Real world social engineering challenge at HITBSECCONF2013
Global IT services provider Sogeti will launch their social engineering challenge during the Hack In The Box Amsterdam conference in April. The challenge will be to social …
Video: Pirate Party MEP talks online child safety
Children and teenagers benefit hugely from being online, but they can also be targets of crime and exploitation as in any other environment. Child safety online is listed as …
Cloud computing in critical information infrastructure protection
ENISA has launched a new report looking at cloud computing from a Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) perspective, and identifying that cloud computing is …
UK hit by 120,000 cyber attacks a day
A report from the National Audit Office has warned that Britain’s IT skills shortage means that the country and its critical infrastructure could be unable to defend …
Data protection practices in EU and Asia
Research undertaken by Field Fisher Waterhouse into the existing legal framework mandating encryption of personal data in the EU and Asia details legal requirements and …
Tweet your way to a VIP ticket to HITBSecConf2013 in Amsterdam
Hack In The Box launched the #HITB1337Giveaway – A Twitter based competition that will see one lucky winner not only walk away with a VIP ticket to the triple track …
EU cybercop: European Cybercrime Centre to focus on criminal gangs
The European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol in The Hague aims to become the focal point in the EU’s fight against cybercrime, through building operational and …
EU proposes to make data breach disclosure mandatory
The European Commission has today announced the launch of new proposals that include a requirement for EU member states to appoint an independent CERT and pivotally calls for …
Dutch hacker imprisoned for trafficking 100,000 credit cards
A Dutch citizen who was arrested and extradited from Romania was sentenced to 12 years in prison for a computer hacking and credit card fraud scheme that victimized people …
Events that defined the European information security landscape in 2012
The past 12 months have been, to say the least, an active time for the information security landscape in Europe. Hacktivism stories dominated mainstream media outlets, the …
Sony fined £250,000 for 2011 Playstation Network breach
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Sony £250,000 for failing to adequately protect UK gamers’ personal and possibly even financial information …
Most exploit kits originated in Russia, say researchers
58 percent of the vulnerabilities targeted by the most popular exploit kits in Q4 were more than two years old and 70 percent of exploit kits reviewed were released or …
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