Ex intel officer calls UK security efforts 'embarrassing' 

Ex intel officer calls UK security efforts 'embarrassing'

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 11 April 2013 10:34 AM
Decades behind.
Local councils dubbed data privacy dunces 

Local councils dubbed data privacy dunces

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 28 December 2012 9:26 AM
Some £2 million in penalties reached.
In Britain, public sector breach reporting is woeful 

In Britain, public sector breach reporting is woeful

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 24 November 2011 9:58 AM
At least 244 laptops lost in three years.
UK council hit with sixth breach fine, tops $184,000 

UK council hit with sixth breach fine, tops $184,000

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 10 June 2011 2:24 AM
UK privacy watchdog flexes newly-minted muscle over poor privacy standards.
UK Govt faced 1000 cyber attacks last year 

UK Govt faced 1000 cyber attacks last year

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 10 June 2011 2:24 AM
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) detected and blocked more than 1,000 'potentially serious' cyber attacks last year.
UK and US ponder cyber attack retaliation 

UK and US ponder cyber attack retaliation

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 1 June 2011 3:35 PM
Pentagon toys with offline response.
Police.uk's EC2-hosted crime site toppled 

Police.uk's EC2-hosted crime site toppled

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 2 February 2011 11:39 AM
By popular demand.
FBI raids dozens of Anons over DDoS attacks 

FBI raids dozens of Anons over DDoS attacks

In Hackers - 31 January 2011 11:51 AM
Anonymous denounces arrests in Britain.
US sends out most spam at end of 2010 

US sends out most spam at end of 2010

In Hackers - By Tom Brewster, 13 January 2011 1:57 PM
Europe tops continental ranks.
WikiLeaks founder arrested in UK 

WikiLeaks founder arrested in UK

In Web/client - By Jennifer Scott, 8 December 2010 9:08 AM
Julian Assange arrested by the Metropolitan Police on accusations of sexual assault.
Wikileaks: Brown requested UK sentence for McKinnon 

Wikileaks: Brown requested UK sentence for McKinnon

In Hackers - By Jennifer Scott, 2 December 2010 2:21 PM
Leaked cables reveal correspondence.
UK ISP security service tracks all URLs 

UK ISP security service tracks all URLs

In Web/client - By Liam Tung, 25 November 2010 12:21 PM
Targets web threats, not client infections.
HP knocks on G-Cloud's door 

HP knocks on G-Cloud's door

In Cloud - By Liam Tung, 18 November 2010 9:14 AM
It's like a movie, says HP exec.
UK banks asked to tape trader mobile calls  

UK banks asked to tape trader mobile calls

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 12 November 2010 10:16 AM
Boon for compliance storage.
UK backflips on Google Street View breach 

UK backflips on Google Street View breach

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 4 November 2010 9:16 AM
Actually, it was a breach.
Northrop opens UK cyber 'test range' 

Northrop opens UK cyber 'test range'

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 25 October 2010 3:18 PM
Contained attacks.
Google to delete illegally collected emails, passwords 

Google to delete illegally collected emails, passwords

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 25 October 2010 9:16 AM
UK watchdog does second take.
US tops botnet charts 

US tops botnet charts

In Hackers - By Eric Doyle, 20 October 2010 2:35 PM
18.6% of spam.
Zurich UK cops $4m data loss fine 

Zurich UK cops $4m data loss fine

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 25 August 2010 9:22 AM
Process outsourcing woes
UK regulators re-open Google StreetView case 

UK regulators re-open Google StreetView case

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 12 August 2010 9:26 AM
Will now assess international findings.
Google cleared of UK privacy breach 

Google cleared of UK privacy breach

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 30 July 2010 9:07 AM
Harm threshold not breached.
US on top in 'dirty dozen' of global spam-relaying countries 

US on top in 'dirty dozen' of global spam-relaying countries

In Messaging - 29 April 2010 2:42 PM
China falls off Sophos list.
Local industry keen to mirror UK’s data breach fines 

Local industry keen to mirror UK’s data breach fines

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 26 March 2010 9:22 AM
£500,000 fines could help secure society.
Full body airport scanners 'can store images' 

Full body airport scanners 'can store images'

In Risk - By Rosalie Marshall, 13 January 2010 9:41 AM
Privacy group exposes flaw in plans.
Hackers attack climate research centre 

Hackers attack climate research centre

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 23 November 2009 10:51 AM
Attackers publish emails to fuel global warming sceptics
Hackers sentenced for trojan bank heist 

Hackers sentenced for trojan bank heist

In Hackers - By Shaun Nichols, 18 November 2009 10:46 AM
Cyber thieves facing up to four years in jail.
UK Government to simulate "total collapse" of phone network 

UK Government to simulate "total collapse" of phone network

In Web/client - By Nicola Brittain, 6 November 2009 9:52 AM
Cyber security exercise next week.
UK Home Office delays McKinnon extradition 

UK Home Office delays McKinnon extradition

In Hackers - By V3.co.uk staff, 20 October 2009 10:23 AM
Long-running legal battle takes new twist.
UK to share fingerprint info with Australia 

UK to share fingerprint info with Australia

In Crypto - By Tom Young, 25 August 2009 8:57 AM
Privacy impact has been "carefully evaluated".
UK government to create Office of Cyber Security 

