Security

Google Donates £1m To Internet Watch Foundation Amidst Child Abuse Controversy

IWF gets its a massive boost in its fight against nasty content on the Web from Google

11 years ago

How PRISM Undermines Google’s Green Cloud Message

Google says we can save energy by using its servers instead of our own. After PRISM, Peter Judge wants to…

11 years ago

LulzSec Hacker Cleary To Be Released Soon Despite Convictions

Cleary unlikely to serve full 32 months, despite convictions on hack attacks and indecent images of children

11 years ago

Patch Tuesday Brings Critical Internet Explorer Fix

Microsoft fixes critical flaws in IE, but doesn't patch another revealed by Google researcher Tavis Ormandy

11 years ago

Tech Giants Ask US Government For More Post-PRISM Transparency

Facebook, Google and others urge the US government to be more transparent on what data it asks for

11 years ago

Botnets Adopt Peer-to-Peer To Combat Takedowns

Botnets are adopting the use of peer-to-peer communications to hamper takedown efforts by the industry

11 years ago

Global Security Market Worth £43Bn This Year

Security vendors are to benefit from the big growth in the security technology market going forward

11 years ago

Microsoft Angers Security Researchers With Boisterous Botnet Bust

Researchers fuming after Microsoft botnet takedown ruins their own anti-cyber crime operations

11 years ago

Hague ‘Fails To Provide PRISM Reassurances’

Hague accused of failing to come clean on vital questions surrounding the US operation

11 years ago

Apple Fails To Act On Store Vulnerability Warnings

Another slow response from Apple's security team?

11 years ago

Check Point: Mobile Security Incidents Now A Costly Threat

The majority of businesses have had a mobile security incident in the past year, but organisations are still failing to…

11 years ago

Google Patent Looks To Facial Expressions For Mobile Security

The Google technology would rely on users' unique facial 'landmarks' to unlock a mobile device

11 years ago

The Threat Facing The World’s Mobile Networks

Mobile operators don't know enough about threats facing their network and they aren't being proactive enough, says Arbor Networks' Tom…

11 years ago

US-China Cyber Espionage Discussions Fail To Deliver

Discussions between President Obama and President Xi Jinping bring nothing concrete

11 years ago

Benjamin Netanyahu: Iran Significantly Increased Cyber Strikes On Israel

Israel's prime minister warns critical infrastructure is being bombarded by attacks from Iran and its allies

11 years ago

PRISM Is Unstoppable, And May Spread

You can't stop the PRISM snooping scheme, says Wayne Rash. And it could be applied for more than just hunting…

11 years ago

Cameron Calls For ‘More Action’ Against Online Child Abuse Images

The government is to convene a summit with leading Internet companies, including search engines and ISPs, on how the industry…

11 years ago

European Commission ‘Concerned’ At PRISM Privacy Threat

Commissioners Viviane Reding and Cecilia Malmström express their concern about US mass surveillance

11 years ago

Cyber Challenge Hunting For Security Skills In Schools

Cabinet Office and the Cyber Security Challenge want to get kids interested in the industry

11 years ago

Pirate Bay Co-Founder ‘Anakata’ Wanted By Danish Police

Gottfrid Svartholm Warg is accused of yet another cybercrime, this time in Denmark

11 years ago

Malaysian Police Website Found To Be Hosting A Phishing Page

Netcraft says SSL certificates offer very limited protection from phishing

11 years ago

Thousands Of Web Servers Threatened By Plesk Flaw

Parallels says customers should upgrade their Plesk, but experts worry many won't

11 years ago

Glasgow City Council Fined £150k After Big Data Loss

Banking data stolen after laptop theft at local authority

11 years ago

NSA’s PRISM ‘Has Direct Access To Tech Giants’ Servers’

The US is happily spying on foreign citizens, accessing servers at Facebook, Google, Microsoft and others to get hold of…

11 years ago

Researchers Uncover ‘Smartest Android Malware Yet’

Android malware takes advantage of flaws in OS and looks a lot like sophisticated Windows kit

11 years ago

Google’s Next Madcap Idea: Facial Expression Authentication

Google tries to patent facial expression logins, but experts don't think it's worth the bother

11 years ago

UK Coppers Crack $200m Carder Crew

Carder website mattfeuter.ru is taken offline and 11 arrests made

11 years ago

Microsoft And FBI Hit 1,500 Citadel Botnets

Botnet takes a kicking but some think it will amount to just a chink in the fortress that is Citadel

11 years ago

Fury Over NSA Interception Of Verizon Customer Communications

US spy agency, the NSA, is conducting mass surveillance of American citizens' telephone communications thanks to a secret court order

11 years ago

Government Pressures Tech Firms To Censor More ‘Harmful’ Sites

Maria Miller asks Google, Facebook and BT to meet on blocking illegal content... something they already do

11 years ago