Computerworld UK "Clued up on cybercrime"

Fancy a job spending 13 hours a day on Facebook?

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:25:00 GMT

According to media reports, Portsmouth City Council has banned 4,500 of its staff from logging on to Facebook after it discovered that employees are spending on average 413 hours a month on the site.

Dirty pics of a movie star? Where did the hackers' imagination go?

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:23:00 GMT

So, admission time. I had never heard of Ashley Greene until last week.

MI5 website hack overhyped by Daily Express

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:27:00 GMT

Apologies dear Clu-blog readers, as I've let you down.

Scareware scammers exploit bogus rumours of Emma Watson's death

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:10:00 GMT

At the end of last week, a breaking news story began to spread across the message forums and social networks sharing details of how a popular young actress, adored by millions around the world, had died in a car crash.

What we can all learn from the Twitter security breach

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT

I can't help but feel sorry for Twitter. They have been having a terrible time.

Is North Korea to blame for US cyber attack?

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:00:00 GMT

In the last few days, cyber attacks have hit websites in South Korea and the USA, making it hard for internet users to access them, but who is responsible?

Cybercriminals stalk dead celebrities

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:49:00 GMT

The deaths of well-known figures such as Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett have resulted in hackers exploiting the news, before much of the public will have even had the opportunity to digest the headlines over their breakfast bowl of cornflakes.

Dodgy coppers and incompatible character sets

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:03:00 GMT

An Edinburgh policewoman has been suspended on full pay and charged with 54 breaches of the Data Protection Act after being caught illegally accessing people's personal details on a police database.

Man drops lawsuit over Facebook virus

Wed, 27 May 2009 11:20:00 GMT

A Florida librarian has dropped a civil lawsuit he filed against Facebook that alleged that the social networking website failed to protect him adequately from a virus attack.

Orinoco, Steve Jobs and Amazon

Mon, 18 May 2009 08:58:00 GMT

When I hear the name "Orinoco" I think fondly back to a childhood hero, who liked nothing better than to snaffle sandwiches, have forty winks, before rushing back to the burrow for a slice of Madame Cholet's cake.

Virginia faces $10m ransom from hacker, but was it lax on security updates?

Mon, 11 May 2009 10:24:00 GMT

Questions are being asked about whether officials were lax in rolling out security updates at a Virginia government department, after hackers stole details of almost 8.3 million patients, and threatened to auction them to the highest bidder if a $10 million ransom wasn't paid.

When redundancy is the enemy of security

Fri, 01 May 2009 16:14:00 GMT

Chatting to people at the Infosec show in London this week, I found a number of security admins concerned about a growing problem. As belts tighten and the global economic crisis makes time tougher for firms around the world, there's increasing concern amongst firms about recently-fired employees wreaking revenge.

Infosec, Blunkett and scaremongering

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:37:00 GMT

Former Home Secretary David Blunkett opened the Infosec conference in London this week by warning of the threat of a major cyber attack on the London Olympics in 2012.

Should security companies turn a blind eye to FBI's use of spyware?

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:16:00 GMT

Newly declassified documents have revealed how the FBI has been using spyware for the last seven years to gather information on suspected extortionists and terrorists.

Twitter hacker hired in publicity stunt

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:14:00 GMT

I wonder how the job advert was worded?

Patch Tuesday doesn't bring good news for PowerPoint users

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:01:00 GMT

Today is "Patch Tuesday", the one day you can be certain that every system administrator looking after Windows systems will be groaning as they are delivered a bunch of new security patches from Microsoft.

Tweet? The security makes you weep

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:59:00 GMT

It has been a diabolical weekend for Twitter in terms of security.