Security

BT: DDoS On The Rise, But Only Half Of UK Businesses Have Protection In Place

Almost a third of global organisations are attacked by DDoS more than once a year, suggests research by British Telecom

10 years ago

Silent Circle And Geeksphone Start Blackphone Shipments

Initial demand outstrips supply but SGP Technologies promises more will be available from 14 July

10 years ago

US Auctions 30,000 Silk Road Bitcoins

Silk Road Bitcoins are sold off and the winners will find out what they got later today

10 years ago

US China Cyber Initiative Withers After Hacking Charges

Joint cyber crime initiative stalls after the US levels hacking charges at Chinese army personnel

10 years ago

Non-Profit XSS Vulnerability Archive Launched

XSSposed wants Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities to be disclosed responsibly

10 years ago

Germany Drops Verizon After NSA Spying Furore

German government cancels Verizon Communications contract in the wake of the NSA spying row

10 years ago

European Citizens Right To Sue US Over Data Privacy

President Obama aims to allow European citizens to sue the United States over the misuse of their personal data

10 years ago

ICO Raps Police Forces Over Data Protection

Data protection watchdog highlights data handling issues across different British police forces

10 years ago

US Security Fears Could Spike Lenovo’s IBM Server Deal

US authorities fear Chinese access to government servers If Lenovo buys IBM's server business

10 years ago

PayPal Forced To Issue Workaround For Broken Security Key

Security Key 2FA protection rendered almost completely useless

10 years ago

Samsung Warns Of Security Risks As UK Staff Use Personal Phones For Work

Samsung says that although UK workers feel more productive by being able to use their own devices for work tasks,…

10 years ago

McAfee Warns Of Mobile Malware Growth And Flappy Bird Clones

McAfee says mobile malware is becoming more prevalent and effective and suggests developers and users need to do more

10 years ago

Respect Network Wants Members To Get Paid For Their Data

The ambitious project aims to challenge the way we look at data privacy and corporate reputation

10 years ago

Luuuk Malware Steals €550k From European Bank In A Week

'Hit and run' malware campaign leads to big losses for Italians, researchers say

10 years ago

NCC Announces .Trust Top-Level Domain

The domain, one of more than one thousand set to be introduced by ICANN, is intended as a mark of…

10 years ago

BoringSSL: Google Creates Its Own OpenSSL After Heartbleed Pain

Google isn't changing the world with BoringSSL, it's just creating its own version of OpenSSL for its own products

10 years ago

Poll: TechWeek Readers Rate Switzerland And Germany For Privacy

Germany and Switzerland impress our readers with their privacy laws - but a lot of people vote for "other"

10 years ago

Hedge Fund Hit For Trade Details, Says BAE Systems

Attackers were able to delay and exploit a US hedge fund's trades for months, according to BAE Systems

10 years ago

Open Wireless Movement Wants People To Open Up Their Wi-Fi To Everyone

Open Wireless Movement says W-Fi should be open by default and wants industry to work together to make it safe,…

10 years ago

Syrian Electronic Army Targets Reuters Via Ad Network

Many more could be in danger as popular ad network hacked, says researcher

10 years ago

Android And Windows Phone To Get A Mobile ‘Kill Switch’

Microsoft and Google join Apple and Samsung in introducing a new security measure

10 years ago

Hacker Ruins Code Spaces Development Platform

An attacker deletes almost all customer project data after a botched blackmail attempt

10 years ago

EU Data Watchdog Calls For Snooping Protection

European citizens need better protection from state-sponsored spying, warns top EU watchdog

10 years ago

Irish Court Asks EU To Review Facebook NSA Data Sharing

The top European court asked to review the data sharing agreement between Europe and the US

10 years ago

Chinese Smartphone Leaves Factory With Malware On Board

Android-based Star N9500 ships with a Trojan hidden in its firmware, says G Data

10 years ago

Android Malware Posing As Google Play Silently Pilfers Bank Logins

Rogue app pilfers bank logins but the most concerning thing is its ability to conceal its actions, researchers say

10 years ago

Julian Assange Asks The US To Drop Wikileaks Investigation

Controversial publisher holds a press conference to mark the anniversary of his residence at the embassy of Ecuador in London

10 years ago

New Malware Family Threatens UK’s Online Banking Users

A Remote Access Tool called ‘Dyre’ can circumvent encryption

10 years ago

Government Has ‘Secret Policy’ To Intercept Facebook, Google And Twitter

Charles Farr statement reveals how the government could legally intercept people's social network data by separating internal and external comms

10 years ago

Nokia ‘Paid Millions’ To Symbian Blackmailers

Nokia paid several million euros to stop blackmailers revealing the source code of the Symbian OS

10 years ago