EU must educate SMEs on IT security
http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news/2209583/eu-educate-smes-security-3821213

HMRC gets bugging powers
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=179396&d=1025&h=1019&f=1026

Defense, GSA lead way on encryption technology
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0208/021408n1.htm

PIRACY & COPYRIGHT

War on music piracy
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/war-on-music-piracy/2008/02/16/1203190635860.html

Legal attack dogs chase software pirates from eBay
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/02/14/ebay_pirate_auctions/

SPAM, PHISHING, ONLINE SCAMS & IDENTITY THEFT

UK banks targeted by phishing attacks
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62037901,00.htm

‘Fake’ scam text messages warn against rip-offs
http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39170059,00.htm

UK bank blames fraudsters for World of Warcraft ban
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/15/halifax_blizzard_block/

DATALOSS/INFORMATION SECURITY BREACHES

Another public sector laptop goes missing
http://www.heise-online.co.uk/security/Another-public-sector-laptop-goes-missing–/news/110127
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=514463&in_page_id=1770 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/15/more_nhs_data_losses/
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2209789/nhs-laptop-discharged-patients

Inadvertent computer error places names of Texas A&M System Agricultural employees on Web site
http://agnews.tamu.edu/showstory.php?id=353

Major Linux security glitch lets hackers in at Claranet
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/14/claranet_linux_security_hole/

Stolen photos from laptop tell a tawdry tale
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/stolen-photos-from-laptop-tell-a-tawdry-tale/2008/02/14/1202760468956.html

Internet security breach at Vodacom
http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/News/Article.aspx?id=707712

F.B.I. Gained Unauthorized Access to E-Mail
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/washington/17fisa.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1203331204-f6KYeP+WO3ONSi0MP+OhHw

Debit hackers make ‘huge’ haul
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2008/02/15/4849041-sun.html

San Jose councilman’s former intern accused of hacking into city e-mail
http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_8280565

LGT says customer data stolen in 2002
http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7313316

Lexmark employees notified of breach
http://www.kentucky.com/101/story/318946.html

Data breaches: No more than normal
http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39170070,00.htm

ARRESTS, SENTENCING & CONVICTIONS

Software police nab top UK chipper
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2209823/elspa-nabs-top-uk-chipper

COURT CASES AND LEGAL ISSUES

HP settles spying case
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2209799/hp-settles-spying-case

A ‘high-tech lock pick’ is upheld in Dorozhko insider trading case
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/14/business/norris.php

INDUSTRY STANDARDS, COMPLIANCE & REGULATORY ISSUES

SAFECode on software assurance
http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/45811-1.html

Data encryption requirement sought
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080216/BUSINESS/802160415/-1/LOCAL17

DATA PRIVACY & PROTECTION

Net firms reject monitoring role
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7246403.stm

Anger over pupils database plan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7242326.stm

Brussels attacks new US security demands
http://euobserver.com/9/25657

EU Commission criticizes watermarks on colour laser printouts
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/103576
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/15/secret_printer_tracking_dots/

Smeared on the internet? Then call in the cleaners
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article3382175.ece

Data laws: protecting society or invading privacy?
http://www.enn.ie/article/10123901.html

REPORTS & RESEARCH

Conditions ripe for phone viruses to spread
http://www.smh.com.au/news/security/conditions-ripe-for-phone-viruses/2008/02/14/1202760476621.html

Rise in Mac malware attacks ‘inevitable’
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2209812/macs-expected-targeted-future

US elections become latest malware lure
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2209756/elections-become-latest-malware

Friendly ‘worms’ could spread software fixes
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13318-friendly-worms-could-spread-software-fixes.html 
http://www.smh.com.au/news/security/microsoft-wants-to-worm-its-way-into-your-pc/2008/02/15/1202760555255.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/15/ms_friendly_worm/

STUDIES AND SURVEYS