Calls for changes to Government’s use of internet lead by CSRI research, article widely sourced on web..
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/overseas-cybercrimewave-taking-600m-a-year-from-the-taxman-6271552.html ...
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Insight from the CSRI on the Government’s cybercrime strategy.
http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16117120 ...
The Register cover CSRI’s Ghost’s from the machines report.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/26/discarded_pcs_data_treasure_trove_study/ ...
Comment on Playstation hack for Voice of America.
http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/Sony-Apologizes-for-Cyber-Attack–121467444.html ...
CSRI works with the Sunday Times on its investigation into the Sony Playstation hack.
The Sunday Times – May 1, 2011 YOUR ONLINE SECRETS FOR SALE: The security breach at Sony that put the personal details of 77m users at risk underlines how vulnerable we are to organised gangs of internet criminals. DOC090511 ...
CSRI’s Stuxnet report covered by the London Evening Standard.
CSRI in the news. The London Evening Standard – April 19, 2011 ...
Ghosts from the machines: ten years of carelessly discarded data – CSRI.
British businesses and households are throwing away a staggering 15.1 million Gigabytes of data a year on old computers, according to a new study. Much of this data is stored in old hard drives that are left on rubbish tips or are sold on without being wi ...
UK Critical Systems Report – CSRI.
When Iran announced in November 2010 that a computer virus had damaged its uranium enrichment plant, the news created a stir around the world. The damage caused by the Stuxnet virus was tangible proof that viruses could have a major impact on the ‘r ...
Western critical infrastructure vulnerable to Stuxnet style attack according to experts in CSRI report.
When Iran announced in November 2010 that a computer virus had damaged its uranium enrichment plant, the news created a stir around the world. ...
Computers – if you don’t patch, you leave a gap – Edith Cowan University.
The leader of a research team that penetrated many of Western Australia’s state government departments has warned that the exercise could be carried out anywhere in the world. ...
The computer virus – a history.
In February 2011 the personal computer virus was 25 years old. In that time computer viruses have caused the loss of untold millions of pounds, wasted decades in productivity, and wrecked companies. ...
Trojans – the basics.
A Trojan is a specific piece of software that forms part of a computer virus. It is named after the famous wooden horse of Troy. In Virgil’s epic poem the Aenied, Odysseus, one of the Greek leaders, suggests that the Greeks will win the Trojan War if th ...
Consumerisation.
What it is and how to protect your company from it. Consumerisation or Bring Your Own Device are two ugly words for what is now the popular trend of people using their own personal consumer technology at work. It can involve the use of mobile devices, hom ...
Data protection laws in UK and Europe.
The Data Protection Act has been in force in the UK since 1984, and was superseded by the Data Protection Act 1998 which is intended align UK legislation with the European Directive of 1995 which required member states to protect people’s fundament ...
Password policy.
The biggest issue for computer security in the 21st century is identity as this will determine your access and that of your employees to your company information. As a result maintaining an effective password and identity policy is the biggest challenge t ...
Data Awareness.
Data awareness is the biggest blind spot for small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and people using computers at home – mainly because they have not yet realised the value of information. Despite historians and the mainstream media telling us we ...
Malicious software primer.
Malicious software is the catch all name that is given to any software that has been created to cause harm to a computer, or the individual or company, that is using that computer. It generally includes computer viruses, Trojans, bots, worms, spyware, adw ...
CCTV surveillance for the community by the community.
While David Cameron was running the idea of the big society around in his head James Wickes had already decided to start building part of it. ...
Old photo-copier spills defence documents.
By Guy Basnett and Pete Warren THOUSANDS of office photocopiers containing secret or personal information are being unwittingly flogged off to potential crooks, we can reveal. We expose how Britain’s businesses are carelessly throwing away people ...
Hunt for Russia’s web criminals.
The Russian Business Network – which some blame for 60% of all internet crime – appears to have gone to ground. But, asks Peter Warren, has it really disappeared? A curious game of cat and mouse is being played out on the internet, as high-tec ...
