Firms found in breach of UK law on customer data   21 Jun 2007 13:00 GMT
A major mobile phone service provider and the UK's largest catalog-shopping service have both been criticized by that government's Information Commissioner's Office for privacy violations affecting employees and consumers. Critics charge that the ICO is all hat and very few cattle.

Source: Computerworld

Russians say Quicken backdoor could give feds access to finance data   21 Jun 2007 13:00 GMT
Elcomsoft, a Moscow-based password-recovery firm, has accused Intuit Inc. of hiding a backdoor in its Quicken personal finance program that could give government agencies access to users' data files. Intuit denied the charge.

Source: Computerworld

House panel blasts DHS CIO for security failures   21 Jun 2007 13:00 GMT
A House subcommittee looking into cybersecurity vulnerabilities at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security blasted the agency's CIO, Scott Charbo, for an alleged lack of leadership on key IT security issues.

Source: Computerworld

Shades of Valdemort: Hacker claims to post Harry Potter's ending on Web   21 Jun 2007 13:00 GMT
A hacker claims to have posted key plot details to the final Harry Potter book, but the publisher warned the details could be fake.

Source: Computerworld

TechGear: The coming war over iPhone   21 Jun 2007 13:00 GMT
Mike Elgan says a war is shaping up between IT people responsible for company data security and gadget-loving users, who will want to connect to the Wi-Fi network at work and carry sensitive company data around on their iPhones.

Source: Computerworld

Homeland Security IT chief blamed for cyberwoes   20 Jun 2007 22:35 GMT
Top Democrat suggests CIO isn't fit to keep his job amid reports of security-related "incidents." CIO points to "significant progress."
Source: ZDNet

Los Alamos breach caused by human error, says Energy Dept.   20 Jun 2007 13:00 GMT
Human error led to a January security breach at the Los Alamos National Laboratories that may have exposed nuclear secrets, according to a letter from Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman to Rep. John Dingell.

Source: Computerworld

French officials told not to use BlackBerries   20 Jun 2007 13:00 GMT
French government officials have been told not to use BlackBerry smart phones for national security reasons.

Source: Computerworld

Microsoft: We patch faster than Apple, Novell, Red Hat   20 Jun 2007 13:00 GMT
A Microsoft executive claims that Microsoft is faster at patching flaws in its software than its rivals. And while a security expert says the claim may be valid, all of the companies need to do more to protect users.

Source: Computerworld

Trillian critical security update released   19 Jun 2007 14:54 GMT
"Highly critical" flaw patched in Cerulean Studios' multi-protocol chat software, which supports several popular IM services.
Source: ZDNet