Selective Breach Notifications – Good or Bad?

Earlier this week, a serious data breach at UK-based payment processing company GoCardless came to light… well, sort of! It’s common place now when a large business suffers a data breach, for them to post a public statement on their website and on social media, and also send out a notification to all their customers […]

5 ways to evaluate a software vendor’s attitude to security… based on their “Release Notes”, “Version History” or “Change Log”

Almost every software vendor today provides a dedicated web page or a bundled text file with their software outlining the latest “Release Notes”, “Version History” or “Change Log”, and listing the new features and improvements that are included in their latest software update. Some lists are more detailed than others, but look a little closer […]

Isolated “Power Issue” kills net access for thousands of UK internet users [UPDATED]

Earlier today (July 20th), thousands of BT Broadband and PlusNet Broadband customers were unable to access large chunks of the internet for up to four hours. The cause of this outage has been attributed to “power issues at a partner’s site” by both BT and PlusNet: https://twitter.com/BTCare/status/755708190420066304 https://twitter.com/plusnethelp/status/755716994725453824 No further details are forthcoming from BT/PlusNet […]