Security

Russian Government Accused Of Industrial Cyber-Espionage

CrowdStrike claims the ‘Energetic Bear’ group has been hacking foreign companies on behalf of the Russian state

11 years ago

VMware Acquires MDM Provider AirWatch In £929m Deal

VMware strengthens mobile strategy with Airwatch acquisition

11 years ago

Swedish Researchers Uncover Dirty Tor Exit Relays

Researchers find 25 "spoiled onions" used to look through or censor users' Tor traffic

11 years ago

China Suffers Internet Outage After ‘DNS Hack’

Large-scale Internet outage in China raises questions about the Great Firewall

11 years ago

Russian Programmer Armed ‘Potato’ Malware Used On Target

Rinat Shabayev says he modified Kaptoxa malware to earn some money

11 years ago

University Of Cumbria To Accept Fees In Bitcoin

Rival university lecturer says Cumbria would be braver to use dogecoin

11 years ago

‘123456’ Beats ‘Password’ As Most-Used Password

In this year's list of the Internet's most popular passwords, "123456" has displaced the previous leader "password"

11 years ago

New Target Cyber-Attack Details Emerge

Security researchers reveal details of the malware used in the damaging breach of US retailer Target

11 years ago

Microsoft Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army Yet Again

Profilic Syrian hacksters strike again in attack on the Microsoft Office blog

11 years ago

Lawyer: EU Privacy Laws Will Lead To Fining Frenzy In UK

As Viviane Reding says greater fining powers are needed, top data protection lawyer warns about incoming laws

11 years ago

South Korea Bank Data Breach Hits 15m

Epic data breach affecting a third of all South Koreans - believed to have been an inside job

11 years ago

EE Admits To Security Flaw In Brightbox Routers

EE says it is working on fix to security flaw that could expose customers' personal information

11 years ago

Is Your Fridge Spreading Listeria On The Internet Of Things?

Fridges are already unhealthy places, but thanks to the Internet of Things, they are a source of online infections, says…

11 years ago

US Authorities Set For Silk Road Bitcoin Sale

The state gets drawn into the virtual currency game

11 years ago

Google Chrome Feedly And Twitter Extensions Pulled In Adware Scare

Two extensions to Google's Chrome browser concerning social media were apparently spamming users with ads

11 years ago

BCS Teams With Get Safe Online For Cyber-Security Education

BCS expert volunteers are to help educate communities about simple cyber-safety tips

11 years ago

Anti-RSA Brigade Set Up Rival TrustyCon Conference

TrustyCon will take place just down the road from RSA Conference

11 years ago

Obama: NSA Phone Surveillance Will Be Controlled… Some Day

President Obama defended the creation of a phone call database but promised access to it will be controlled

11 years ago

Eugene Kaspersky Christens New European Headquarters In London

The office complex is not going to open for another two months, but celebrations have already begun

11 years ago

Cisco: DDoS And Infrastructure Attacks Among The Biggest Threats In 2014

Meanwhile, the industry is missing almost a million cyber security professionals

11 years ago

Snowden: NSA Collects 200m Texts A Day And GCHQ Can See Them Too

GCHQ has access to NSA Dishfire database of texts and phone numbers, according to leaked documents

11 years ago

MongoDB Targets Insurance Risk Management

MongoDB's database management system has a growing presence in big data decision making in the insurance industry, according to the…

11 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Edward Snowden And the NSA

Edward Snowden's revelations of NSA surveillance have sparked arguments round the world. How well do you know the story?

11 years ago

Vodafone Demands Right To Publish Government Surveillance Requests

Vodafone writes to 24 governments to ask for more freedom to be open

11 years ago

Microsoft Extends Windows XP Protection To 2015

The company will continue providing anti-malware updates, but nothing more

11 years ago

Man Jailed For Refusing To Reveal USB Password

Syed Hussain, already serving time for helping to plot attacks against UK targets, got another four months

11 years ago

British Police Help Dismantle Online Child Abuse Ring

Investigation into online streaming of child abuse leads to 29 arrests

11 years ago

DDoS Attacks Target Network Timing Protocol

DDoS attacks against the Network Timing Protocol are flooding the market, warns US security body

11 years ago

NSA ‘Can Hack Disconnected PCs’

NSA installs radio bugs in PCs, reports say

11 years ago

Wells Fargo Hopes To Offer Bitcoin Services

The bank has organised a real summit dedicated to the virtual currency

11 years ago