Cyber-crime incidents that are reported by the press are "just a snapshot" of what is actually happening, according to the government spy agency GCHQ's director Sir Iain Lobban. In an article entitled "Countering the cyber threat to ...
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Ex-Metropolitan Police cyber crime detective and current MD of Cyber Security Consulting - which still handles government contracts - Adrian Culley has told Computing that the government's £650m budget for cyber security is not ...
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The government's spy agency, GCHQ, has launched an Academic Research Institute to investigate new ways of automatically analysing software to reduce its vulnerability to cyber threats. It is the second institute focused on cyber security ...
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The Home Office has announced a plan to bring together the skills of the police, industry experts and academics in a Cyber Crime Reduction Partnership (CCRP) to help to stamp out cyber-crime. Security minister James Brokenshire announced ...
Computer security guru Professor Ross Anderson has criticised the European Union's proposed computer security directive which, he says, represents "yet another unfortunate step towards the militarisation of cyberspace". EU security ...
Mailing your cellphone to a recycling company might make you a few pounds, but it can leave you at risk of identity theft. The deletion techniques recycling companies use are meant for hard discs, and so don't work on the solid-state flash ...
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The UK is to offer around 100 18-year-olds training in advanced IT skills to bolster the expertise of intelligence agencies in fighting cyber crime. The scheme was announced by foreign secretary William Hague during a visit to Bletchley ...
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A US congressional committee has reported that Chinese telecommunications equipment providers Huawei and ZTE pose a security threat to the US, following a year-long investigation. A draft of the report from the House Intelligence ...
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The government has today released documents detailing what it sees as highlights in the UK Cyber Security strategy it put into place last year, and its plans for the future. It has also detailed how much money is expected to be spent in ...
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Companies must take responsibility for cyber security at board level to tackle the exponential growth in attacks, the government has urged. The warning comes as ministers launch a Cyber Security for Business booklet to encourage company ...
The government has announced a scheme to help UK organisations respond effectively to the increase in cyber attacks. The scheme is backed by CESG, the Information Assurance arm of GCHQ, and the Centre for the Protection of National ...
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Government departments have been given the go-ahead to use iPhones to send and receive sensitive emails, as part of moves to broaden the number of approved public sector mobile devices beyond BlackBerrys. Under new guidelines, civil ...
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A US congressional panel examining the Chinese telecom firms Huawei and ZTE is concluding an investigation into whether the companies' equipment is a threat to US infrastructure and commercial confidentiality with a public hearing. In ...
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Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is set to lose its stranglehold on the government mobile market, as momentum to broaden the number of smartphone suppliers in Whitehall gathers pace. Currently, Blackberry is the only smartphone ...
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Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude has claimed that the UK is better able to deal with cyber threats than a year ago. On the anniversary of the inception of the UK cyber strategy,Maude,who oversees the strategy,has claimed that the UK ...
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