Most business today is conducted electronically, with the internet a prime communications mechanism and resource for finding and sharing information. Yet its importance makes it a prime vector of attack for hackers that are looking to...

According to this article, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have been struck down by an instance of the Conficker virus. The effect has been immediate, with systems taken off line preventing GMP officers undertaking checks on the police...

As my colleague, Peter Cooke, wrote a couple of weeks ago, few businesses in the UK were prepared for the recent wintry conditions and snow, and small businesses in particular found themselves out in the cold. For those of us living on...

A report by database security firm Imperva has highlighted the most common consumer passwords. The study was based on an analysis of 32 million passwords exposed in the recent Rockyou.com breach. The report can be downloaded here - no...

Oracle Corporation has just received regulatory approval from the European Commission for its acquisition of Sun Microsystems. This decision gives the go-ahead for the deal that has been waiting for an outcome since last September. Oracle...

As computing power has increased, the available horsepower to brute force crack RSA algorithms has grown as well. The most recent announcement, in December 2009, was that a group of mathematicians, computer scientists and cryptographers...

I recently had an interview with Lumension chatting about whitelisting. Is it coming of age? Application whitelisting, which is the notion of only allowing pre-determined applications to install and run on a network, is gaining a lot...

Here in the UK, after the second world war, lots of people were driving cars which were in pretty bad repair - brakes were poor, lights were damaged and steering was often ropey. This lead to accidents and injuries that could have been...

Recent European research gives a good idea of the state of secure application coding practices in Europe. When I heard about BSIMM I let out a cheer-at long last a practical guide for those that want to do application security for real....

The security practice at Bloor Research has recently seen some changes and we now have two additional analysts working in the team. Peter Cooke joins with over 20 years experience in the IT industry with expertise in the identity and...