Security

Google Kills iMessage For Android Amidst Security Scare

iMessage for Android app taken off the Google Play store, even though experts can't find anything malicious in it

11 years ago

Dropbox Joins Cloud Giants Calling For NSA Transparency

Dropbox says it needs to show detailed figures on national security requests if it is to be transparent

11 years ago

China Eases Internet Restrictions To Allow Facebook In Shanghai

China is opening up access to the likes of Facebook and Twitter in an area of Shanghai, whilst allowing foreign…

11 years ago

Android Malware Fraud ‘Rampant’

Android targeted by new fraudulent apps in first half of 2013, F-Secure warns

11 years ago

LinkedIn Denies It “Hacked” Third Party Email Accounts

The company will have to defend this position in court

11 years ago

German Hacking Crew Cracks iPhone Touch ID

Chaos Computer Club claims to have created a fake finger that fools Apple's TouchID

11 years ago

Users Must Take Charge Of Security In A Post-PRISM World

Sean Michael Kerner welcomes the User Data Manifesto, which says we should have control of of our own information

11 years ago

Touch ID Hack Pledges Near $20,000

An effort to reward the hacker who cracks the new iPhone's fingerprint sensor has reached nearly $20,000, while Germany's Chaos…

11 years ago

RSA Warns Customers About NSA Encryption Cracking

RSA is one of the first commercial companies to warn about issues with encryption after revelations about the NSA's meddling…

11 years ago

ICO To Investigate The Impact Of Snowden Revelations On Privacy

Christopher Graham wants to know if the NSA really had access to encrypted bank data

11 years ago

iOS 7 Bug Lets Users Bypass Passcode Protection

A flaw in iOS 7 is simple to exploit, requiring something resembling a cheat code to access photos and social…

11 years ago

GCHQ ‘Hacked Belgium ISP Belgacom’

Belgacom, which counts the European Commission and the European Parliament as its customers, a target of British intelligence, leaks show

11 years ago

Barclays Bank Branch Bugged In £1.3m Breach

Branch hit by crude yet effective attack involving a KVM device

11 years ago

Community Bounty To Hack iPhone 5S Touch ID Hits Thousands

Crowd-funded bounty is on offer for anyone who can "break into an iPhone 5S by lifting prints (like from a…

11 years ago

Facebook Pays Out For SSL Weakness In Android App

Facebook admits it wasn't doing SSL right in its Android app

11 years ago

Malware Disguised As Fake GTA 5 Downloads Spreading Fast

Sites offering free GTA 5 downloads are spreading across the globe and leading to malware

11 years ago

Mac Trojan With Links To Syria Uncovered

Syrian Electronic Army implicated in Mac malware attacks

11 years ago

WordPress Co-Founder: Biggest Acquisition Ever And Security Boost Incoming

Matt Mullenweg tells TechWeekEurope WordPress is planning to splash the cash on its largest ever acquisition and bolster its small…

11 years ago

Microsoft Rushes Fix For Exploited Internet Explorer Flaw

Tech giant says Internet Explorer zero-day attacks have been seen in the wild

11 years ago

Hidden Lynx: Chinese Hackers Hit Bit9 And Hundreds More

Crew that hit Bit9 earlier this year is based in China and continues to wreak havoc across the world, say…

11 years ago

HP Enters Next-Generation Firewall Game

HP will be going up against the likes of Palo Alto Networks, Check Point and Cisco, as it launches a…

11 years ago

Government To Trial Emergency Mobile Warnings

Alerts will be sent out to around 50,000 people across different parts of the UK

11 years ago

USB ‘Condom’ Prevents Data Insemination

Tech stops data flowing from a fully loaded stick and into a dirty slot

11 years ago

Microsoft Has The Patch Tuesday Blues With Buggy Updates

One pulled patch and updates appearing as needed even after installation give Microsoft a headache

11 years ago

Argentine Police Arrest ‘Superhacker’

A teenager was said to be making $50k a month from botnet

11 years ago

Pwn2Own Hackers To Compete For $300,000 In Prizes

HP's second annual Mobile Pwn2Own event will reward security researchers from a prize pool of $300,000, up from $240,000 last…

11 years ago

Google Street View Car In Double Bus Crash

Car manages to hit two vehicles as it races away from a bus it had already collided with

11 years ago

Anonymous-Affiliated Hacker Sentenced To Three Years

Yet another Anonymous member is heading to prison

11 years ago

Cyber Police Arrest 12 Over Santander Plot

Santander could have lost millions if police hadn't foiled a plot to hack into a branch machine

11 years ago