by 2010 attack

February 03, 2012

VeriSign claims that the attack it suffered in 2010 has not compromised the integrity of the Domain Name System (DNS).
 

VeriSign reports 'successful attacks' against its corporate network

February 02, 2012

VeriSign has admitted that it was breached, although it did not believe the attacks breached the servers that support its Domain Name System (DNS) network.
 

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