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Microsoft warns of rise in scareware, PDF exploits
News The company's latest Security Intelligence Report shows a rise in the use of rogue security software and attacks targeting PDF, Word and other common file formats [08 Apr 2009]
Pentagon forks out $100m for cyberattack cleanup
News US military officials say they would prefer to spend money to prevent cyberattacks and security breaches rather than pay to clean them up afterwards [08 Apr 2009]
ID card data will remain unreadable until 2010
News The CIO for the Identity and Passport Service has said that readers capable of scanning the cards' chips will not be in place until they are introduced at UK border-entry points next year [08 Apr 2009]
Microsoft pushes back Stirling release
News The product, designed to manage Microsoft and third-party security software, has been delayed due to interoperability concerns [07 Apr 2009]
IBM, CSC win ID card biometrics contracts
News IBM will build and run the biometrics database behind the National Identity Register, while CSC will implement processing and enrolment systems, including online passport applications [07 Apr 2009]
Police database is 'major new weapon' against crime
News A Logica-headed consortium has been awarded the £75.6m contract to deliver the first phase of the Police National Database [06 Apr 2009]
Zero-day PowerPoint flaw gives rise to attacks
News Hackers are trying to exploit an unpatched vulnerability in the Office software, leading Microsoft to issue a warning and workarounds [03 Apr 2009]
Conficker worm fails to wreak predicted havoc
News Security researchers say the date set for the Conficker C update may have been an April Fool's joke, but warn of the potential for the infected machines to still become a botnet [02 Apr 2009]
Cloud Security Alliance set to launch at RSA
News An initiative will be launched at the RSA Conference that will seek to promote best practice in cloud-computing security [02 Apr 2009]
How to rid your computer of the Conficker worm
Help/HowTo If you're struggling to tackle Conficker, or just concerned your computer may be infected, this guide will help you cleanse your system of the worm and inoculate against other variants [01 Apr 2009]
Symantec investigates call-centre credit card scam
News The security vendor is looking into allegations that a call centre in India leaked credit-card numbers of its customers to someone who sold them to undercover BBC reporters [01 Apr 2009]
Users and experts braced for Conficker action
Roundup As 1 April comes round, millions of copies of Conficker will contact the worm's creators for further instructions — but nobody knows what the result will be [31 Mar 2009]
Expert warns of cracks in e-Borders security
News Weaknesses in a £1.2bn computer system to track journeys into the UK could allow individuals to slip into the country, a security expert has said [30 Mar 2009]
Parliament PCs struck by Downadup virus
News Engineers at Westminster are working to clean up computer systems that have been infected by the virus, also known as Conficker [30 Mar 2009]
ICO 'increasingly concerned' about NHS data safety
News The Information Commissioner's Office has taken action against Camden Primary Care Trust after computers containing patients' unencrypted data were left beside a skip in hospital grounds [27 Mar 2009]
Cisco releases IOS update bundle
News Eight security advisories cover multiple flaws in Cisco IOS, the main software used in the company's routers and switches [26 Mar 2009]
Worm targets Linux home routers
News A botnet built of consumer DSL devices and used to launch an attack against a blacklisting service may still be evolving, according to the Sans Institute [25 Mar 2009]
Security flaws halt work on child-protection database
News Computer specialists are working to fix security holes in the £224m ContactPoint database, which will contain the personal details of 11 million children [25 Mar 2009]
Home Office reveals early ID vendors
News 3M and nCipher have been listed as providers to the early stage of the National Identity Scheme [25 Mar 2009]
Security experts warn of mobile-conferencing risks
Analysis Mobile videoconferencing should be taken as seriously as the desktop in terms of security, say experts [24 Mar 2009]
Facebook attacks gov't web-monitoring plans
News Chief privacy officer Chris Kelly says government proposals to track all social-networking traffic data would be unnecessary, impractical and possibly bad for business [24 Mar 2009]
Report: Fake antivirus scams pulling in profits
News Compromising legitimate websites and redirecting visitors to rogue antivirus sites is a lucrative business, according to a report from security firm Finjan [24 Mar 2009]
HP offers developers free Flash-app security tool
News The tool will let developers check for holes in Flash apps, which can lead to data leaks and other security problems on websites [23 Mar 2009]
Report: Some gov't databases almost certainly illegal
News A quarter of UK government databases could contravene European human-rights laws, according to an independent body of experts [23 Mar 2009]
Symantec warns of spike in job-related spam
News Spammers are exploiting the economic downturn by sending out emails to job hunters that purport to be from employment agencies [23 Mar 2009]
