Security

Google Patches ‘Heartbleed’ Vulnerabilities In Apps, Services

Google said it has patched services including Search, Gmail, YouTube and Google Wallet in response to the Heartbleed flaw alert

11 years ago

Heartbleed: Marketing, Or Responsible Disclosure?

When the Heartbleed OpenSSL flaw became a media circus. administrators felt left out of the loop, says Sean Michael Kerner

11 years ago

Heartbleed: Act Quickly But Don’t Panic

No one knows if the Heartbleed flaw was exploited, but you should make changes to be safe, says Wayne Rash

11 years ago

Microsoft Azure Gains EU Privacy Approval

The Microsoft Azure platform becomes the first solution to meet the EU's stringent privacy requirements

11 years ago

Most UK Police Forces ‘Lack Cyber Capability’

Lack of cyber policing skills in the UK is a cause for concern

11 years ago

Google Removes Bogus Security App From Google Play

Red faces at Google after the discovery that one of the top selling apps in Google Play is a total…

11 years ago

EU Court Declares Data Retention ‘Invalid’

Rights bodies call for the UK to finally drop plans to force ISPs into keeping user information

11 years ago

Snowden: NSA Targeted Human Rights Groups

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch concerned about Snowden claims

11 years ago

Lenovo IBM Server Deal Faces US Security Probe

The purchase of IBM's x86 server business by Chinese Lenovo is being probed on national security grounds

11 years ago

Microsoft Ends Support For Windows XP With Final Patch Tuesday

Microsoft ends support for Windows XP more than 12 years after its launch despite 25 percent of enterprises still running…

11 years ago

‘Heartbleed’ OpenSSL Bug Left HTTPS Servers Vulnerable For Two Years

Exploitation of the OpenSSL bug, introduced in 2012, leaves no trace - meaning organisations may already have had their encryption…

11 years ago

How To Survive The Death Of Windows XP

If you really must run Windows XP after Microsoft cuts off support today, Wayne Rash tells you how to do…

11 years ago

Dark Market Zero-Days ‘Selling Regularly For $50k-$100k’

Symantec researchers tell TechWeek that dark market crooks are getting big bucks from selling zero-days, despite the rise of legitimate…

11 years ago

2013 Saw 500 Percent Increase In Ransomware

European Cyber Crime Centre says it is tracking a number of strains as Symantec spies uptick in the malware

11 years ago

CryptoLocker Copycat CryptoDefence Has Fatal Flaw

The developers of the latest ransomware, CryptoDefence, made one major mistake - they left the decryption keys on the infected…

11 years ago

US Criticises European Anti-Spying Internet Proposals

The US Trade Representative has said European anti-spying plans could bring the EU into conflict with international trade laws

11 years ago

Ex-GCHQ Head And David Blunkett Call For Spying Transparency

Former Home secretary David Blunkett and ex-director of GCHQ Sir David Omand both say the intelligence agency should be more…

11 years ago

Germany Investigating Data Breach Affecting 18 Million

Three million of the affected people are in Germany, meaning many others are likely impacted

11 years ago

Report: US Agency Created ‘Cuban Twitter’ To Foster Dissent

USAID has admitted secretly creating a Twitter-like social network in Cuba, but denies the project was specifically aimed at helping…

11 years ago

Italy Fines Google €1m Over Street View Gaffe

Italy hands out one of the stiffest European fines to Google over its StreetView cars

11 years ago

Western Union Reveals Path To Security Success

Western Union's security officer explains the transformation of internal security at the company

11 years ago

Apple Patches Severe Safari Vulnerabilities

Apple patches 27 bugs in Safari that could have allowed hackers to target users via specially-crafted sites

11 years ago

Yahoo Launches Post-Snowden Security Boost

Yahoo's new CISO promises more after encryption drive

11 years ago

Since The NSA Scandal, Where Do You Store Data?

Now we know the US government's NSA is looking at public cloud services, do you prefer dedicated hardware?

11 years ago

Since the NSA Scandal, TechWeek Readers Are Suspicious Of Microsoft

The NSA scandal has eroded user trust in the big US cloud service and storage providers, suggests our latest poll

11 years ago

Games Maker Blizzard Suffers From European DDoS Attack

DDoS attack in Europe inadvertently hits games maker

11 years ago

LinkedIn Fights To Shut Email Revealing Add-On

LinkedIn says it is doing everything it can to shut down a service called Sell Hack which shares email addresses,…

11 years ago

Man Who ‘Sold’ Free Microsoft Products Is Given Suspended Jail Sentence

Luton resident Mohammed Khalid Jamil ran a Microsoft support scam out of a call centre in India

11 years ago

Another NSA Tool ‘Exposes Weaknesses Of RSA Encryption’

Another NSA-ordained tool makes cracking data protected over BSAFE 65,000 faster, researchers claim

11 years ago

Black Markets Broaden Access To Cutting-Edge Malware Tools

Two studies have found an increasing level of sophistication in the black markets for selling cyber-crime tools and services

11 years ago