Security

Tesla ‘Hack’ Can Unlock Car Doors

Researcher warns of attacks on Tesla apps and the manufacturer's website

11 years ago

Francis Maude Launches UK CERT Cyber-Response Centre

CERT-UK is officially launched and will provide a single coordination point for handling national cyber-incidents

11 years ago

Turkish ISPs Set Up Fake Google DNS Servers

Google concerned over fake Domain Name System servers apparently set up by Turkish ISPs, amidst various forms of web censorship…

11 years ago

Top Media Organisations ‘Hit Hard By Government Hackers’

Hackers, likely sponsored by governments, are hitting news organisations hard, according to research from two Google engineers

11 years ago

Plextor Adds Full-Disk Encryption To Solid-State Drives

Plextor's M6M mSATA and M6S SSDs support full-disk encryption using the 256-bit AES standard

11 years ago

Microsoft Launches Mobile Device Management Suite

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses cloud first, mobile firsta vision for company

11 years ago

Turkish Government Blocks YouTube Access Following Video Leak

YouTube ban follows last week’s shutdown of Twitter in the country

11 years ago

Google Seeks Security Experts For Online Safety Advice

Google asks IT security experts to contribute their advice on making the Internet safer for everyone

11 years ago

Government Requests For Google User Data Up 120 Percent In Four Years

Googles latest Transparency Report reveals a steep rise in government requests for data

11 years ago

Warning Over Fake WordPress ‘Patched’ Plugins

Dodgy add-ons masquerading as patched versions of plug-ins

11 years ago

BlackBerry Secure Work Space For iOS And Android Cleared For US Government Use

BlackBerry Secure Work Space receives FIPS 140-2 security certification

11 years ago

Mobile Botnets Start Mining Dogecoin

Mobile hackers love Dogecoin... so scarce, much mine

11 years ago

Obama To Propose NSA Stops Storing Phone Records

US President will make proposal to Congress following major public outcry at NSA mass surveillance

11 years ago

EE Offers 4G Security To Help Businesses Cope With 10m Devices Lost Each Year

EE is set to offer all business customers 4G security products to help them protect sensitive data and enjoy benefits…

11 years ago

Cyber Crime Industry Runs Its Own Marketing, Recruitment And Customer Service

Hackers are able to earn more money than drug dealers, claims new research into cyber criminal habits sponsored by Juniper…

11 years ago

Facebook Shows Off Epic ThreatData Security Platform

Facebook super proud of its threat detection and remediationis

11 years ago

Banks Sue Trustwave Over Target Breach

Banks claim security firm failed to identify weaknesses at the retailer

11 years ago

The White House Is Testing Android, But Obama Will Keep His BlackBerry

Even if his staff check the security of Android, no one will make President Obama give up his BlackBerry, says…

11 years ago

European Cops ‘Dismantle’ eBay Fraudsters Who Sent Bricks And Fruit

Fraudsters said to have sent bricks and vegetables instead of the products their victims had paid for

11 years ago

Attackers Hit Microsoft Word Through Unpatched Flaw

A fresh attack on Microsoft Word uses an unpatched flaw to bypass protections and install backdoors on victims' systems

11 years ago

ATM Attack Uses SMS To Dispense Cash

A newly detected malware variant allows cyber-criminals to control infected ATMs via remote text message

11 years ago

Google To Encrypt All Gmail Messages

Google has promised to encrypt all Gmail messages with HTTPS in order to protect messages from government surveillance

11 years ago

Secure Domain Foundation Targets Domain-Based Security Issues

Backed by Facebook, Verisign and others, the SDF plans to develop tools to help battle Internet domain-based security threats

11 years ago

Panda Warns Over Malware Variant Threat

As the number of malware variants soars, Panda Security has warned that companies must learn from attacks on other firms

11 years ago

Microsoft Promises To Take Legal Advice Before Reading Hotmail Accounts

New rules come after the company allegedly read the email account of an ex-employee suspected of leaking Microsoft secrets

11 years ago

Android Update Vulnerabilities Could Allow Data Thieves On Phones

Microsoft and Indiana University find "pileup" flaws could allow for nasty apps on Android phones following an OS update

11 years ago

Huawei Upset At NSA Hacking Reports

Huawei is outraged: it seems that the NSA was spying on it, while the US government accused it of spying…

11 years ago

Microsoft Criticised For Accessing Blogger’s Hotmail

Microsoft has drawn complaints for accessing the Hotmail account of a blogger during its investigation of leaked software

11 years ago

Snowden’s Claims Of NSA Phone Recording Stretch Credibility

Wayne Rash doubts the NSA can do everything that Edward Snowden says. And even if it is, it's only doing…

11 years ago

Symantec Fires CEO Steve Bennett

Security company announces ‘transition’ as it now prepares for third CEO in two years

11 years ago