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BBC staff lose over £750,000 worth of mobile devices in three years
A freedom of information request has revealed that the BBC has spent over £750,000 on lost or stolen laptops, mobile phones and tablets in just three years.
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Facebook blames bug for disappearance of search history tool
A Facebook tool that allowed users to view and delete their search history on the site has vanished, and some people are keen to get it back.
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FIDO Alliance pushing 'fast-identity' strong authentication protocol
A new industry group called the Fast Identity Online Alliance, or FIDO Alliance for short, has been launched to promote adoption in e-commerce and websites an innovative authentication protocol that's intended to bring a higher level of security for online users.
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Sony fined £250,000 by ICO for 2011 PlayStation hack
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Sony £250,000 (US$396,000) for using lax network security when its PlayStation network was hacked in 2011.
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Anonymous defendants in court, attacks 'cost PayPal £3.5m'
The Anonymous hacking group cost PayPal £3.5 million when it carried out an attack on its websites, it was alleged in court this week.
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Islamic hacktivists target SunTrust, Capital One, other major US banks
SunTrust Banks and Capital One Financial have experienced intermittent disruption of their websites this week
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Bank security head jailed for £2.5 million invoice fraud
A woman whose job was to defend Lloyds Banking Group from online fraud has been jailed for five years after being found guilty of defrauding the company out of nearly £2.5 million ($4 million) in a false invoice scam.
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Mitt Romney Twitter account filled with fake followers, analysis finds
Want more Twitter followers? Security firm Barracuda Networks has discovered just how easy it is to become popular on the service as long as you don?t mind whether the accounts are real and are prepared to buy them by the thousand.
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Security fears wrecking trust in mobile finance, survey finds
A spot survey of UK smartphone users has uncovered a cool attitude to mobile banking with security worries cited as the main reason for users? reluctance.
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Online Android forum hacked, user data accessed
Android Forums, an online forum for Android users, was the target of a hacker attack which could have led to user information including passwords getting compromised, its operator Phandroid.com said yesterday.
