Microsoft today said it will issue 12 security updates next week, including two for Internet Explorer (IE), that will patch a near-record 57 vulnerabilities in the browser, Windows, Office and the enterprise-critical Exchange Server email ...
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Facebook has deleted all European facial recognition data, the Irish data protection commissioner and a German data protection regulator confirmed independently Thursday after reviewing parts of the social network's source code. "We ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy said Monday that personal information about several hundred employees and contractors was stolen in a mid-January hack, but that no classified information was compromised. The agency is working with federal ...
Any bank, hospital or energy provider that suffers a cyber-attack would have to inform regulators under new EU proposals announced today. Launched in Brussels by European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes, ...
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Autonomy, the software vendor led by Dr Mike Lynch (pictured) and bought by HP for $10.3bn (£7.1bn) in 2011, is to be investigated over allegations of accounting irregularities. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has revealed it ...
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The UK's critical infrastructure is open to cyber-attacks because of a lack of experts able to thwart threats, warns a report by the National Audit Office (NAO). One year on: The UK Cyber Security Strategy UK military unprepared for ...
The second draft of the controversial Communications Data Bill, which aims to allow unparalleled interception of data about UK citizens' online communications and voice calls, is to be released next month. Government publishes draft ...
The datacentre business of bankrupt 2e2 has been acquired by Oakley Capital Private Equity in an eleventh hour deal. The acquisition will save existing users from either having to pay up to keep the datacentre going or migrating to an ...
Private clouds are now a better option for secure and manageable data retention than in-house storage. That's according to Jayson Dudley, group insfrastructure manager at accountancy firm Mazars. "It seems a mismatch in someone's ...
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Interface, Inc. a worldwide carpet tile company and global leader in sustainability, announced results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 30, 2012. Fiscal Year 2012 Financial summary Sales: For the full year 2012, ...
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A key issue for the UK's local authorities is housing tenancy, benefit and council tax fraud - a problem that costs them in excess of 1.3bn a year, according to the National Fraud Authority. Is 2e2 under investigation by the Serious ...
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has refused to "confirm or deny" whether it is investigating bankrupt systems integrator 2e2, after Computing asked the regulator whether it had been called in to investigate the defunct company. The ...
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 ...
LinkedIn's Q4 earnings comfortably beat analysts' expectations yesterday for a second quarter running, causing shares to rise by almost 10 per cent. Analysts had predicted revenue for Q4 of $279.5m whereas the actual figure came in at ...
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We've been enjoying the Tesla Model S as it goes through its break-in period, leading into formal testing. During this time, I've been keen to find out its real-world range, and recently confirmed that driving this electric car—like ...
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