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Tories plan to scrap National Identity Register
News Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling has said that in the event of a Conservative election victory, he would reduce the scope of the identity scheme's database [13 Jul 2009]
US prosecutor: Cybercrime will follow the cloud
News The software-piracy model is becoming obsolete as programs are increasingly distributed over the internet, making targets of cloud computing centres, a US attorney has warned [13 Jul 2009]
IBM's ID card contract to last seven years
News The government signs up to a long contract to run an ID card database, even though the Conservatives have said they will scrap the scheme if they come into power at the next election [10 Jul 2009]
DirectX holes to be plugged next week
News Microsoft is to issue six security updates on Patch Tuesday next week, including a critical one that will fix two outstanding holes in DirectX [10 Jul 2009]
Users upset as CA antivirus attacks Windows
News CA user forums were filled with comments from confused customers after the software detected a Windows system file as a virus [10 Jul 2009]
High-street ID card plan won't work, MPs say
News Workers in post offices and other retailers lack the skills to handle ID card enrolment, leaving the scheme open to fraud, a government committee has found [10 Jul 2009]
Apple patches two critical Safari bugs
News The update fixes two bugs that put Mac and Windows systems at risk of cross-site scripting attacks or of being taken over [09 Jul 2009]
Google reveals winners of Native Client bug contest
News A researcher who won a bug-finding contest says Google Native Client technology is architecturally sound [09 Jul 2009]
Major spike in spam containing shortened URLs
News MessageLabs has warned that email spam which includes truncated web addresses has seen a dramatic increase [08 Jul 2009]
Former ICO head urges data-protection 'step change'
News In the ICO's annual report, prepared just before he stood down from the information commissioner's job in June, Richard Thomas argues for greater resources for the privacy watchdog [08 Jul 2009]
Labour MP takes gov't to task over ID scheme
News The government has faced fresh calls for the £5bn scheme to be scrapped, this time from within the Labour party [07 Jul 2009]
Microsoft warns of flaw in Video ActiveX control
News The software maker says limited attacks have exploited a hole in the ActiveX control, a component of Windows Media Center used for recording and playing television video [07 Jul 2009]
BT puts Phorm plans on hold
News The company has shelved plans to deploy Phorm's Webwise ad-serving technology, which has been the target of privacy concerns [06 Jul 2009]
Phishing attacks hit record high in June
News June marked an increase in malware attacks and the 'highest rate of phishing attacks to date' on the web, according to a Fortinet report [06 Jul 2009]
Johnson urges haste on foreigner ID cards
News Home secretary Alan Johnson has asked the UK Border Agency to look at speeding up the issuing of identity cards to foreign nationals [06 Jul 2009]
Apple readies patch for iPhone SMS flaw
News A vulnerability in the way iPhones handle text messages could be used to track the location of the handset, turn on the microphone, or turn the phone into botnet zombie [03 Jul 2009]
Security talk pulled after ATM vendor complains
News Juniper Networks has cancelled a researcher's talk at the Black Hat and Defcon conferences following a complaint from a vendor [02 Jul 2009]
Government under fire over ID cards
Analysis The home secretary's announcement that carrying an ID card will never be compulsory for British citizens has prompted many to question its future [02 Jul 2009]
Botnets lead way in spam charge
News Over 83 percent of spam in June was sent from botnets, says a new report, while instant messages with malicious links and web-based malware are also on the rise [01 Jul 2009]
GCHQ takes on gov't IT security training
News Government IT security training co-ordination will shift from the Cabinet Office to GCHQ [01 Jul 2009]
Gov't U-turns on compulsory ID cards for pilots
News Pilots will not be required to have national ID cards, while pensioners over 75 will be given the cards free under new Home Office plans [30 Jun 2009]
Scottish minister urges end to ID cards
News Fergus Ewing, minister for community safety, has written to the UK home secretary reiterating the Scottish government's opposition to national identity cards [30 Jun 2009]
G20 protesters hit gov't with email attacks
News The government was subjected to targeted email attacks during the G20 protests in April, according to official email provider MessageLabs [29 Jun 2009]
Tory think tank proposes new data model
News A Conservative policy group has proposed an alternative model for managing personal data used in public services [29 Jun 2009]
UK cybersecurity push to pull in SMEs
News One priority of the UK's new cybersecurity strategy will be to get small businesses involved in the collaboration between government and industry [26 Jun 2009]
