items tagged with Data Protection
Data encryption and Ubuntu, Part III
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-11-29 16:30:28
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're exploring how to encrypt emails using the popular Ubuntu distribution.
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Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-11-29 16:30:28
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're exploring how to encrypt emails using the popular Ubuntu distribution.
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IDC: Symantec leader in ANZ Secure Content Management Market
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-26 20:06:05
Computer security behemoth Symantec has had its leadership position in the Australian and New Zealand “secure content management market” confirmed by analyst firm IDC, which says Symantec’s market share was 41.4% in 2007.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-26 20:06:05
Computer security behemoth Symantec has had its leadership position in the Australian and New Zealand “secure content management market” confirmed by analyst firm IDC, which says Symantec’s market share was 41.4% in 2007.
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Data encryption and Ubuntu, Part II
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-11-26 18:32:52
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're exploring how to encrypt local files using PGP in the popular Ubuntu distribution.
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Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-11-26 18:32:52
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're exploring how to encrypt local files using PGP in the popular Ubuntu distribution.
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TrustDefender looks deep into banking trojan’s soul
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-24 22:49:46
Banking trojans, such as the reviled “SilentBanker” trojan that is capturing unsuspecting and even anti-virus protected users by surprise and ripping money out of bank accounts, are digital curses upon not only users but the financial industry as a whole. Security experts TrustDefender take it apart in their latest blog entry.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-24 22:49:46
Banking trojans, such as the reviled “SilentBanker” trojan that is capturing unsuspecting and even anti-virus protected users by surprise and ripping money out of bank accounts, are digital curses upon not only users but the financial industry as a whole. Security experts TrustDefender take it apart in their latest blog entry.
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Does crime pay? Online crims enjoy massive boom
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-24 21:08:24
Symantec’s latest report on the “underground economy” shows that online criminals are enjoying their biggest ever boom, just as the world is experiencing economic turmoil. Never before has online crime been so big or so bad – but there definitely are things you can do to protect yourself!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-24 21:08:24
Symantec’s latest report on the “underground economy” shows that online criminals are enjoying their biggest ever boom, just as the world is experiencing economic turmoil. Never before has online crime been so big or so bad – but there definitely are things you can do to protect yourself!
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Aiptek's pico projector pocket cinema fails to impress
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Reviews
2008-11-22 17:42:36
If only this worked it could have been the year's must-have Christmas gift for the gadget lover or the hard-to-buy-for. I'm talking about a pocket projector which on paper sounds brilliant: a tiny, battery operated, portable 10 lumens 640x480 video projector. Use it on the plane, the car, your roof, anywhere, without a care for power or weight. If only it worked.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Reviews
2008-11-22 17:42:36
If only this worked it could have been the year's must-have Christmas gift for the gadget lover or the hard-to-buy-for. I'm talking about a pocket projector which on paper sounds brilliant: a tiny, battery operated, portable 10 lumens 640x480 video projector. Use it on the plane, the car, your roof, anywhere, without a care for power or weight. If only it worked.
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Data encryption and Ubuntu, Part I
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-11-20 20:37:17
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, I want to spend a bit of time talking about data encryption, focussing on how to achieve this with the Ubuntu distribution.
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Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-11-20 20:37:17
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, I want to spend a bit of time talking about data encryption, focussing on how to achieve this with the Ubuntu distribution.
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Seagate’s self-encrypting hard drive is “Momentus”!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-12 21:39:57
It’s a momentous moment in the world of hard disk technology as Seagate launches the industry’s first hard drives with “full disk encryption” for consumers and businesses wanting government-grade security.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-12 21:39:57
It’s a momentous moment in the world of hard disk technology as Seagate launches the industry’s first hard drives with “full disk encryption” for consumers and businesses wanting government-grade security.
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280 million people are victims of data loss
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-10 05:20:01
Have you been a victim of personal data loss? It seems that you are not alone, as some 280 million people around the world are reported to have found themselves in the same position during the last three years.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-10 05:20:01
Have you been a victim of personal data loss? It seems that you are not alone, as some 280 million people around the world are reported to have found themselves in the same position during the last three years.
