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A framework to establish transnational rules, norms and institutions to manage and reduce risk for global finance and trade is needed for the internet. In an article for the Washington Post, James Andrews Lewis, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said that there is no cyber cold war, and that a real attack on the United States would trigger a damaging response and get in the way of business. He said: “To make cyber space...

Technology needs to switch to serve people, and people need to be in charge. Speaking at IP Expo in London, Co3 Systems CTO and cryptographer Bruce Schneier said that as security remains a combination of detection, protection and response, there is a need for response for detection, that protection is not perfect and we need security today for whole bunch of reasons. “In the1990s, we said security was not a product but a process, now...

One part of Big Data is a serious lack of control for users over data about them. In his opening keynote at IP Expo in London, Sir Tim Berners-Lee said that there is always a theory that people are being spied on and “a lot of the model of Big Data is a threat”. He said: “If people find out how to target you with an advert you start to feel queasy and if it...

The 25 year history of the internet has been great for development due to a lack of central control. In his opening keynote at IP Expo in London, Sir Tim Berners-Lee said that in the 25 years since he wrote a memo about the world wide web about wanting to fix the confusion on documentation systems, the internet has changed incredibly to a stage where “young people only know about 'click and you have it'....

Sophos has announced the acquisition of cloud-based security firm Mojave Networks.   In a deal that will strengthen Sophos’s cloud-managed and appliance-based security solutions, Mojave’s cloud-based web filtering engine and protection from emerging threats using real-time threat intelligence will be integrated into its fast-growing Sophos Cloud product line from next year, and later into its appliance-based network security solutions.   The entire offering will be an integrated security platform which brings together best-of-breed PC, Mac,...

Virus Total has been described as a useful tool, but the industry needs something better.   Talking to IT Security Guru, Giovanni Vigna, co-founder and CTO of Lastline, said that it has run malware on Virus Total which is “the wrong tool in a way and sometimes people get upset when people run tests on it, but it is the only one we have”.   Asked if he felt that something could replace it, Vigna...

A free online training course is to be launched to help members of the legal and accountancy professions develop cyber attack protection skills.   Due to be announced by the Digital Economy Minister Ed Vaizey, the training is part of the Government’s National Cyber Security Programme and will educate legal and accountancy professionals to: understand the basics of the cyber threat including techniques such as phishing and social engineering; help clients understand cyber risks and...

Yahoo has said that it has fixed a flaw that was not the Shellshock exploit.   Following a number of stories claiming that Yahoo had suffered a number of problems, CISO Alex Stamos left a lengthy comment on The Hacker News stating that it had “isolated a handful of servers” and after investigating the situation fully, he said that the servers were not affected by Shellshock.   He said: “Three of our Sports API servers had malicious...

The House of Commons Treasury Select Committee has held a series of high-level meetings with financial regulators and other experts on cyber crime to address concerns of a major attack. According to the Telegraph, the meetings have been held with an influential group of MPs investigating whether the financial system is at serious risk of cyber security breaches, amid growing concerns that customers and businesses are inadequately protected. Among the concerns are: while banks are investing...

Around 190,000 mobile phones are found in the back of London's taxis every year. Research by ESET of 300 London taxi drivers found that the average taxi driver finds eight mobile phones in the back of their cab every year, and with 24,000 black cabs in London, this equates to 190,000 devices. The survey also found that half of the devices found in taxis are completely unlocked, while two-thirds (68 per cent) admitted that they would...