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90% accept body scans

Nine out of 10 people are happy to use full-body scanners at airports, said a poll. New security measures are far less popular in Germany, where one in three people objected, the survey by IT company Unisys revealed.

Public 'happy with body scanners'

As many as 90% of the UK public are happy to use the new full-body scanners at airports, according to a poll.

Holidaymakers Back Use Of Full-Body Scanners

Most travellers are willing to accept full-body scanners at airports if it means it will speed up their journey.

Credit and debit card fraud jumps as criminals beat chip and pin

Credit and debit card fraud increased by 14 per cent last year as criminals beat the chip and pin system by preying on shoppers on the internet, official figures indicate.

Police data loss highlights vulnerabilty of USB sticks

UK organisations are still failing to safeguard portable data devices such as laptops and USB memory sticks, despite high-profile data losses. In the latest incident, Lothian and Borders Police revealed this week that an unencrypted USB stick containing vehicle registrations and other information has gone missing.

Offline security warning sounded

A security expert has sounded a warning on features that allow offline access to websites. Offline web applications allow people to store data on their own computer, so that they can use services like web-based e-mail when not online. But sites with poor security that use the feature put their visitors at risk of being robbed of their data.

Crisis-hit firms urged not to skimp on security

Private firms operating the nation's vital infrastructure, from power plants to shopping centres, must not lose sight of the threat posed by terrorism because of the recession, security experts said on Tuesday. As companies focus on the effect of the economic downturn, officials said the security threat must not be ignored.

Obama orders review of cyber security

Barack Obama has ordered a review of America's cyber defence strategy, opening the possibility of a wholesale change to the country's approach to online security. At the moment, a wide spread of agencies are involved in protecting the US from attack over the internet, including the Department of Homeland Security, National Security Council and the various branches of the military. That situation could be simplified, according to the results of the 60-day review announced by the White House yesterday.

Warning over 'surveillance state'

Electronic surveillance and collection of personal data are "pervasive" in British society and threaten to undermine democracy, peers have warned. The proliferation of CCTV cameras and the growth of the DNA database were two examples of threats to privacy, the Lords constitution committee said.

Fraud up threefold in a year

The recession is driving increasing numbers of British workers to crime, according to new research, with fraud by company managers, employees and customers up threefold in the past year. British courts saw cases accounting for more than £1.1bn worth of fraud last year, according to KPMG's forensic fraud barometer, the second highest in the survey's 21-year history.

Firms back data protection pledge

Firms are being encouraged to back a pledge to safeguard the data they hold about citizens and customers. Drafted by the Information Commissioner, the Personal Information Promise tries to improve respect for the data companies have gathered.

Manchester may trial large-scale ID card rollout

Manchester is one of several areas being considered in the UK to act as a test bed for the rollout of ID cards to UK citizens. Thousands of people living in the pilot areas, likely to be major UK cities, will be able to get ID cards from November this year.

Job website hit by major breach

Hackers are believed to have stolen the personal details of millions of people using the online job site Monster. Users around the world have been affected, including the 4.5 million users of the UK site.

Biometric Euro passports ready to launch

European Parliament has okayed plans to phase in biometric passports in certain parts of Europe by 2012, with the UK, Ireland and Denmark excluded from the new regulation.

One government laptop lost every week

The Conservatives are calling for a security review after it emerged Government departments lost an average of one computer a week during the past year.

Watching the high-tech detectives

As fast as detectives delete one website selling your stolen credit card details, another pops up. How do police track these online identity thieves?

Barack Obama faces losing beloved BlackBerry

President-Elect Barack Obama may have to give up his beloved BlackBerry over fears it is a security risk. Advisers are afraid the hand-held device could be compromised by hackers and will also put him at the mercy of public scrutiny rules.

Police to use 'BlackBerry' biometric finger scanners

Police will be able to check the identities of people in the street using mobile fingerprint scanners. The hand-held devices, no bigger than a BlackBerry smartphone, are being issued to every police force in the UK under a scheme called Mobile Identification At Scene (Midas).

