Soca reveals its cybercrime-fighting successes
News A report detailing work by the Serious Organised Crime Agency over the past year revealed some e-crime successes, yet cybercrime still seems to be a low priority [16 May 2008]
Researcher: Debian cryptography may be flawed
News All OpenSSL keys generated between September 2006 and May 2008 may be invalid, according to a security researcher [16 May 2008]
Apple dismisses Safari vulnerability claims
News A security researcher says Safari users risk littering their desktops with malicious software because the browser does not ask for user permission when downloading files [16 May 2008]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday brings three critical fixes
News The software maker has released four patches as part of its monthly update cycle, three of which have a critical rating [15 May 2008]
FBI fears hardware backdoors in US military kit
News Fake Cisco networking equipment could lead to hardware backdoors on military and other systems, as well as increased failure rates, says the FBI [14 May 2008]
Privacy campaigner posts 6m personal details online
News Six million personal details, including names, addresses and tax-identification numbers, have been illegally posted online in Chile [13 May 2008]
CEOs warned: Wake up to cyberthreats 
Video Paul Twomey, chief executive of ICANN and member of the British-North American Committee, advises CEOs of the risks to business from cyber-espionage and how to deal with them [12 May 2008]
Unisys defends ID cards scheme
News The systems integrator has rejected an independent government body's claims that the National Identity Scheme lacks information- assurance specifications [12 May 2008]
MoD encrypts laptops after data losses
News The Ministry of Defence is to protect 20,000 laptops with BeCrypt's Disk Protect Baseline after a number of recent data losses [09 May 2008]
Management group warns CEOs of data-breach risks
News The British-North American Committee and chief executive of ICANN claim business leaders are not taking data breaches seriously enough [08 May 2008]
RSA: Security as an afterthought hobbles business
Video Art Coviello, president of RSA, explains why IT security is like the brakes on a car and how it can be an enabler of business initiatives [08 May 2008]
ID cards: Cost of scheme set-up rises 37 percent
News The Identity and Passport Service says the cost of setting up the National Identity Scheme for the decade from October 2007 has risen from £245m to £335m [08 May 2008]
McAfee strikes Yahoo search deal
News The security company has struck a deal to flag up potentially unsafe website appearing in Yahoo search results [07 May 2008]
Defend against patch-based exploits, warns Sans
News Automatically generated exploit code from reverse-engineered patches can be countered with centralised configuration management, says the Sans Institute [06 May 2008]
Symantec: Evolved Storm worm attack brewing
News The malware which contributes compromised machines to the Storm botnet now has two further possible avenues of attack, claims Symantec [06 May 2008]
Symantec 'under pressure' despite strong results
News The security giant has posted strong end-of-year results but faces competition from high-performing rivals, says analyst firm Canalys [01 May 2008]
Over 600 HMRC staff disciplined for data infractions
News HM Customs & Revenue has reprimanded over 600 staff since 2005 for data-protection breaches, including 11 'major' incidents [01 May 2008]
Estonia's cyberattacks: Lessons learned, a year on
Analysis The concerted denial-of-service attempts against Estonia's critical national infrastructure have been a wake-up call for governments around the world [01 May 2008]
BCS: Gov't data breaches have eroded public trust
News The British Computer Society has lashed out at the government, saying its poor data-control practices have harmed people's trust in information sharing [30 Apr 2008]
The Russian approach to tackling data breaches
Q&A Kaspersky Lab co-founder Natalya Kaspersky aims to move beyond the consumer antivirus business by helping companies guard against data breaches [29 Apr 2008]
HP Software Update flaws threaten data leakage
News The company's Software Update tool has been found to contain flaws which can lead to remote code execution or the leakage of sensitive information stored on a PC [29 Apr 2008]
National anti-fraud centre due next year
News The Attorney General's Office for England and Wales wants the National Fraud Reporting Centre to collate reports of both cyber and traditional types of crime [29 Apr 2008]
FSA warns banks: Shape up on security
News Following an audit of 39 banks, building societies, insurance companies and financial advisors, the finance watchdog found many of the firms had gaps in security strategies [28 Apr 2008]
Police e-crime unit set for gov't go-ahead
News The Met's detective superintendent has said she is confident the police unit will secure the required funding 'in days rather than months' [28 Apr 2008]
Google: Security must always be on
Video Peter Lorant, Google's European head of enterprise partners, advises IT managers that, to deal with the threat of malicious web applications, security must be 'always on' [25 Apr 2008]
