SC Magazine UK News
Metropolitan Police gain power to extract data from personal mobiles
Technology has been implemented by the Metropolitan Police to allow them to extract mobile phone data from suspects held in custody.
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Work From Home Day gives employers the chance to be innovative
The organiser of today's "National Work From Home Day" says UK bosses should enable their employees to work remotely this summer.
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Howard Schmidt to retire from position as White House cyber security co-ordinator
White House cyber security adviser Howard Schmidt has announced that he is to leave his position at the end of this month.
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Howard Schmidt to retire from position as White House cyber security coordinator
White House cyber security advisor Howard Schmidt has announced that he is to leave his position at the end of this month.
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Flashback used pay-per-click ads 'to earn owners £3,000 a week'
The owners of the Flashback botnet may have earned $14,000 (£8,800) in three weeks due to adverts being placed on compromised computers.
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Avira apologises after flagging Microsoft files as malicious
Avira has said that it "deeply regrets any difficulties" after a false positive hampered its users this week.
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Trustmarque and Sophos offer cloud-based MDM
Trustmarque has partnered Sophos to provide a cloud-based mobile device management (MDM) security service.
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ICO fines Barnet Council over personal data loss
Barnet Council has been fined £70,000 after highly sensitive and confidential information on vulnerable young people was lost.
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Verdasys announces new hosted DLP solution for enterprises
The US based company claims industry's first on-demand DLP solution from which companies can deploy a "complete enterprise information protection (EIP) program" with a faster and lower total-cost approach to protecting sensitive information.
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85 per cent of UK businesses expect more cyber attacks this year
More than three-quarters of British businesses are braced for an escalation in cyber attacks this year, with a third predicting the financial impact will be more than £50 million.
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Sophos introduces Complete Security Suites
Sophos has revamped its product lines to enable end-users to face evolving security challenges.
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Companies choosing to blacklist apps
Companies blacklisted three times more applications in Q1 2012 than they did in the previous quarter.
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Surveillance of personal mobile comms is no big deal for telcos
Requests for the collection of personal data should not prove to be a challenge for telecommunication companies.
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ICO website pushed offline by suspected DDoS
The websites of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and Home Secretary Theresa May have been taken down as part of a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) campaign.
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McAfee and Intel offer protection to the world's national grids
McAfee and its parent Intel have announced a solution to protect the world's energy utilities from cyber attack.
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The SC Magazine Virtual Summit returns this week
SC Magazine's Virtual Summit will focus on mobile device security this week.
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Cortado launches cloud and MDM solution
Cortado has combined cloud desktop services and mobile device management (MDM) to offer stringent security and enterprise productivity.
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Debit card fraud linked to Global Payments breach
Debit cards affected by the Global Payments incident have reportedly been used by fraudsters.
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Amnesty International's UK website served up Gh0st RAT for two days
The Amnesty International UK website was recently compromised for two days to serve the Gh0st RAT.
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A combination of policy, collaboration and education should be the first steps to BYOD
A bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy can be implemented when policy, education and technology are aligned and when the business is prepared.
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