Public sector fuels tenfold rise data breaches since 2007
Public sector organisations are behind a dramatic tenfold increase in the number of data breach incidents reported to the UK Information Commissioner (ICO), storage firm Imation has found.
Stories by John E Dunn
Child database leak caused by error not hacking
Last week’s leak of a database of schoolchildren by educational firm Gabbitas was caused by a straightforward technical error and not an external attack as apparently claimed at the time, the source of a story run by the Sunday Telegraph has told Computerworld UK.
Facebook slammed for deceptive app verification scheme
Facebook took money from software developers for an empty application verification program that offered no special checks above those carried out for all applications, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has alleged.
ICO hits NHS trust with £175,000 fine for 'avoidable' breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a swingeing £175,000 fine on a health trust that published a spreadsheet containing sensitive information on 1,400 employees on its website.
LastPass users get TOR blocking security feature
LastPass has added two new security features to its popular online password management system; access via TOR (The Onion Router) has been disabled and users can now limit logins to specific countries.
Symantec ditches CEO after disappointing results
Under pressure for disappointing financials, Symantec has abruptly replaced its CEO Enrique Salem with chairman Steve Bennett, the company has announced.
Raspberry Pi gets dedicated 'Raspbian' OS to boost performance
Only days after becoming a conventional retail product for the first time, the Raspberry Pi can at last celebrate the arrival of its own dedicated operating system, Raspbian.
Raspberry Pi rivalled by rival quad-core Linux board
The success of the Raspberry Pi has inspired a Korean firm to publish details of a new and more powerful version of the same ARM-based Linux computer-on-a-board concept, the ODROID-X.
Mozilla mobile OS outshines Android, says Telefonica head
Mozilla's Firefox mobile OS for smartphones offers a better proposition than Android on affordable handsets, officials from one of Europe's major mobile networks have insisted in a glowing assessment of the new open source platform.
ICO denies conflict of interest over Google Street View investigation
Google's UK privacy head Stephen McCartney was responsible for data protection promotion at the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) during the period the search giant was cleared of wrongdoing over its Street View mapping system, it has been revealed.
ICO publishes SME security guide with veiled warning
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published a security guide for UK SMES it hopes will serve as a veiled warning that the sector needs to sharpen up its data protection.
Cybercrime budgets should be spent on policing not tech, argues study
Cybercrime would be better tackled by boosting the puny amounts spent on global policing and criminal justice than throwing large sums at imperfect security technologies, a Cambridge University study has argued.
Glasgow City Council issues warning after loss of unencrypted laptop
Glasgow City Council has said it plans to write to 38,000 customers, businesses and citizens after an unencrypted laptop containing sensitive data was stolen from its offices a fortnight ago.
NHS Trust reacts angrily to record £325,000 ICO fine
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has reacted furiously after being handed a record £325,000 fine by the Information Commissioner for failing to correctly dispose of hundreds of unencrypted hard drives containing patient and staff records.
UK defence industry needs cybersecurity 'kitemarks', says Labour shadow minister
The UK Government should consider using 'kitemarks' awarded to defence industry companies that meet high cybersecurity standards as a part of its procurement process, shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy has said.