Alan Woodward, a cyber security expert and a visiting professor of the Department, commented for BBC on the recently discovered new malware 'Red October' which has launched cyber attacks against government institutions in many countries since 2007. A unique feature of the malware is that it also collects files encrypted by Cryptofiler, an encryption program widely used by intelligence agencies in the past. This suggests that the attackers behind the malware have probably successfully broken the encryption algorithm. To see the full story, click here.