Security

British Hacker Faces Deportation To United StatesBritish Hacker Faces Deportation To United States

British Hacker Faces Deportation To United States

Brit allegedly hacked US Army, NASA, and Federal Reserve, but fights extradition request to the US

10 years ago
How To Explain Social Engineering To A Five-Year-OldHow To Explain Social Engineering To A Five-Year-Old

How To Explain Social Engineering To A Five-Year-Old

The definitive definition of social engineering from the experts for the kids (and grown ups, too)

10 years ago
United Airlines Rewards Hackers With Million AirmilesUnited Airlines Rewards Hackers With Million Airmiles

United Airlines Rewards Hackers With Million Airmiles

Two hackers awarded one million free airmiles each as part of innovative bug bounty scheme

10 years ago
Government Voucher Scheme To Help SMEs Defeat Cyber AttacksGovernment Voucher Scheme To Help SMEs Defeat Cyber Attacks

Government Voucher Scheme To Help SMEs Defeat Cyber Attacks

Small and medium-sized businesses to get government help to bolster their cyber defences

10 years ago
Apple Fans Beware – Hackers Want To Hold Your iPhone To RansomApple Fans Beware – Hackers Want To Hold Your iPhone To Ransom

Apple Fans Beware – Hackers Want To Hold Your iPhone To Ransom

iPhone and iPad users hit by trick that freezes Safari until a ransom is paid

10 years ago
Microsoft Security Essentials Support For Windows XP EndsMicrosoft Security Essentials Support For Windows XP Ends

Microsoft Security Essentials Support For Windows XP Ends

Another reason to migrate from Windows XP, as Microsoft Security Essentials support officially ends

10 years ago
Microsoft Dishes Final Windows Server 2003 Updates On Patch TuesdayMicrosoft Dishes Final Windows Server 2003 Updates On Patch Tuesday

Microsoft Dishes Final Windows Server 2003 Updates On Patch Tuesday

Final Windows Server 2003 updates are released as Micrososft patches its own Hacking Team vulnerability

10 years ago
Malwarebytes Rolls Out Anti-Malware Tool For MacsMalwarebytes Rolls Out Anti-Malware Tool For Macs

Malwarebytes Rolls Out Anti-Malware Tool For Macs

New product will help combat Mac malware as part of growing Apple security concerns

10 years ago
Adobe Patches ‘Critical’ Flash Flaws After Firefox BlockAdobe Patches ‘Critical’ Flash Flaws After Firefox Block

Adobe Patches ‘Critical’ Flash Flaws After Firefox Block

Adobe Flash fixes arrive in effort to get plug-in unblocked by default

10 years ago
Barclays Compensates Customers Over Latest Data BreachBarclays Compensates Customers Over Latest Data Breach

Barclays Compensates Customers Over Latest Data Breach

Data on thousands of customers stolen in 2008 has been recovered by police from a flat on the south coast…

10 years ago
Firefox Blocks Flash By Default To Protect Against Fresh ‘Critical’ VulnerabilitiesFirefox Blocks Flash By Default To Protect Against Fresh ‘Critical’ Vulnerabilities

Firefox Blocks Flash By Default To Protect Against Fresh ‘Critical’ Vulnerabilities

Mozilla disables Flash by default in Firefox after Hacking Team documents reveal the 37th and 38th flaws in plug-in this…

10 years ago
Hacking Team: Galileo Surveillance Tool Now ‘Obsolete’Hacking Team: Galileo Surveillance Tool Now ‘Obsolete’

Hacking Team: Galileo Surveillance Tool Now ‘Obsolete’

The Milan surveillance tools maker said the surveillance source code released last week is now effectively useless

10 years ago
McAfee: NYSE Outage Shows Need For Technical LeadershipMcAfee: NYSE Outage Shows Need For Technical Leadership

McAfee: NYSE Outage Shows Need For Technical Leadership

Hackers are a positive force helping to locate technical problems before they occur, McAfee said

10 years ago
Hacking Team Blames Government For BreachHacking Team Blames Government For Breach

Hacking Team Blames Government For Breach

The surveillance technology maker said the complex attack required months of planning

10 years ago
New ‘Wild Neutron’ Hacker Group Targets Bitcoin FirmsNew ‘Wild Neutron’ Hacker Group Targets Bitcoin Firms

New ‘Wild Neutron’ Hacker Group Targets Bitcoin Firms

Wild Neutron is uncovered by security researchers Symantec and Kaspersky

10 years ago

UK Companies Failing To Educate Their Non-Technical Staff In IT Security

Receptionists and sales staff need training and protecting too, Intel Security report notes

10 years ago

Lizard Squad Hacker Avoids Jail Despite 50,000 Attacks

No justice? Finnish teenager and Lizard Squad member responsible for 50,700 hacks avoids prison time

10 years ago

OpenSSL Delivers Patch To Fix Critical Vulnerability

New version of OpenSSL arrives to address a single ‘high severity’ vulnerability

10 years ago

Dyre Returns As Malicious Spam Targets UK Bank Customers

Return of Dyre malware. Malicious emails targetting UK banking customers contain the nasty trojan

10 years ago

Dell Opens ‘State-Of-The-Art’ Scottish Security Facility

Skyfall this is not, but Edinburgh's Secure Operations Centre will be European Dell SecureWorks HQ

10 years ago

United Airlines Grounded By ‘Network Fault’

US passengers delayed by 'network connectivity issue' that grounded United Airlines planes

10 years ago

NYSE 4-Hour Blackout Caused by Technical Glitch

Yesterday's glitch threw Wall Street into one of the biggest blackouts ever experienced, but the outage was reportedly not a…

10 years ago

Incoming OpenSSL Patch Draws Heartbleed Comparisons

OpenSSL patch will fix 'high severity' vulnerability, but no other details are known

10 years ago

Hacking Team Breach Reveals ‘Beautiful’ New Flash Flaw

New flaws in both Windows and Adobe Flash have been uncovered following last week's Hacking Team breach

10 years ago

Google Removes Malicious App From Play Store

Google purges "evil" Malapp from Play Store that disguised itself as genuine program and sent premium SMS messages

10 years ago

Nearly 5,000 New Types Of Android Malware Created Every Day

Report from G DATA shows huge expansion in Android malware this year

10 years ago

Brits Still Don’t Trust Internet Banking

Almost half of Internet users believe traditional banking is safer going online, Kaspersky Lab survey reveals

10 years ago

How To Pitch Identity Governance And Admin Technology To Your CFO

We’ve picked the brains of the experts to explain the benefits of Identity Governance & Admin

10 years ago

DDoS Wars: The Network Strikes Back

It's time your IT department rebelled against the cybercrime empire, says Srinivasan CR, VP of global product management, data centre…

10 years ago

Trend Micro Signs National Crime Agency Partnership Deal

The two organisations are to work more closely together on tackling specific cyber-threats

10 years ago