Education Key To The Future Of Security; GCHQ Agrees
There have been many hot discussion topics around the area of security recently, with much said about data breaches, breach disclosure, privacy and, of course, government surveillance. One other area that has received a lot of chatter lately is in the area of education and preparing the next generation for careers in this wonderful field. […]
Big Brother Goes Dutch
If you thought the proliferation of CCTV surveillance in many countries was bad then you may be shocked to hear that the Dutch parliament has overwhelmingly voted in favour of the use of drone surveillance. The new law, proposed by Ivo Opstelten, Minister of Security and Justice, and Ronald Platerk, Minister of the Interior and […]
Banks Sue Target And Trustwave As Data Breach Fallout Continues
Banks impacted by the data breach of Target last year have come together to file a class-action lawsuit against the US retailer. A court filing also names security firm Trustwave as a co-defendant, saying that the firm “failed to live up to its promises or to meet industry standards.” The breach, which resulted in the […]
Target Data Breach Could Have Been Averted If Alerts Had Been Acted Upon
The data breach at Target in November could have been averted, or at least mitigated, if the alerts produced by the retailer’s $1.6m security system hadn’t been initially dismissed. The breach, the sixth largest in history, saw the loss of 40 million payment card details in addition to 70 million other personal records which has […]
New Breach? 360 Million Credentials For Sale On The Black Market
Information security firm Hold Security says it has uncovered credentials from 360 million compromised accounts for sale on the web’s equivalent of the black market. The US firm, whilst admitting that it does not know where the data originated from or what it can be used to access, said that the treasure trove of information […]
Government NHS Database Plans Suspended Following Criticism From Its Own Privacy Watchdog
Government plans to store the medical history data of every patient in England have been questioned by both its own watchdog for privacy, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), and the British Medical Association (BMA). Leading doctors have also pitched in, saying that NHS patients have been “inadequately informed” about the proposed sharing of their medical data. […]
Data Theft Punishment – South Korea vs The UK
I’ve read two different stories this morning which, whilst based upon the same theme of data theft, offer up two contrasting views of the problem and how it is dealt with by the parties involved. The first article I read was about three credit card issuers in South Korea. Between them they had experienced the […]
Opinion Piece on the Alleged Surveillance of the Offices of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
I was asked yesterday by the Irish Daily Star newspaper to write what my thoughts were on the recent revelations regarding alleged hacking of the computer network for the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission office and surveillance of their phone system. As I have not seen the original security report or have any other insight into the […]
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 […]
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 […]