Security

Mt Gox Discovers 200,000 BTC In An “Old-Format” Wallet

There’s nothing suspicious about a forgotten bitcoin cache worth $100 million, says Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles

11 years ago

Google Avoids Group Lawsuit Over Gmail Scanning

A US judge rules that disgruntled Gmail users cannot join forces to sue Google over its scanning of Gmail messages

11 years ago

UK Operators And ICO Team Up With GSMA To Fight Nuisance Texts

EE, O2, Three, Vodafone and the ICO sign up for GSMA spam reporting service to better block nuisance texts and…

11 years ago

NSA Lawyer: Tech Titans Knew Of Surveillance Data Collection

NSA brief contradicts tech giants' vociferous claims they knew nothing about surveillance

11 years ago

Full Disclosure Vulnerability Warning Service Closes

The Full Disclosure site seeks closure after an apparently exhausting legal tussle with an unnamed researcher

11 years ago

Google Glass Spyware Risk Revealed

The potential of the Google Glass device to be used for snooping has been revealed by researchers with a proof…

11 years ago

Criminal Malware Used In Attacks On Ukraine Government

Ukraine government sites hit by criminal malware normally used in attacks on financial institutions, as epic DDoS attacks are launched

11 years ago

Russian Hacker Accused Of Raiding Swiss Banks Arrested In Bangkok

Farid ‘Diabl0’ Essebar, one of the creators of the Zotob worm, evaded the authorities for the last three years, and…

11 years ago

NSA ‘Can Collect All Phone Calls In One Nation’

NSA data collection even more vast than previously thought

11 years ago

Operation Windigo Infects 25,000 Linux Servers Over Two Years

An unidentified hacker group possesses the capability to send 35,000,000 spam messages and redirect half a million visitors to malicious…

11 years ago

Mt. Gox Lets Users Check Bitcoin Balances

Bitcoin exchange opens up a little after criticism over lack of transparency

11 years ago

Three Men Charged In US And Ukraine In International Cyber-Crime Ring Takedown

The men allegedly attempted to steal funds from more than a dozen banks and financial organisations, including the US Department…

11 years ago

GimmeRAT: Windows Attack Tool Gets Android Functionality

RATs starting to take a bite out of Android, as the bad guys ramp up their attention to the Google…

11 years ago

ICO Looks Into BT E-Mail Data Breach Claims

ICO looks into claims that BT exposed its users' email accounts during platform migration from Yahoo Mail

11 years ago

Experts Suggest Flight MH370 Could Have Fallen Victim To Hackers

In theory, a malware infection would allow the plane to be controlled remotely

11 years ago

IBM Denies Any Links To NSA Spying Program

IBM looks to reassure its clients and customers that it has not passed on their data to external sources

11 years ago

Study Highlights One-Time Password Failures

Organisations ramping up one-time passwords to combat security breaches need to pay closer attention to how they implement those systems,…

11 years ago

Nato Websites Attacked By ‘Ukranian Patriots’

Various Nato sites hit with DDoS attacks< days before the controversial referendum/p>

11 years ago

Cambridge Student Named UK Cyber Security Challenge Champ

UK's hunt for digital defenders ends for another year, with a future Facebook intern taking the top Cyber Security Challenge…

11 years ago

Details Of 100,000 Morrisons Staff Stolen In Major Data Theft

Home addresses and bank details among information stolen by hackers from Morrisons headquarters

11 years ago

NSA Hits Out At ‘False’ Mass Hacking Allegations

The NSA vehemently denies mass hacking reports, as an exasperated Mark Zuckerberg contacts President Obama

11 years ago

WhatsApp Android Flaw Exposes User Chats

Dutch researcher warns that WhatsApp user chats on Android devices are highly vulnerable to theft

11 years ago

Firefox, Safari And Internet Explorer Are All Broken At Pwn2Own

French exploit merchant Vupen walks away with most of the prize money on the first day of Pwn2Own

11 years ago

NSA Automates Cyber Crime Techniques For Mass Hacking

Snowden leaks show NSA wanted to ramp up its hacking efforts with automation

11 years ago

Don’t Blame Antivirus Software, Warns NSS Labs

Criticism of antivirus software for the malware it misses is unjustified says NSS Labs in a new report

11 years ago

European Parliament Approves EU Data Protection Regulation Draft

Overwhelming majority of MEPs vote in favour of measures like the ‘right to be forgotten’ and increased data breach fines

11 years ago

Federal Judge Freezes US Assets Of Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles

The head of the defunct bitcoin exchange will not be able to access his money. Oh, the irony.

11 years ago

Internet Needs Its Own ‘Bill Of Rights’ Says Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Founder of the World Wide Web speaks on the 25th anniversary of his creation

11 years ago

CIA ‘Searched Intelligence Committee Network’

Senator Dianne Feinstein goes on the offensive, as CIA denies accessing intelligence committee's network

11 years ago

Over 160,000 WordPress Sites Used In DDoS Attacks

WordPress pingback feature exploited for attack amplification to knock a WordPress site offline

11 years ago