The first phase of the Government Secure Intranet (GSi) covering 350,000 public servants in 154 central government departments in the United Kingdom is complete.

The first phase, completed last week, lets the government sharing information across government departments and between the central government and other UK and European government bodies.

GSi was first established in 1997, and provided basic messaging and Internet access. The new GSi will add centralized identity management providing users with different levels of access to confidential material.

Read the complete article UK government gets its own intranet (PC Welt)

Security researchers have found a way to use JavaScript to map a home or corporate network and attack connected servers or devices, such as printers or routers.

The malicious JavaScript can be embedded in a Web page and will run without warning when the page is viewed in any ordinary browser, the researchers said. It will bypass security measures such as a firewall because it runs through the user's browser, they said.

Read the full article JavaScript opens doors to browser-based attacks (CNET.com)