UK
How effective are data breach penalties? Are ever-bigger fines enough?
Since 2011, data security company ViaSat UK has spiced up the Infosecurity Europe conference by filing a Freedom of Information request for data breach statistics.
In previous years they've fallen out with the regulators over the matter, but things turned out better in 2013...
Ransomware scares victims with child sex abuse images
A ransomware attack takes a sinister twist - displaying images of the purported sexual abuse of children in an attempt to scare computer users into paying up.
FLAMING RETORT: Eleven UK government employees sacked over social media use at work!
The UK's Guardian newspaper laid into the Department for Work and Pensions yesterday with a story entitled "Eleven work and pensions civil servants sacked for using Twitter or Facebook".
Where does your organisation sit on the social media fence?
Police penalty-payment website makes amateurish coding errors
Trust is crucial for financial web transactions, which is why it is so important that legitimate organisations don't get sloppy with best practice.
Only a few hours remain to give your opinion on proposed UK "Snooper's Charter"
Time is rapidly running out for people to submit their comments to the UK government, about draft legislation which could allow police and intelligence services to spy on who you have been emailing, and what websites you have been visiting.
Here's how to have your say..
WikiLeaks.org is crippled under a massive DDoS. Is the TrapWire leak to blame?
WikiLeaks says it is the victim of a massive DDoS. Is it because it leaked TrapWire's surveillance system that makes use of real-time facial profiling to search databases of red-flagged individuals?
Baltic SpyEye malware trio sent to prison
Despite the cross-border challenges of prosecuting cybercrime, the cops sometimes do get their man - or men.
We think it's worth reminding you when this happens.
Hacker jailed for stealing millions of banking and PayPal identities
UK-based Edward Pearson from York has been jailed for more than two years for stealing millions of personal identities. Read how he got caught before cashing in on his stolen goods.
MPs warn of rise of identity-stealing bank-robbing malware
Identity-stealing bank-robbing malware is a growing threat to Britain.
That's the conclusion of the UK Parliament's Science and Technology Select Committee who have published a report calling on the Government to launch a "prolonged awareness raising campaign to increase public understanding of personal online security."
The extradition of TVShack's Richard O'Dywer: is it right?
With the another UK citizen facing extradition to the US, this time for copyright offences, should the UK really be doing more to rebalance the US-UK extradition process?
Was UK's 2018 FIFA World Cup bid hacked by Russia? FBI investigates
The FBI is investigating claims that the USA and English bids to host the 2018 soccer World Cup competition had their email accounts targeted by hackers.
The successful Russian bid has denied that it participated in any dirty tricks.
The m00p malware investigation - was justice done?
The Virus Bulletin conference is told about the investigation into a modern malware-writing gang.
But with only two of the cybercriminals sentenced, was justice really done?
UK Government under cyber-attack says Chancellor George Osborne
The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer has said that British government computers are being attacked by over 20,000 malicious email attacks each month.
UK teachers' union says no to bill allowing searches of student mobiles
The UK teaching union, NASUWT, calls government plans to address cyberbullying "reckless". The education bill stipulates that teachers can search and even delete content on student mobile phones if "there is a good reason to do so" .
Two years in jail for Zynga poker hacker
29-year-old Ashley Mitchell has received two years in a UK slammer after being found guilty of stealing 400 billion poker chips from Zynga, makers of popular social networking games such as zyngapoker, FarmVille and MafiaWars.
UK Government Agency wants your email scams - but is it doing it the right way?
The British public is being urged to forward any email scams it receives to the National Fraud Authority, to help it collect intelligence which might help track down internet fraudsters and bring them to justice.
But is information being collected in the right way?
Does cybercrime really cost the UK more than drugs?
The UK government has today published a report into the cost of cybercrime, concluding that the overall cost to the UK economy from cybercrime is £27bn per year.
But can we trust the numbers? And what needs to happen before we can properly measure our success fighting the menace of cybercrime?
UK foreign secretary: "We're under attack"
The UK foreign secretary explained to a security conference yesterday how the UK government and associated defense contractors are being attacked by "hostile foreign agencies". We see everyday companies being attacked using the same technique, learn more on what you can do to protect yourself.
Sophos HQ hosts UK Cyber Security Challenge
25 finalists in the UK's Cyber Security Challenge "Treasure Hunt" were invited to Sophos to test their mettle against a series of real-world malware challenges.
Sound easy? It wasn't. Many of the finalists weren't able to complete the tests.
UK Cabinet Minister Ed Miliband hacked on Twitter
Ed Miliband MP, the high profile British Secretary for Energy and Climate Change, has fallen victim to the current swathe of phishing attacks sweeping the Twitter system. Mr Miliband, who is a member of Gordon Brown's cabinet, appears to have Read more…
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