Over half of the UK’s business IT networks (51 percent) were breached during 2012 due to employees using their personal devices at work, according to research carried out by Virgin Media Business. Some 500 British CIOs were ...
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Enterprise IT security professionals faced increasingly sophisticated, stealthy and dynamic threats in 2012, but numerous surveys revealed that knowledge and understanding of the latest attack techniques are lacking in many organisations. ...
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Over half of CIOs fail to test cloud vendors' security systems and procedures before selecting the provider, according to a survey of 250 senior IT decision-makers. The research, conducted by IT recruitment consultancy Robert Half ...
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Free mobile apps pose a serious threat to privacy because of their ability to capture large amounts of user information, a study has revealed. Free mobile applications are 401% more likely to track user location and 314% more likely to ...
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The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has released guidance making PCI compliant hosting a must for secure mobile transactions. CHICAGO, IL, November 22, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The PCI SSC recently issued best ...
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Unguarded corporate social media accounts are leaving companies exposed to serious security breaches, a survey of more than 1,000 senior UK executives has revealed. Most respondents (87%) said they use social media strategies to enhance ...
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With cybercrime revealed to cost Scottish businesses an estimated 5bn academics are urging firms to ensure IT staff have the right skills to overcome new and emerging threats. To enable them to do that, Edinburgh Napier University is ...
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Google's decision last week to put its Google Wallet e-wallet system into the cloud is not sitting comfortably with security experts. Though the service's move from physical handsets to the cloud has expanded its credit card compatibility ...
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Android Forums, an online forum for Android users, was the target of a hacker attack that could have led to user information including passwords getting compromised, its operator Phandroid.com said on Thursday. Members of Android Forums ...
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A Yahoo user has sued the web portal company for negligence for allowing more than 450,000 user names and passwords to be stolen from one of its sites. Jeff Allan of New Hampshire, whose login credentials were posted online after a ...
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Businesses will face tough penalties for failing to secure personal data under new European legislation. Companies could face fines of up to 2% of their turnover for breaching a proposed EU data protection law. “It is ...
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Security experts are warning businesses to take the publication of encrypted LinkedIn passwords by a hacker seriously. The professional networking site has confirmed that "some" of the stolen passwords posted online by a hacker correspond ...
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Advanced persistent threats (APTs) are real and all companies should be taking them seriously, says telecommunications company AT&T. In the past year, the company has set up an IT security team dedicated to researching APTs and making ...
The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation on cyber security that will run until 12 October 2012. The EC is seeking the views of governments, businesses and citizens about their experiences and possible EU responses ...
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To offer the highest levels of safety and security to patients and staff, London’s Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospitals have recently been equipped with state-of-the-art access control systems from TDSi. Expert installation ...
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