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Only 8% of UK organizations have BYOD policies in place

As enhanced efficiency, employee productivity and the reduced burden on IT teams continue to drive adoption of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), a recent survey of more than 500 …

ENISA reports on smart grid cyber security measures

The EU’s cyber security agency ENISA has investigated the challenges for baseline smart grids protection in Europe. This new report assists smart grid providers to …

56 alleged members of card fraud ring arrested in Europe

56 suspected members of a major network of payment card fraudsters (38 in Bulgaria, 17 in Italy and 1 in the Netherlands) have been arrested in a coordinated raid across …

Ransomware arrests highlight online blackmail threat

Detectives from the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) arrested three people in connection with using ransomware to blackmail people. It has been alleged that computer users …

Three people arrested in U.K. over “police ransomware”

The U.K. Metropolitan Police’s Central e-Crime Unit has arrested three individuals that have allegedly participated in a scheme to defraud Internet users by making them …

Motivations, trends and measurement of IT security spending

A new comparative survey by The Ponemon Institute explores the motivations behind IT security spending among UK and US organizations, and how industry regulations, data breach …

U.K. hacker convicted for taking part in Anonymous attacks

22-year-old Christopher Weatherhead from Northampton, U.K., has been convicted on Thursday on one count of conspiracy to impair the operation of computers for his involvement …

Swiss spy agency insider steals terabytes of confidential data

As a good reminder that you should never discount the insider threat, the news that a disgruntled former employee of Nachrichtendienst des Bundes (NDB) – the Swiss …

How the Eurograbber attack stole 36 million euros

Check Point has revealed how a sophisticated malware attack was used to steal an estimated €36 million from over 30,000 customers of over 30 banks in Italy, Spain, …

Understanding basic honeypot concepts

The EU cyber security Agency ENISA is launching an in-depth study on 30 different digital traps or honeypots that can be used by CERTs to proactively detect cyber attacks. The …

Facebook says proposed European data protection fines could lead to court battles

Documents handed over following a Freedom-of-Information request to the Irish Data Protection Commissioner have revealed that Facebook does not appreciate the proposed …

The right to be forgotten: Between expectations and practice

The right to be forgotten is one of the elements of the new proposed regulation on data protection of the European Commission. The right allows people to ask for digitally …

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