Security

Fujitsu Launches First Laptop With Contactless Palm Vein Authentication

The new security feature is hygienic, works in under a second and is almost impossible to deceive

11 years ago

UK Government Wants ISPs To Block Extremist Content

According to a government minister, launch of the new censorship campaign is “imminent”

11 years ago

SAP Rejects Call For Pan-European IT Champion

German software giant SAP rejects calls for a unified European software company to challenge the US after NSA spying scandal

11 years ago

US Government Pays $50 Million Settlement For Military’s Pirated Software

For years, the US Department of Defence had used unlicensed copies of logistics software

11 years ago

Man Accidentally Throws Out Hard Drive Containing £4m Worth Of Bitcoins

A fortune in virtual currency has been lost at a landfill in Newport

11 years ago

Google Tells CyanogenMod: Installer Doesn’t Belong In Our Store

Just two weeks after being placed on the Play store, the CyanogenMod installer app is taken down after a Google…

11 years ago

Fresh Microsoft Windows XP Flaw Exploited In Targeted Attacks

Zero-day exploit combines attack on patched Adobe vulnerabilities, just months before Microsoft kills support for Windows XP

11 years ago

Google Apps Sign-In Change Signals Personalisation Hitch

Google is to standardise the sign-in pages for its Apps portfolio, and users will lose their personalisation options

11 years ago

The NSA Tracked Porn Access To Discredit Alleged Jihadists

Intelligence agency explored the idea of leveraging “personal vulnerabilities”

11 years ago

Linux Worm Targeting Internet Of Things Discovered

Symantec finds malware that appears to be targeting routers, set-top boxes and security cameras

11 years ago

EU Threatens To Scrap ‘Safe Harbour’ Agreement With The US

Unless the NSA changes its ways, the data protection agreement could be cancelled as early as summer 2014

11 years ago

Microsoft Considers Encryption To Protect Customers From Government Spies

The company is worried its data centres might have been tapped by the NSA

11 years ago

European Parliament Hit By Man-In-The-Middle Wi-Fi Attack

Public Wi-FI at the EU body shut down after attacks detected

11 years ago

F-Secure Key Launched To Manage Passwords Away From US Snoops

F-Secure looks to become the European security provider of choice after the Snowden leaks, whilst announcing a deal with GCHQ…

11 years ago

Snoops Scared Of Snowden Doomsday Stash

Secret Snowden docs have intelligence officials fretting

11 years ago

Cisco Urges Basic Security Measures

Infections by the Cryptolocker malware could have been prevented by the use of fundamental security procedures

11 years ago

CryptoLocker Cuts Ransom As Bitcoin Price Goes Up

Malware creating scumbags tweak the algorithm to keep the fee affordable

11 years ago

SAP Sees NSA Scandal As ‘Opportunity’ To Boost Cloud Presence

Germany's reputation for data security could boost SAP's cloud services expansion

11 years ago

Twitter Boosts User Protection With ‘Forward Security’ Encryption Enhancements

Twitter says it wants others to follow in its footsteps, with measures to prevent snooping

11 years ago

Hundreds Of Thousands Hit In Racing Post Password Breach

Site editor says number of affected users in password breach will be in the six figure region

11 years ago

Symantec ‘Disarms’ Files To Block Targeted Attacks

The new 'Disarm' feature in Symantec's messaging security software is a new tactic for dealing with highly targeted attacks that…

11 years ago

Report Finds Rise In Telephone-Based Financial Scams

Scams targeting financial call centres made a major impact in 2013, according to a new report

11 years ago

IT Life: From Modems To Data Security

Colin Tankard likes modems - and makes his living in data security

11 years ago

Salesforce: Customers Hungry For Better Encryption After NSA Snooping

Salesforce says it will deliver better, wider encryption services for customers concerned about the Edward Snowden leaks

11 years ago

Facebook Suing Alleged Bieber Sex Spammer

Social network files complaint about alleged mass spam campaign

11 years ago

British Security Chiefs Let NSA Store UK Email Addresses And Phone Numbers – Snowden

Latest documents give strongest confirmation yet that UK citizens have been spied upon by the NSA

11 years ago

When Salesforce Connects Us All, Privacy Becomes Impossible

Tech companies are pursuing the hyper-connected dream, and we will follow, regardless of the massive impact it will have on…

11 years ago

Alleged Silk Road Mastermind Is ‘Honest And Kind’, Says $1m Bail Application

Man accused of running the illegal marketplace under the alias ‘Dread Pirate Roberts’ receives a vote of confidence

11 years ago

US Operators Reject Samsung Smartphone Killswitch Proposals

US operators accused of rejecting smartphone killswitch in order to protect theft insurance income

11 years ago

Mozilla Releases Security Update For Firefox 25

Mozilla takes the rare step of releasing an out-of-band update to patch five flaws in Firefox 25

11 years ago