Cyber incident reporting in the EU
ENISA took a snapshot of existing and future EU legislation on security measures and incident reporting. Their analysis underlines important steps forward, but also identifies …
Bogus Royal Mail emails deliver malware
UK-based Internet users should be on the lookout for spoofed Royal Mail emails, as cyber crooks have decided to impersonate the institution and try to deliver malware to …
WikiLeaks’ Assange granted asylum in Ecuador
After spending 56 days holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has finally received a favorable answer to his request for political …
Huge jump in number of fines for data breaches
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has revealed a huge increase in the number of penalties handed out for organisations in breach of the Data Protection Act. …
More than half of employees fail to protect their data
A ComRes poll revealed that while 71% of employees have been able to see or read what someone is working on over their shoulder, 53% do not always take precautions to protect …
Andy Murray is the most dangerous British athlete in cyberspace
Tennis player Andy Murray has topped a list of the most dangerous British athletes to search for on the web, according to McAfee. Following on from the annual McAfee Most …
Malicious Olympic 2012 Android apps spotted
The Olympic Games currently underway in London have proven to be one of the best lures for cyber scammers and other cyber crooks: we’ve had Olympic-themed spam emails …
SANS announces line-up for digital forensics event
SANS Institute has announced its roster of speakers presenting at the 3rd annual European Digital Forensics and Incident Response Summit (DFIR) in Prague on the 7th of …
British public unaware of cyber sporting scams
Watching this summer’s sporting escapades is something most of us will relish, but are we taking the right precautions to protect our electronic devices from the …
Overcoming the hacker hurdle during the Olympics
During the Beijing Olympics it’s reported there were upwards of 12 million “cyber security incidents” per day . Hacking has evolved tremendously since …
Bogus Olympics ticket site spotted
If you’re looking to score tickets for Olympic events you should be extremely careful when buying them online, as fake ticket sites are still around. Take for example …
67,000 phones to be lost or stolen during the Olympics
Numbers of smartphones and other portable networked devices have exploded over the past few years. As a result, this year’s Games will see the largest-ever risk of …
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