Security

Mozilla And BlackBerry Collaborating On Bug Squishing Tech

Firefox maker announces two open source security projects, one a fuzzing tool, the other a security testing platform

11 years ago

MIT Was ‘Neutral’ In Aaron Swartz Case

Internet activist's former parter labels the report a "whitewash"

11 years ago

From Bahrain To Belarus: Attack Of The Fake Activists

EXCLUSIVE: Activists in Bahrain are being targeted by IP trackers via Twitter, whilst fake domains are causing problems for civil…

11 years ago

Yahoo Surveillance Orders Set To Be Declassified

US court will reveal details of Yahoo's fight against a bulk surveillance order from 2007

11 years ago

Ex-Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs Becomes AVG Chief

Kovacs joins the security industry but choice of AV company may baffle some

11 years ago

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Thomson Reuters’ Twitter Account

Another day, another successful Twitter hack by the Syrian Electronic Army

11 years ago

Spy Agencies ‘Ban Lenovo Gear’ On Security Grounds

Intelligence agencies in the UK, Australia, the US, Canada and New Zealand are reportedly banned from using Lenovo computers on…

11 years ago

MPs: Policing ‘Black Hole’ Letting Cyber Crooks Generate Huge Profits

Crooks are getting away with making massive sums of money because police aren't investigating lower-level cyber crimes enough, MPs warn

11 years ago

Executives Lack Confidence In Cyber-Security Measures

Executives have had little influence in encouraging their organisations to adopt security best practices, in spite of the growth of…

11 years ago

Why Your CMS Is A Hacker’s Dream Come True

CMSs are easy to attack, but there are ways to at least try to fend off attackers, says Imperva's Barry…

11 years ago

Bing Introduces Pop-up Warnings For Child Abuse Searches

Protection groups welcome the move, but say it is only part of the solution

11 years ago

Viber Claims iTunes Flaw To Blame For App Store Account Hack

Hackers can stay logged in to iTunes Connect accounts even when they've been blocked, Viber claims

11 years ago

Twitter Abuse Petition Receives More Than 55,000 Signatures

Twitter users call for better tools to report abuse on the social network

11 years ago

High Court Bans Car Hacking Research

Car company wins out after British lecturer claims to have cracked the algorithm used by luxury cars, including Porsches and…

11 years ago

Cloud, BYOD, UC Trends Create Network Monitoring Issues

Cloud computing, BYOD and unified communications are making it difficult for IT staff to gain enough visibility into the network,…

11 years ago

Quiz of the Week: Internet Censorship

Cameron's porn ban, China's repressive actions, North Korea's home brew Internet - what do you know about global censorship?

11 years ago

Tributes Flood In For Legendary Security Researcher Barnaby Jack

Man who showed how to hack cash machines and pacemakers, and how to make them more secure, dies in San…

11 years ago

Japanese Poker Playing IT Chief Accused In Android Malware Bust

Scam thought to have earned crooks millions of dollars

11 years ago

Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Arrest In US

A man accused of defrauding investors has been arrested for operating a Ponzi scheme involving bitcoins

11 years ago

IBM Looks To Risk Prediction With QRadar Vulnerability Manager

The ability to predict security risk just got a little easier thanks to IBM's QRadar Vulnerability Manager

11 years ago

Five Charged For Hacks On Nasdaq, JCPenney And Others

7-Eleven and Heartland Payment Systems also hit by credit card data thieves

11 years ago

WhatsApp Weakness ‘Could Expose PayPal, Google Accounts’

WhatsApp's mixed use of SSL encryption described as "extremely bad form"

11 years ago

NSA Mass Surveillance Survives House Vote

Amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act falls at House hurdle

11 years ago

Apple: Some Developer Services Back Online After Hack

Apple says it is busy completely overhauling its site, which was hacked last week

11 years ago

Hertfordshire Police Number Plate Database Declared Illegal

The Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) does not appear to be proportionate, says the ICO

11 years ago

Malicious ‘Master Key’ Android Apps Appear Online

Malicious applications exploiting the nasty flaw appear on Chinese app stores

11 years ago

Syrian Electronic Army Pilfers Viber Data

London-based firm says no sensitive data is taken, but SEA claims responsibility for the attack

11 years ago

Claire Perry MP Website Hacked By Porn Pranksters

Porn hater accuses Guido Fawkes of sponsoring hack, confuses a link and a screenshot...

11 years ago

Android Master Key Patch App Available

An app has been released to patch the "master key" vulnerability in Android phones, but only if they are jailbroken

11 years ago

China Remains DDoS Traffic King Despite Indonesian Jump

China home to most DDoS attack traffic, but US source of most

11 years ago