Security

NSA ‘Hacked Mexican Presidential Communications’

NSA hacked into email accounts of former Mexican president, fresh Snowden leaks show

11 years ago

Torrent Tracker isoHunt To Close And Settle Lawsuit For $110m

Site founder Gary Fung says he’ll be back, but the case establishes that a Torrent index infringes copyright

11 years ago

IBM Provides Two-Factor Security For Mobile Transactions

IBM researchers have developed two-factor security - based on NFC technology - for mobile transactions

11 years ago

IP Expo: Jarno Limnell – “We Should Forget About Edward Snowden”

Jarno Limnell, director of Cyber Security at Stonesoft, talks about Edward Snowden, business security and cyber warfare

11 years ago

IT Life: Secure your Data, Not Your Network!

When Neil Thacker changed to a data-centric security approach, people started to listen and he cut through complexity

11 years ago

High Bandwidth DoS Grow Alarmingly

A new report reveals the scale of the modern denial-of-service attacks, most of which exceed 1Gbps

11 years ago

PR Newswire Breached: Adobe Hackers Implicated

Press release distributor says passwords stolen, as data found on same server as pilfered Adobe information

11 years ago

Intelligence Committee To Probe GCHQ Snooping Powers

ISC looking into balance between security and privacy after explosive Snowden leaks

11 years ago

Avast Celebrates 25th Birthday, Releases New Antivirus

Avast 2014 offers faster scanning, smaller footprint, new privacy features

11 years ago

Hack A Vessel: Warnings Over Serious Flaws In Shipping Industry Comms

Shocking vulnerabilities in shipping communications protocols could be targeted by pirates and terrorists, researchers warn

11 years ago

Massive Malware Attack On South African Fast Food Chains Traced To Europe

Crooks who made off with millions might be European

11 years ago

Verizon Simplifies Two-Factor Authentication

Verizon has made its strong authentication technology easier to use, which it hopes will mean wider deployment

11 years ago

Yahoo Adding Email Encryption After NSA Address Book Surveillance Revealed

Latest leaks suggest NSA grabbed 444,743 email address books from Yahoo in a single day

11 years ago

BT, GCHQ And Cyber Cops Concocting Cyber Security Challenge Final

BT, GCHQ and Britain's cyber police all hoping their efforts will land them with some hot new security talent

11 years ago

Blackhole Arrests Highlights International Law-Enforcement Collaboration

Experts said the arrests of Blackhole's creators shows cyber-criminals they are not beyond the reach of law enforcement

11 years ago

CipherCloud Launches Cloud Encryption Offering

CipherCloud's Linux-based SSE product offers strong encryption for the cloud while allowing data to remain searchable

11 years ago

Businesses’ Easiest Targets: HR Vs. FOI Team

Spear phishers have two very nice targets to choose from. Businesses just have to accept malware will get past them,…

11 years ago

The Uphill Struggle To Security Awareness

Things have changed in the last ten years, says the SANS Institute's John Pescatore, but users still need careful watching

11 years ago

Google User Recommendations To Appear In Adverts

Google has changed its terms of service in order to allow users' recommendations and +1 actions to appear in ads

11 years ago

Fake Samsung Takeover Press Release Adds £127m To Swedish Firm’s Value

Investors fall victim to a hoax document that suggested Samsung was going to buy Swedish biometrics firm

11 years ago

Microsoft Adds ‘Fresh Paint’ To Windows 8.1

As the Windows 8.1 launch approaches, Microsoft has revealed more of the OS' new features

11 years ago

Skype Investigated In Luxembourg Over NSA Collaboration

Skype privacy called into question again, following Snowden revelations

11 years ago

Alleged Gozi Virus Creator Walks Away Free, For Now

Latvia will not extradite Deniss “Miami” Calovskis to the US, following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights

11 years ago

New UK Cyber Cops See First Success: £750k Phisher Sentenced

Scammer gets five years as National Cyber Crime Agency celebrates success just days after its official launch

11 years ago

Google Offers Money To Open Source Patch Developers

Improving security of free software can result in a $3,133.7 paycheck

11 years ago

New UK Cyber Police Chief: We Need Skills To De-Anonymise Tor Crooks

Crooks think they can operate anonymously online with tools like Tor. They can't, says head of the National Cyber Crime…

11 years ago

Mobile Malware Threat Overblown, Says PayPal Exec

A new study reveals potential gaps in mobile security, but dismisses industry hype about mobile malware

11 years ago

Cisco Touts Security Boost From Sourcefire Deal

Cisco closes the acquisition of Sourcefire, which will enhance its firewall and intrusion-detection capabilities

11 years ago

Why The Army’s NSA Hates The Navy’s Tor Browser

It really hurts the Army's NSA to come up against the Navy's Tor encryption, says former naval officer Wayne Rash

11 years ago

New Police Unit Threatens Domain Registrars Over Piracy

Shut down websites we deem illegal or face the consequences, says PIPCU

11 years ago