BH Consulting's Security Watch Blog
Apparently the EU is proposing an Internet crime hotline so people can report online crimes to Europol. The Irish Justice Minister, Dermot Ahern, supports the move. While I support any moves to make the lifes of cyber criminals more difficult I do find it frustrating that our own government does not see fit to set [...]
A client recently told me that they could not replace a laptop they had installed in a public reception area as the key to the Kensington lock used to secure the laptop was lost. I showed them the following two videos to demonstrate that these locks could be bypassed. and It was interesting to note [...]
The Small Firms Association released their 6th annual crime survey which focuses on how crime impacts on small businesses in Ireland. An interesting point in the press release highlights that the companies surveyed reported an increase in online crime with the average cost on an incident being €2,250 and it appears the largest cost was [...]
Yesterday I posted about a good news infosec story abouthow the FBI and Romanian police arrested a gang of cybercriminals. It was good to see justice reaching out and catching those that prey on the innocent. Then today I read about a New Zealand teenager who pleaded guilty to writing a sophisticated Trojan horse which was used [...]
Below is a round up of news stories relating to information security that we have collated from the past few days. For ease of use we have categorised the stories under the most appropriate headings. If there are other stories that may be of interest please let us know via the comments feature.