The Home Office has denied that the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) will set up a database to collect and store the fingerprints of people who apply to work with children and vulnerable people.
02 September 2009
Many authentication systems are not secure, especially as users often fail to remember a multiple of usernames and passwords, according to security company Network Box’s latest white paper Authentication, Who Are you?
02 September 2009
RSA Conference Europe 2009 and the IT recruitment agency Acumin Consulting are offering a Registration Grant Programme to attend the RSA Conference to information security practitioners that have lost their jobs in the economic downturn.
02 September 2009
In this week’s information security news: Trojan eavesdrops on Skype; Snow Leopard only recognizes two Trojans; private messages are sent to wrong recipients; search warrants are needed for digital data; and more…
01 September 2009
Whilst Web 2.0-driven websites and services have made the mobile internet almost as popular as the desktop web, the technology is an information security manager's nightmare, with code extensibility, IP interactions and website flexibility driving a steamroller through traditional information security systems. So what are IT managers to do?
01 September 2009
Windows XP single sign-on applications will fail on Windows 7, businesses were warned today.
28 August 2009
Google has patched two serious security holes in its Javascript and XML engines, according to a blog post on the Google Chrome website.
28 August 2009
Users are more at risk from malicious websites that steal credit cards than ever before, according to the latest IBM X-Force 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk report. Even legitimate sites may pose serious security risks.
28 August 2009
Posting your address and then updates about when you are going on holiday onto social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook is a gift to potential burglars, and a headache for insurers.
28 August 2009
Facebook has amended its privacy practices and policies to give users more control over the information they keep on the social networking site, following a report from the Canadian Privacy Commissioner.
28 August 2009