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Is the UK’s Ministry of Defence really the Ministry of Data Loss?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-13 00:55:15
Yet another UK “data loss” scandal has erupted, with the shocking news that “up to” 700,000 defence personnel have been exposed to whoever has an unencrypted hard drive with all of this personal information.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-13 00:55:15
Yet another UK “data loss” scandal has erupted, with the shocking news that “up to” 700,000 defence personnel have been exposed to whoever has an unencrypted hard drive with all of this personal information.
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Bad Phorm: UK Police give green light to Internet spying
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-09-22 10:11:19
BT is off the hook over those secret spying trials it conducted without bothering to inform, or should that be inphorm, customers about them until it was caught red handed. It looks like a very bad day for privacy, and a very good one for the monitoring of online user activity without consent.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-09-22 10:11:19
BT is off the hook over those secret spying trials it conducted without bothering to inform, or should that be inphorm, customers about them until it was caught red handed. It looks like a very bad day for privacy, and a very good one for the monitoring of online user activity without consent.
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Google data retention policy battered by EU
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-09-09 09:51:47
It looks like Google has caved in to the growing pressure from the EU to reduce the amount of time it retains personal search data. Actually, it is more of an avalanche than anything else...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-09-09 09:51:47
It looks like Google has caved in to the growing pressure from the EU to reduce the amount of time it retains personal search data. Actually, it is more of an avalanche than anything else...
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Bad Phorm: Detectives question BT over secret trials
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2008-09-05 11:02:27
File under About Bloody Time. At long last UK police detectives have questioned BT about the secret Phorm trials it carried out without customer knowledge nor consent. Does this mean a formal investigation is to follow?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2008-09-05 11:02:27
File under About Bloody Time. At long last UK police detectives have questioned BT about the secret Phorm trials it carried out without customer knowledge nor consent. Does this mean a formal investigation is to follow?
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EXCLUSIVE: Best Western Pwned, new facts emerging
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-26 08:33:08
When a Scottish newspaper revealed that Best Western had been the victim of what it called the world's biggest cyber heist, the hotel chain fought back with claims that the reports of the breach were grossly unsubstantiated. I've spoken to the reporter who uncovered the breach, and seen the screenshots backing up his claims...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-26 08:33:08
When a Scottish newspaper revealed that Best Western had been the victim of what it called the world's biggest cyber heist, the hotel chain fought back with claims that the reports of the breach were grossly unsubstantiated. I've spoken to the reporter who uncovered the breach, and seen the screenshots backing up his claims...
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One million bank accounts going, going, gone for £35 on eBay
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-26 05:55:02
When Andrew Chapman from Oxford, England successfully bid £35 for an old computer on eBay he wasn't expecting to have the details of a million bank accounts thrown in for free...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-26 05:55:02
When Andrew Chapman from Oxford, England successfully bid £35 for an old computer on eBay he wasn't expecting to have the details of a million bank accounts thrown in for free...
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Privacy Commissioner lukewarm on data breach disclosures
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-08-24 23:15:42
Is Australia taking privacy seriously? The Australian Privacy Commissioner recently supported the introduction of mandatory data breach notification, but a new publication from her office provides plenty of wriggle room for organisations that want to keep their lapses under wraps.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-08-24 23:15:42
Is Australia taking privacy seriously? The Australian Privacy Commissioner recently supported the introduction of mandatory data breach notification, but a new publication from her office provides plenty of wriggle room for organisations that want to keep their lapses under wraps.
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Criminal blunder as UK government loses 84,000 prisoners
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-22 05:51:11
The UK Home Office has admitted that a memory stick with the data concerning every single prisoner in the country, all 84,000 of them, has managed to escape. Of course, this being the UK government, the data was not encrypted...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-22 05:51:11
The UK Home Office has admitted that a memory stick with the data concerning every single prisoner in the country, all 84,000 of them, has managed to escape. Of course, this being the UK government, the data was not encrypted...
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Bad Phorm: EU demands UK Government response on intrusive web ad tracking technology
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-08-06 07:49:35
Controversial behavioral advertising targeting outfit Phorm, whose Webwise ad technology monitors user browsing habits to serve appropriate advertising messages, might have dragged the UK Government into a slugfest with the European Union over a possible breach of strict Euro data laws...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-08-06 07:49:35
Controversial behavioral advertising targeting outfit Phorm, whose Webwise ad technology monitors user browsing habits to serve appropriate advertising messages, might have dragged the UK Government into a slugfest with the European Union over a possible breach of strict Euro data laws...
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