Security

UK Committee Frets Over Containment Of Huawei Security Threat

Committee worried about how the UK checks Huawei kit and how an old BT deal was initially cleared

11 years ago

Chinese Internet Chief Hits Back At US Hacking Accusations

A top Chinese official says it is the US that is doing the hacking, and claims to have “mountains of…

11 years ago

LeWeb 2013: MyPermissions – Giving Devs And Users Privacy

MyPermissions thinks there is a market in ensuring privacy - and Oliviear Amar told us why

11 years ago

Chinese Hackers ‘Behind NetTraveller Global Cyber Surveillance’

Another campaign aimed at global governments is allegedly carried out by Chinese-speaking hackers

11 years ago

TechEd 2013: Microsoft Previews Windows 8.1 Business Features

At TechEd 2013, Microsoft also announces cloud-oriented technologies and reveals it has acquired InRelease, InCycle's release management offering

11 years ago

Oracle’s Java Changes ‘Too Little, Too Late’

Security experts still think businesses should find alternatives as quickly as possible

11 years ago

Yahoo Mail Update Adds Email Scanning

Changes to Yahoo's web-based email include scans of users' emails, in order to allow for better-targeted advertisements

11 years ago

Cameron Calls For Cross-Party Support On Communications Data Controversy

Tories and Labour look set to do battle with the Lib Dems over Snoopers' Charter

11 years ago

Researchers Plan To Hack An iPhone With A Malicious Charger

iOS can be hacked in one minute using a special charger, with no jailbreaks needed

11 years ago

Google Ordered To Comply With FBI Data Demands

The same judge who ruled National Security Letters were unconstitutional says Google should comply by them

11 years ago

LinkedIn Adds Two-Factor Auth And Homepage Document Uploads

Another Web firm introduces extra protection to slow the rise of account hijacks

11 years ago

Google Bars Facial Recognition From Glass

Facial recognition will not be permitted on Google Glass for the time being, while Google addresses privacy fears

11 years ago

Europe Sees ‘Extraordinary’ Spike In DDoS Attack Power

Data exclusively handed to TechWeek shows a significant rise in DDoS power in Europe, an area that hadn't traditionally seen…

11 years ago

Google’s Motorola Proposes Tattoos And Pills To Replace Passwords

Regina Dugan, head of research at Motorola, puts forward some radical solutions to the world's password problems,

11 years ago

Quiz of the Week: China – Its Tech Superstars And Surveillance State

China is home to some wonderful tech companies, but it has a darker side. See how much you know about…

11 years ago

Kim Dotcom Granted Access To Megaupload Raid Evidence

Dotcom gets another boost in his fight against extradition to the US

11 years ago

Tech Titans Warn Government On Snooper’s Charter Pitfalls

Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo all complain about threats posed by the Communications Data Bill

11 years ago

US Government Security Contracts Trigger Industry Interest

Security companies are battling to secure up to £3.9bn worth of contracts from the American government

11 years ago

Google Cuts Down Zero-Day Disclosure Period To 7 Days

If the company responsible for the software doesn’t fix zero-day vulnerabilities in seven days, Google will spread the word

11 years ago

Dark Web Dealers Flock To Perfect Money After Liberty Reserve Demise

On the Internet's dark markets, Perfect Money appears to be the best alternative to the recently-shut down Liberty Reserve, sources…

11 years ago

McAfee Expands Reach With Endpoint Security Suites

McAfee has revealed two new security suite for businesses that include mobile management and rootkit protection

11 years ago

Microsoft Plugs Botnet Threat Intelligence Into Azure Cloud

Participating organisations will be able to help stop botnets causing carnage, Microsoft says

11 years ago

Old Ruby On Rails Bug Exploited To Feed Botnet

Flaw is being exploited in the wild, even though a patch was ready five months ago

11 years ago

China Planning Cyber War Games As Obama Talks Imminent

Tests confirmed ahead of meeting between US and Chinese leaders next week

11 years ago

Stratfor Hacker Hammond Pleads Guilty

LulzSec and Anonymous-linked hacker facing 10 years in prison after admitting numerous attacks

11 years ago

Anonymous Targets EDL After Woolwich Unrest

The EDL is targeted by hackers again over its reaction to the murder of soldier Lee Rigby

11 years ago

Ruckus Touts Wi-Fi Hotspot Protection

Ruckus is promising to tighten up the security of corporate Wi-Fi hotspots with its Secure Hotspot

11 years ago

Half Of UK Organisations Ignore The Cookie Law

A year after it was introduced, the EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications still doesn’t bother Britain

11 years ago