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 Posted by SecExtra on March 04th, 2008

For many UK businesses, physically securing computers is preferable to encryption or password protection. This is borne out by the DTI Information Security Breaches Survey 2006 managed by PricewaterhouseCoopers, which reports that “while 24% of large UK businesses encrypt or password protect their computers’ hard discs, 28% of them actually physically secure their desktop PCs and laptops”. Also, it reports that “the bigger the organisation, the more likely it is to have computer equipment stolen”.
However, although it reports that 82% of very large businesses …

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 Posted by SecExtra on March 04th, 2008

Sophos is reminding organisations of the threat posed by zombie networks after a teenager in New Zealand was accused of being at the centre of an international cybercrime network.
18-year-old computer programmer Owen Thorn Walker, has been charged with two counts of accessing a computer for dishonest purposes, damaging a computer system, possessing software for committing crimes, and two counts of accessing a computer system without permission.  If found guilty, Walker could face up to ten years in jail.
When arrested in November 2007, it was alleged that Walker - known by his online handle …

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 Posted by SecExtra on February 18th, 2008

We just got a great item in from Patrick Burke. He is the Assistant General Counsel at Guidance Software, Inc. Prior to that he was a litigator with the London-based international law firm Linklaters so really knows his onions:

With corporation’s lawyers increasingly reliant on ready access to the company’s digital information, CISOs who work closely with Legal find their roles expanded and their corporate profile raised.

Legal departments at major corporations are increasingly reliant on ready access to their companies’ digital information. Without the ability to locate and collect large amounts of data that resides on the company’s laptops, workstations and …

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 Posted by SecExtra on February 17th, 2008

Thanks to Tower Software, who sent this in…not a bad little piece…

Our advice is: “Don’t panic”

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 Posted by SecExtra on January 26th, 2008

Marks & Spencer have been found guilty of breaking data protection rules by failing to secure the personal details of some 26,000 employees. This breakdown in security happened when a Laptop was stolen during a burglary at a contractors house and the theives got away with pension arrangement details of the M&S staff.

Thefts are not uncommon, and often the data that goes missing on laptops was not the original target. Indeed it would also not be a bonus for any standard criminal as they likely do not know what they have in their hands and just look for the quick …