UK government to create Office of Cyber Security

In Risk - By Mark Mayne, 26 June 2009 3:18 PM
The UK Government is to create a central Office of Cyber Security (OCS) to deal with the rising level of online attacks.
Joint Strike Fighter defence project hacked 

Joint Strike Fighter defence project hacked

In Hackers - By Rosalie Marshall, 22 April 2009 9:41 AM
Hackers have broken into the US Department of Defense’s US$300 billion Joint Strike Fighter program, which is partly funded by the UK and also counts Australia as a development ...
Google forced to pull UK Street View images 

Google forced to pull UK Street View images

In Risk - By Rosalie Marshall, 23 March 2009 10:24 AM
Google has already had to pull images from its Google Maps Street View tool launched in the UK last week, after a number of early testers registered privacy complaints with the ...
Jacqui Smith slammed by McKinnon lawyers 

Jacqui Smith slammed by McKinnon lawyers

In Hackers - By Mark Ballard, 21 October 2008 10:33 AM
The UK'S Home Secretary was "perverse and inhuman" in her rejection of Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon's plea that his mental health made him unsuitable for detention in the US, ...
UK to lead e-crime prosecutor network 

UK to lead e-crime prosecutor network

In Hackers - By Tom Young, 1 September 2008 10:45 AM
Database of prosecutors, legal guidance and training to be available online.
Every prisoner in UK victim of data breach 

Every prisoner in UK victim of data breach

In Risk - By Mark Mayne, 25 August 2008 9:59 AM
The personal information of thousands of criminals in England and Wales has been lost on a USB drive.
UK Ministry of Defence admits massive data losses 

UK Ministry of Defence admits massive data losses

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 21 July 2008 1:39 PM
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has admitted that it has lot 658 laptops and 121 USB data drives since 2004, much more than was previously admitted to.
UK leads the way in fighting online crime 

UK leads the way in fighting online crime

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 14 July 2008 9:44 AM
Internet stakeholders hail UK's "blended approach" to online crime reduction
HMRC breach would have been avoided for just A$30,000 

HMRC breach would have been avoided for just A$30,000

In Risk - By Richard Thurston, 4 July 2008 10:49 AM
The massive data breach at UK's HMRC, in which the records of 25 million people were lost, could have been avoided for £15,000 (A$30,000).
Minister faces grilling after second secret document leak 

Minister faces grilling after second secret document leak

In Hackers - By Richard Thurston, 17 June 2008 9:59 AM
Has the UK's fight against terrorism been compromised after a second set of confidential Government documents was left on a train?
UK Government suspends official over al-Qaeda document leak 

UK Government suspends official over al-Qaeda document leak

In Risk - By Richard Thurston, 13 June 2008 10:05 AM
The Government has suspended a civil servant who left top secret documents regarding al-Qaeda on a train on Tuesday.
Securing businesses is "extremely challenging", claim UK bosses 

Securing businesses is "extremely challenging", claim UK bosses

In Risk - By Richard Thurston, 11 June 2008 11:00 AM
British businesses are finding that protecting their organisations from hackers, social networking threats and browser vulnerabilities is an increasing struggle, according to ...
Gordon Brown announces new UK security push 

Gordon Brown announces new UK security push

By David Neal, 20 March 2008 2:52 PM
Prime Minister promises more action on UK cyber attacks
Government savaged over data protection record 

Government savaged over data protection record

By Phil Muncaster, 17 March 2008 12:17 PM
Joint Committee on Human Rights criticises "lax standards"
Trend Micro buys UK encryption firm 

Trend Micro buys UK encryption firm

In Risk - By Robert Jaques, 27 February 2008 2:23 PM
Identum snapped up for undisclosed sum.
UK government data disasters continues 

UK government data disasters continues

By Rosalie Marshall, 15 February 2008 1:26 PM
The public sector's ability to manage data has once again been called into question.
UK government guilty of data breaches on visa application site  

UK government guilty of data breaches on visa application site

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 16 November 2007 10:22 AM
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has been found guilty of breaking data protection laws after a security lapse on a visa application website.
Chinese hackers allegedly attack UK government systems 

Chinese hackers allegedly attack UK government systems

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 6 September 2007 9:53 AM
Chinese hackers have attacked British government computer systems, according to reports in The Guardian.
Study: UK companies failing to protect critical data 

Study: UK companies failing to protect critical data

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 27 August 2007 1:39 PM
Almost 40 per cent of UK organisations admit they are protecting less than a quarter of their network traffic, according to SafeNet's annual security survey.
UK govt putting public data at risk: SafeBoot supremo 

UK govt putting public data at risk: SafeBoot supremo

In Risk - By Paul Fisher, 1 August 2007 11:59 AM
A new report from the UK National Audit Office has found that 70 percent of central Government departments are risking their own security by failing to ensure that sensitive ...
RSA: UK banks still a favourite target for phishers 

RSA: UK banks still a favourite target for phishers

In Messaging - By Fiona Raisbeck, 11 July 2007 10:43 AM
For the fifth consecutive month, UK banks are the second most targeted worldwide by online fraudsters, new figures show.
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