Date: 04/05/12 Olympic Games not immune to cyber attacks, says Maude
This year's Olympics "will not be immune to cyber attacks by those who would seek to disrupt the Games," Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has warned. Speaking at a conference in Estonia, Maude said that in light of the 12 million cyber security incidents found at the Beijing Olympics in 2008,
Date: 04/05/12 SOCA website brought down by cyber criminals
The website of the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has been brought down by cyber criminals executing a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. This is the second time in under 12 months that the organisation's web presence has come under cyber attack, following a
Date: 24/04/12 Spam: India leads world in junk emails
India has become the top spam-spewing nation on the planet, suggests a report. Compiled by security firm Sophos, the report ranks nations by the amount of junk mail routed through computers in each country. India has leapt to the top of the spam chart in less than a year, rapidly overtaking the US, said Sophos.
Date: 24/04/12 Iranian oil terminal 'offline' after 'malware attack'
Iran has been forced to disconnect key oil facilities after suffering a malware attack on Sunday, say reports. The computer virus is believed to have hit the internal computer systems at Iran's oil ministry and its national oil company, according to BBC. Equipment on the Kharg island and at other Iranian oil plants
Date: 23/04/12 Security issues are as important as development of ICT – MP
Nowadays information technologies are an integral part of the modern world. The statement came from Rabiyyat Aslanova, the chairwoman of the Committee on Human Rights of the Milli Majlis. In an interview to the New Azerbaijan Party, she noted at the same time, security,
Date: 23/04/12 Studios lose landmark anti-piracy suit in Australia
Major film and television studios have lost a landmark case over illegal video downloads in Australia. The High Court upheld a previous ruling that internet service provider (ISP) iiNet did not authorise copyright infringement among its customers, reported BBC. US and Australian studios had wanted iiNet to stop
Date: 21/04/12 Sinclair ZX Spectrum celebrates 30 years anniversary
Thirty years ago on 23 April, Sinclair Research launched its iconic home computer, the ZX Spectrum, a device that went on to become one of the biggest selling models of all time and is even credited with kick-starting the modern UK IT industry by getting a whole generation of kids
Date: 21/04/12 FCC takes on mobile tariffs with 'bill shock' site
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched a web portal aimed at helping users avoid unexpected charges on their mobile accounts, v3.co.uk reported. The FCC said that the site, which is being run in partnership with a collection of US carriers,
Date: 20/04/12 Computing says: UK cyber security – time for a new approach
Events this month have demonstrated that the government has got cyber security wrong.Hackers’ collective Anonymous announced plans to take government websites offline. Just a few days later, it achieved its aim: both the Downing Street and Home Office websites were hit by DDoS
Date: 18/04/12 Software piracy level down by 8% in Azerbaijan.
Protection and observance of copyrights has strengthened in Azerbaijan in the last few years. As a result of activities jointly implemented by the Copyright Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan and other public bodies the level of piracy in the book publishing and audio-video products market declined by 20%,
Date: 17/04/12 Cyber crime official optimistic on new legislation
The Obama administration's top cyber security official says companies would not be unduly burdened by a Senate bill that would phase in security standards for key parts of the country's privately held infrastructure. The administration has been pushing to enact such legislation,
Date: 16/04/12 EU lawmakers deal fresh blow to antipiracy treaty
European lawmakers dealt a fresh blow to a global accord against online piracy and counterfeiting on Thursday after a key member of the European Parliament said he opposed the treaty.Amid sharpening opposition to the agreement in Europe, David Martin, who is guiding the legislation through Parliament,
Date: 16/04/12 Azerbaijan ranked fifth among ten countries mostly infected via Internet
Azerbaijan ranked fifth among the ten countries which run the most risk of infection via the Internet, Kaspersky Lab reported on its website. The top 10 countries with the result 55-39.4 percent included: Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Sudan, Uzbekistan, Cote d'Ivoire, and Bangladesh.
Date: 10/04/12 Downing Street and Home Office websites hit by Anonymous
The Home Office and Downing Street websites were hit by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks by supporters of the Anonymous hackers collective on Saturday night and Easter Sunday, reported Computing. Supporters were urged to join the assault via messages on Twitter.
Date: 10/04/12 Iran 'blocks' official London 2012 Olympics website
Iran appears to have blocked the official website for the London 2012 Olympic Games, according to BBC. Users in Iran have tweeted that they are unable to connect to london2012.com and are instead redirected to peyvandha.ir - a site offering stories from Iran's official news
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