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Fake anti-piracy warnings hitting UK users with money requests

Much has been said and written about the UK’s Digital Economy Act, but most Internet users still know just one thing about it: that it will eventually end with ISPs …

European Parliament rejects ACTA

Following recent recommendations by a number of European committees, the infamous Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement has been shot down today by the European Parliament in …

Fake “Tax Refund” emails targeting UK citizens

The UK tax season came to an end in April, and notifications about tax returns have begun slowly trickling down to the country’s citizens. But unfortunately among those …

MI5 describes astonishing level of cyber attacks

MI5 has admitted that it is working to counter astonishing levels of cyber-attacks on UK industry. Head of MI5, Jonathan Evans, commented that vulnerabilities on the internet …

Computer forensics training in Prague

In this interview, Gareth Dance, Conference Director, EMEA, SANS Institute, talks about SANS Forensics Prague 2012. SANS Forensics Prague 2012 is a technically intense event. …

UK businesses worst in Europe at protecting information

Mid-sized businesses in the UK are Europe’s worst performers when it comes to managing information risk, according to research from Iron Mountain and PwC. The study …

EURO 2012 lottery scams targets users

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship kicks off in Poland on Friday, and scammers are trying to trick football fans into thinking the organizers have selected them as …

60% of ISPs to roll-out IPv6 by end of 2012

In anticipation of World IPv6 Day – June 6, 2012 – Nominum released results of a survey of the world’s leading ISPs regarding their plans and concerns …

Romanian hackers arrested for hitting government websites

Twelve individuals have been arrested across Romania for having allegedly compromised and defaced 29 websites of Romanian public institutions, and having stolen and leaked …

WikiLeaks founder Assange loses extradition appeal

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his final extradition appeal as the Supreme Court in London decided that the Swedish Prosecuting Authority had the right to issue the …

RuFraud scammers caught and fined

Cyber scammers are still too rarely brought to justice and/or made to pay back the stolen money to the users they have swindled, so any news of that happening is extremely …

Will the new EU privacy legislation secure Europe’s digital economy?

At the start of 2012, the European Commission announced it is to undertake a comprehensive review of the EU’s 1995 data protection rules. Its aim is to strengthen online …

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