http://www.securityroadmap.co.uk Security blog Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:24:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It looks like the various data protection acts around the EU could be saving the illegal file sharers or pirates as the industry like to call them, from prosecution. The case in example is Norway, its data protection laws state that internet service providers have to delete all data that is ... http://www.securityroadmap.co.uk/335-data-protection-helps-pirates.html It seems that some banks are still having a bad time, as if the current financial crisis was not bad enough they are still finding that they are open to all sorts of attack and not all of them are from the disheartened public who are unable to get loans ... http://www.securityroadmap.co.uk/333-the-112000-trojan-bank-fraud.html The media industry that is made of music, film, games and software firms in the UK are looking at new ways to stop file sharers from illegally downloading their copyrighted material. There have been calls to kick these pirates of the internet or to fine them, but these schemes would appear ... http://www.securityroadmap.co.uk/331-movie-industry-wants-broadband-speed-restrictions.html In 2003, President Bush ordered a terrorist list to be compiled, this was supposed to help the authorities stop known terrorists from entering the US and enable them to monitor suspects already at large in the US. Yet this list has grown to contain the details of over a million people, ... http://www.securityroadmap.co.uk/329-terror-list-has-over-a-million-names.html Torrent sites are popular with people who like to share files, but it seems that there could be another group that like torrent sites, but for an entirely different reason. Spammers have found that that torrent sites such as the Pirate Bay are suffering from spam attacks on a regular ... http://www.securityroadmap.co.uk/327-spammers-love-torrents.html The anti piracy group BREIN has found fame through its battles with the bit torrent community, they have been responsible for shutting many smaller websites. But now they are looking at the bigger fish, maybe they feel that their approach will succeed where all others have failed. BREIN who happens to ... http://www.securityroadmap.co.uk/325-brein-goes-out-on-the-attack.html The computer chip maker Intel has been at the business end of a European Commission fine for abusing its place in the computer chip market. This is a show of strength from the regulator that sends out a signal to corporations that antitrust will not be tolerated any more. The EU ... http://www.securityroadmap.co.uk/323-europe-fines-intel-145-billion.html Is the world getting fed up with bloggers who seem to feel that they are able to share their thoughts with whoever is willing to read them? It would seem that this could be so and in order to combat these loose cannons some governments are preparing to issue jail ... http://www.securityroadmap.co.uk/321-bloggers-could-end-up-inside.html US General uses modern language, as social networking becomes a key tool in how the military go about recruiting and essentially just getting their message out there in front of the younger people of the US. The army say that social networking allows the army to reach younger people aged between ... http://www.securityroadmap.co.uk/319-pentagon-using-social-networking.html Most people who use the internet are weary of being scammed, this especially so when it comes to auction sites like eBay. While the majority of listings and sellers are genuine, there is always the worry that it may be a fraud. However, it seems that not all scammers get away ... http://www.securityroadmap.co.uk/317-ebay-scammer-goes-to-prison.html