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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 858 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: awed fraudsters defeated uks passport interviews comments Discuss  
No fakes detected - terrorists all move to BelgiumInterviews for first time passport applicants have been massively successful - because, er, no fraudulent applications at all have been detected since the government introduced the system last May. In answer to a Freedom of Information request, the Home Office said last week that 38,391 interviews had been held to date, 222 applications were currently under investigation, but that so far no application had been rejected.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 838 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: uks popular wifi router defaults insecurity comments Discuss  
Come and get itFrom the folks at security think tank GNUCitizen comes yet another demonstration of the insecurity that's present by default in the UK's most popular home broadband router.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 754 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: meet uks spammed man comments Discuss  
Workshop foreman in junk mail hellReceiving a few hundred spam messages a day is bad enough, but spare a thought for an unfortunate Orange user who's the target of a server-straining 44,000 junk mail missives every 24 hours.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 753 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn uks spammed man identified comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 05:14:51 -0500 (CDT)http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2220811/uk-spammed-man-identifiedBy Guy Dixonvnunet.com04 July 2008An anti-spam software company has revealed that three of the UK's five most spammed individuals use Orange as their ISP.Figures released by ClearMyMail show that the three Orange customers have around 63,339 spam emails blocked every day and 23,118,735 spam emails blocked every year.ClearMyMail failed to establish a connec read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 688 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: uks chernobyl spam spreads trojan comments Discuss  
Fallout hits inboxesA widespread spam campaign claims that a nuclear power plant on the outskirts of London exploded on Tuesday afternoon.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 499 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: how police busted uks biggest cybercrime case comments Discuss  
Sumitomo unpickedExclusive The story of the investigation into the failed multi-million pound cyberheist at Sumitomo Bank can finally be told, following the recent conviction and sentencing of its perpetrators.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 417 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: millions opted uks mobile phone directory comments Discuss  
Are you one of them?The UK's first public mobile phone directory will launch later this month, loaded with millions of private numbers bought from marketing departments.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 292 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: id fraud prevention week fights uks fastest growing crime comments Discuss  
Oo are yer?National Identity Fraud Prevention week kicked off in the UK on Monday. The scheme marks an attempt to raise public awareness of the threat of identity fraud, reckoned to be one of the UK's fastest growing financial crimes.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 261 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: uks cyber warriors battle march comments Discuss  
Onward online soldiersThe UK's new cyberwarfare unit will be ready for action on 10 March, according to the government.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 260 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:02:36 -0600 (CST)http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/12/csoc_date/By Chris WilliamsThe Register12th November 2009The UK's new cyberwarfare unit will be ready for action on 10 March, according to the government.The Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC), located at GCHQ in Cheltenham, will have an initial staff of 19, said Baroness Crawley.CSOC will monitor the internet for threats to UK infrastrucutre and counter-attack when necessary. read more »
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