Barclays Breached, Account Details Of 27,000 Customers Sold To Brokers
Barclays bank has launched an investigation following a data breach which saw 27,000 customers’ details stolen and sold. The Mail on Sunday said it had been handed a memory stick by an anonymous ex-City worker. The USB drive contained files on 2,000 of the bank’s customers. The whistleblower indicated that records for a further 25,000 […]
Stand and Deliver, Your Money or Your Bytes
Europol’s Cyber Crime Centre (EC3) released a report on the rising threat of Ransomware to individual computer users and to businesses. This report follows on from a number of media stories on how this scourge is spreading. The EC3 report, which was developed jointly with the Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), aims to raise […]
Stand And Deliver, Your Bandwidth And Our Bitcoins
Ransomware is a fairly new phenomenon but one that is becoming increasingly prevalent. Just this morning Brian wrote about how some companies are being held to ransom, leading to loss of business data or payment of monies for the return of their lost bytes. But the criminals who write this particular type of malware use […]
Vince Cable: Britain's Essential Services Vulnerable To Cyber Attack
The UK’s business secretary, Vince Cable, has warned a summit of intelligence chiefs and regulators that the country’s essential services are vulnerable to a cyber attack. He told summit participants that more needs to be done to protect critical infrastructure from the new breed of threat posed by terrorists and criminals alike, saying that gas […]
Another Day, Another Breach – Bell Canada Data Leaked
I’ve wondered for a while now whether the number of data breaches are growing at an exponential rate or whether it is just that they get reported far more often, and by mediums that allow the news to travel much farther and quicker? In either case, the fact is that any business of note has […]
Irish Data Protection Survey Shows More Awareness But Less Concern Over Privacy Issues
A new Data Protection Public Awareness Survey, conducted during May last year and published Monday, has discovered that Irish citizens are becoming increasingly aware of data protection and privacy issues but, perhaps, are not as concerned about them as they should be. The questionnaire, part of a Millward Brown omnibus survey, recorded the responses of […]
Israeli Prime Minister Calls for UN for the Internet
Following on from the recent breach at the Israeli Defence Ministry, IT Security Guru ran an article called “Israeli PM calls for internet United Nations“. I was asked to provide some commentary on the proposal. I commented on how I disagree with the idea that was proposed by Mr Netanyahu. In the article I said […]
GCHQ Chief Resignation Due To Snowden Leaks?
Not according to officials at the Foreign Office who have denied that the resignation of Sir Iain Lobban has anything to do with public sentiment following a string of revelations made by ex-NSA and whistle blowing contractor Edward Snowden. Fifty-three-year-old Lobban is stepping down as director of the British intelligence agency after a five and […]
Israeli Defense Ministry Staff Duped By Malicious Email Attachment
One of the simplest pieces of advice that is often dished out to non-security personnel who work with computers is to be careful with email, paying particular attention to attached files. The reasoning behind that is simple – attached files can easily be malicious in intent, something the Israeli defense ministry now appear to know […]
Have You Checked How Much Of Your Data Is Freely Available On The Internet?
The world wide web has changed massively since its inception and continues to grow and evolve at an amazing rate. At its core though it is still just the way it was designed – it is, ultimately, a tool for communication and the sharing of data. That basic premise has not changed, even though the […]