An external review of Bloomberg's data policies and procedures has recommended that stronger measures are needed to ensure journalists are unable to view client information through its financial data terminals.
Matthew Finnegan | 23 Aug | Read more
The New York Post is the latest media outlet to be targeted by Syrian Electronic Army, with the hacker group taking control of the publication's social media accounts.
Matthew Finnegan | 15 Aug | Read more
Hackers have breached part of Nasdaq's community forum website, with the stock exchange group warning that the email and password details of members discussing stocks could have been compromised.
Matthew Finnegan | 19 Jul | Read more
German chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a tightening of EU data protection laws to ensure greater transparency from US Internet companies over the use of personal data.
Matthew Finnegan | 15 Jul | Read more
US cloud providers could miss out on billions of euros of business from European customers due to data privacy fears around the Prism surveillance programme, the European Commission has claimed.
Matthew Finnegan | 06 Jul | Read more
Nominet has renewed its efforts to introduce the .uk domain following a wave of criticism in a public consultation.
Matthew Finnegan | 04 Jul | Read more
Football governing body UEFA is subject to a growing number of cyber attacks, with frustrated fans venting their anger by targeting the organisation's website.
Matthew Finnegan | 29 Jun | Read more
The information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has taken further action against Google over the collection of wifi data, demanding the deletion of data gathered by Google Street View cars.
Matthew Finnegan | 22 Jun | Read more
Security enhancements outweigh potential risks around storing data in US servers as the Houses of Parliament implements its public cloud strategy.
Matthew Finnegan | 20 Jun | Read more
Cyber attacks have risen to the top of the list of threats for UK banks according to Bank of England's director of financial stability, Andrew Haldane, but understanding and management of the risk is still at an "early stage".
Matthew Finnegan | 14 Jun | Read more
Nationwide Building Society has rolled out anti-skimming technology on a number of its ATMs to protect UK customers from card fraud.
Matthew Finnegan | 07 Jun | Read more
Enterprises need to work collectively with both law enforcement agencies and industry competitors to respond to the rising threat posed by hacktivist and state sponsored attacks, according to BSkyB's head of cyber security.
Matthew Finnegan | 05 Jun | Read more
Information security managers need to better align themselves with company business goals help embed security practices in an organisation, according to speakers at InfoSec 2013.
Matthew Finnegan | 26 Apr | Read more
Privacy groups have urged a number of ISPs to withdraw their participation in the consultation on the controversial Communications Data Bill, criticising them for putting business interests ahead of customer privacy.
Matthew Finnegan | 23 Apr | Read more
A Cambridge University spin-off has developed a new method of protection against ‘man-in-the-browser’ Trojan malware attacks on online bank customers, using a mobile device-based visual image security system to improve authentication and reduce the risk of fraud.
Matthew Finnegan | 20 Apr | Read more