Security

XP ‘Six Times More Likely To Get Infected’ Than Windows 8

Microsoft says XP really isn't all that safe to use when compared to its latest OS

11 years ago

ICO Fines North East Lincolnshire Council £80,000 For Lost USB Stick

ICO dishes fine after a teach lost a memory stick with information about 286 children with special needs

11 years ago

Scores Of iOS Apps ‘Vulnerable To HTTP Hijacking’

Simple flaw could allow hackers to direct iOS users to nasty websites, says Skycure

11 years ago

Mozilla Adds Web Audio Capabilities And Security Updates To Firefox 25

Mozilla updates the desktop and mobile versions of the open source browser

11 years ago

RSA’s Art Coviello: Anonymity Is The Enemy Of Privacy

RSA boss and privacy advocates at loggerheads again, as Coviello accused of ignoring the furore around NSA surveillance

11 years ago

Adobe Hack ‘Affected 38 Million Users’

Millions of active users have their encrypted passwords pilfered, whilst Photoshop source code also thought to have been compromised

11 years ago

Google reCAPTCHA Revamp Aims At Ease Of Use

An update to the way Google's reCAPTCHA anti-bot system works aims to automatically determine whether a visitor is a human…

11 years ago

British Hacker Charged With Infiltrating US Government Networks

British hacker arrested by the NCCU in the UK over claims he illegally accessed US military and government networks

11 years ago

NSA Says Website Downtime Was Caused By Botched Update, Not DDoS

Rumours of Anonymous involvement surface on Twitter, but ultimately prove false

11 years ago

CAPTCHA Is Dead. Long Live CAPTCHA!

CAPTCHA has been broken many times before. Yet even an effective new method of cracking it will do nothing to…

11 years ago

NSA Monitored 60 Million Spanish Phone Calls In One Month

Spanish authorities demand explanation after Snowdon documents reveal yet another mass surveillance operation

11 years ago

Mozilla Lightbeam Looks To Visualise Global Web Tracking

Lightbeam will allow users to visualise the way third parties track their web usage

11 years ago

FBI On Hunt For ‘Fugitive Multimillion eBay Fraudsters’

Crooks said to have put up fake ads for cars, boats and motorbikes across the web

11 years ago

Deutsche Telekom Calls For ‘German Internet’ Following Spy Scandals

Operator wants to protect Germans from foreign surveillance over concerns Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone was monitored

11 years ago

12 Year Old Admits Hacking Government Websites As Part Of Anonymous

The young Canadian hacker will be sentenced for causing at least $60,000 worth of damage

11 years ago

Biocryptology: Biometric System ‘To End Identity Fraud’ Launched

Biocryptology launches with some grand claims about its impact on the world

11 years ago

How Code Signing Will Secure Applications

There are a number of different ways to ensure application security in the modern IT environment. One of them is…

11 years ago

Angela Merkel’s Phone Tapped By NSA – Report

President Obama says US is not tapping Angela Merkel's phone - but Germans aren't satisfied

11 years ago

‘Massive’ Russian Cyber Crime Campaign Hit Governments

Handful of organisations in the UK hit by operation emanating from Russia and the Ukraine

11 years ago

Google Tests Parental Controls In Chrome Browser Beta

The latest beta of the Chrome web browser includes the ability for parents to set limits and controls

11 years ago

McAfee Funds Security Exhibit At Bletchley Park

Alan Turing's wartime home gets an up-to-date security education workshop

11 years ago

The US Vice President Who Feared A Cyber Heart Attack

Dick Cheney feared his heart implant could be hacked - but not everyone needs to worry, says Sean Michael Kerner

11 years ago

UK’s Cyber Defence Force Could Welcome Convicted Hackers

If black hats pass the background checks, they could join the military, says head of the new Joint Cyber Reserve…

11 years ago

European Committee Votes For Strict Privacy Laws

Right to be forgotten, increased fines, in tough EU privacy draft

11 years ago

Britain’s Cyber Police Force Calls For Recruits

NCCU wants cyber police to be the "career of choice" for those going into enforcement

11 years ago

Google Launches Anti-DDoS Service ‘Project Shield’

Google pushes out anti-DDoS service, a DDoS map of the world and a proxy offering for private communications

11 years ago

French Government Outraged At The Extent Of NSA Spying

Prime Minister demands to know why the US spy agency recorded more than 70 million French phone calls in 30…

11 years ago

Burning Bridges: Paunch Is Erased From Forums After His Arrest

Underground crooks quickly block Blackhole creator Paunch's account following his apparent arrest, Tom Brewster finds

11 years ago

Huawei Continues To Deny US Espionage Allegations

Huawei insists it is not a spy risk as the company reveals details about its new R&D centre in the…

11 years ago