Archive for July, 2012
Information Commissioners reaction to Google and their retention of Street View data
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 27/07/2012
Google have had a long running battle with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on the subject of the retention of data collected when Google created its Street View maps and photos. Clearly the ICO is upset and extremely annoyed at Google for not doing so in a timely fashion and this can only lead […]
RSA’s July Online Fraud Report 2012
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 27/07/2012
In their July Online Fraud Report RSA reports on the activity of online fraudsters, full summary below. Phishing attacks continue to increase around the world. In the first half of 2012, the RSA Anti-Fraud Command Center identified 195,487 unique phishing attacks, an increase of 19% as compared to the second half of 2011. Global fraud losses […]
A new report indicates that UK fraud has fallen by 50% in the last 12 months…
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 25/07/2012
BDO’s interim 2012 “FraudTrack” report has some fascinating results concerning fraud trends in the UK and for the public sector it isn’t easy reading. It is worth noting before reading the extract from the BDO report that the data only relates to frauds of £50,000 or over. This leaves a considerable amount of discussion on […]
Criminal logic; follow the money and find easy targets
Posted by brianfpennington in PCI DSS Compliance on 16/07/2012
Anecdotal information shows that small businesses are just as likely to become victims of an attack as large businesses. Why? Criminals do not discriminate, a dollar is a dollar, a credit card is a credit card, no matter where it is stolen from. Small businesses cannot invest as much in protection, management, procedures and processes as larger […]
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