Fraudsters target 'bank accounts'

The credit crunch is causing identity fraudsters to target bank account holders, a report says.
The all-party parliamentary group on identity fraud says thieves are finding it more difficult to use fake identities to open new accounts because of restrictions on credit.

Gangs develop new chip-and-pin fraud

Criminal gangs have found a new way to steal people’s payment card details and raid their bank accounts by tampering with the chip-and-pin machines in shops. Police warned that fraudsters have been hiding devices inside checkout card machines to access the details of any card that is used.

High-tech thieves target Olympics

The start of the Olympics has proved irresistible to cyber criminals, say security firms. The volume of junk e-mail messages with an Olympic theme spiked prior to the opening ceremony, said Symantec. The malicious messages try to trick people into visiting fake sites or opening booby-trapped e-mail attachments, say other firms.

Child data lost by BBC production firm

An independent production company working for the BBC has lost a laptop and a memory stick containing the details of children. Objective Productions, which lost the data, said theft was from a car in an Ikea car park. It would not comment further. The Guardian newspaper reported that about 250 children’s data had been stolen.

Secret EU security draft risks uproar

Europe should consider sharing vast amounts of intelligence and information on its citizens with the US to establish a "Euro-Atlantic area of cooperation" to combat terrorism, according to a high-level confidential report on future security. The 27 members of the EU should also pool intelligence on terrorism, develop joint video-surveillance and unmanned drone aircraft, start networks of anti-terrorism centres, and boost the role and powers of an intelligence-coordinating body in Brussels, said senior officials.

UK leads the way in fighting online crime

The UK approach to tackling online crime has been held up by internet experts as an exemplar of best practice from which other nations could learn.

Data breaches have damaged public confidence

A data sharing review has called for a new approach to raise people’s view of private and public sector companies’ ability to safeguard their personal information.

British families fear inflation is running out of control

Panic buying over Shell strike leads to queues at filling stations

Companies told to disclose data breaches

The EU's online security body is calling for laws to force companies to reveal when their computer systems have been breached.

Education key to fighting computer fraud

A US university researcher has published details of a strategy for businesses to fight computer fraud that centres on better education of managers.

Banks' faster payments service goes live

The newly launched faster payments service, which provides near real-time processing of phone, online and standing order money transfers, could increase the risk of fraud, according to analysts.

Lorry drivers converge on London in fuel protest

Hundreds of lorry drivers converged on London and Cardiff today to demand the government cut fuel duty, complaining that high diesel costs are forcing them out of business.

Retailers keep silent about data security breaches

Nearly half of US retailers have been hit with some kind of information security attack, only a small percentage of them have actually reported breaches to their customers, research company Gartner reports.

ID fraud tops list of UK security concerns

ID fraud and information theft from mobile phones top the list of security concerns in the UK, according to a Unisys report. More than three-quarters (86 percent) of almost 1,000 Britons polled in Unisys's Security Index are worried about unauthorised access or misuse of their personal information.

Identity theft prime concern, says survey

Personal and financial security issues worry UK citizens the most, according to a new Security Index report. UK residents are more fearful of identity theft and credit card fraud than they are over computer security, according to a new global survey by Unisys.

Airport staff avoid crime checks

Foreign workers employed airside at UK airports do not have to undergo full mandatory criminal records checks, the BBC's Newsnight has discovered.

MoD reinforces guard on 20,000 laptops

The Ministry of Defence is securing sensitive data on 20,000 RAF, Army and Navy laptops with technology from BeCrypt.

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Did you know?

More than 75% of Spaniards are seriously concerned about credit/debit card fraud making it the top security concern among consumers

Identity theft remains the number one concern for Germans with 71% of consumers seriously concerned about this issue

Most Brazilians have at least some concern about the ability of both their government and financial institutions to keep personal information secure and private, and it is very or extremely important for about 40% of the population

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