Security

Vodafone First Operator To Receive Government Cyber Essentials Plus Security Certification

Vodafone says Cyber Essentials certification proves its security credentials, but some say government scheme isn't a serious benchmark

10 years ago

Russian Hackers Gain Access To 1.2 Billion Sets Of Login Credentials

The group dubbed 'CyberVor' has been collecting data from thousands of websites, using automated botnets to check for vulnerabilities

10 years ago

‘Risk-Averse’ Technology Operation Powers Successful Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

The Glasgow 2014 team needed 2400 PCs, 520Gbps of bandwidth and 123TB of storage to deliver a successful Commonwealth Games,…

10 years ago

Sophos: One Infected Machine Sends Up To 30 GB Of Spam A Week

A compromised computer could hit 5.5 million email addresses with spam every week without its owner ever noticing

10 years ago

Google Reveals Gmail User ID, After Child Abuse Discovery

Google reports a Gmail user to the police after discovering illegal images in his email

10 years ago

Satellite Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities Could Be Used To Hack Aircraft Says Researcher

Flaws in SATCOM firmware could compromise security of planes and ships, warns Ruben Santamarta, who will show his findings at…

10 years ago

Ofcom: Three Is The Only Major UK Operator To Sell Unlocked Phones As Standard

Ofcom issues advice for consumers wanting to unlock their phones, with fees, charges and times varying by operator

10 years ago

Mozilla Admits Developer Password Breach

Red faces and embarrassment all round at Mozilla after a serious breach of developer details

10 years ago

Wikipedia Entry Faces Google ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Removal

Are Google's worst fears about “right to be forgotten” requests coming to fruition, with Wikipedia entry removal?

10 years ago

China Bans Symantec and Kaspersky From Government-Approved Vendor List

China excludes two big names in the anti-virus industry as distrust of outside technology continues to grow

10 years ago

Paddy Power Admits Historical Data Breach

All bets are off, as criminals fleece Paddy Power of its customer records - four years ago

10 years ago

USB Devices Wide Open To Hack, Warn Researchers

The security of USB devices is fundamental broken by a hack that cannot be detected, warns researchers

10 years ago

Microsoft Ordered To Hand Over Irish Emails

An American judge sets a legal precedent by ordering Microsoft to surrender emails stored in an Irish data centre

10 years ago

Android FakeID Flaw Could Leave Phones Wide Open

Bad apps can fool Android phones using the Fake ID flaw, and take your credit card details. Your provider may…

10 years ago

‘Hand Over Your Source Code’, Russia Tells Apple And SAP

“To prove you are not spies, we require your source code”, Russia tells Apple and SAP

10 years ago

US Govt Suspected Of Five-Month Attack On Tor Network

Tor warns users they may have been unmasked by a long-running campaign

10 years ago

Packaged Malware Is Getting More Evasive, Warns McAfee

Security vendor believes AETs are a serious problem ignored by the majority of its competitiors

10 years ago

NSA Ex-Director Touts $1m Per Month Security Service

Former NSA director Keith Alexander is filing for security patents and promising an intrusion detection service

10 years ago

BlackBerry Buys Secusmart – The Firm That NSA-Proofed Merkel’s Phone

Secusmart secured Angela Merkel's BlackBerry against NSA snooping. Now BlackBerry wants to offer that more widely

10 years ago

HP Warns Of Internet Of Things Danger

Connecting devices to the Internet is a great idea, but shouldn't we do it securely?

10 years ago

Companies With Restrictive Tech Policies Encourage Disobedience

Samsung says "extreme" workplace restrictions might not be the best solution for business security

10 years ago

Juniper Sells Junos Pulse Security Unit For £147m

Juniper is to offload its Junos Pulse mobile security business as part of a wide-ranging restructure

10 years ago

Russian Government Is Looking For Ways To Crack Tor

The Russian Interior Ministry offers £81,600 for a method to track users of the anonymous Tor network

10 years ago

Hackers Use Free Cloud Accounts To Create Cryptocurrency Mining Botnet

Researchers use free Cloud accounts to create a botnet, rather than hijacking computer resources from innocent victims

10 years ago

ICO Gets The Extra Funding It Asked For

The privacy watchdog gets money to cope with the additional workload created by the controversial DRIP bill

10 years ago

ICO Fines Travel Company £150,000 Over Data Breach

Inadequate security resulted in the loss of more than a million customer credit and debit card numbers

10 years ago

Operation Emmental Targets Banks That Use Two-Factor Authentication

Cyber criminal gang devises a new, complex method of hijacking SMS to steal money

10 years ago

Police Arrest Seven For eBay StubHub Fraud

Two arrests made in London as police swoop on international gang that defrauded eBay's online ticketing service

10 years ago

European Central Bank Held To Ransom Over Stolen Data

Hackers steal partially encrypted records from an events website that belongs to the bank

10 years ago

Secure Linux Distribution Found To Contain A Privacy-Busting Flaw

TAILS Linux, used by Edward Snowden to communicate with journalists, is patching holes in one of its network overlays

10 years ago