Rob Waugh

British defence company BAE Detica is predicting a “gearing up” of cyber attack capabilities across an increasing number of nation states in 2013.

According to the PwC Top Health industry issues of 2013 report, healthcare managers and consumers are increasingly concerned about the rise of healthcare workers using their own devices within hospitals and other healthcare centers.

Following the examples of Google, Facebook, Yahoo and DropBox, Twitter is reportedly ready to roll out a two factor sign in process for its millions of users. This comes in light of February's attack when some 250,000 passwords were stolen.

The uncertainty around Java shows no sign of abating as Apple blocks all versions of Java on OS 10.6 and above through its anti-malware security applet, XProtect. This follows the blocking in all but name by Mozilla as it moved to end auto-loading of plug ins for the Firefox browser.

The Washington Post reports that the Pentagon has approved a major expansion of its cyber security force which will result in a five-fold resource increase.

People are often the weakest link when it comes to business security lapses. Here’s our guide to providing security training and awareness for your staff.

According to the Deloitte Technology Trends 2013 report more than 90 per cent of user-generated passwords are weak and vulnerable to hacking, including those considered strong by IT departments.

Microsoft has taken the unusual step of announcing a patch for an Internet Explorer vulnerability just a week after its traditional patch Tuesday announcements.