Security

Google’s Schmidt Voices Privacy Fears Over Civilian Drones

Google's chairman Eric Schmidt says drones operated by members of the public pose a privacy and security risk

12 years ago

Microsoft Repairs Botched Patch Tuesday Update

Microsoft has repaired its botched Patch Tuesday update after it caused a number of problems for end-users

12 years ago

Hidden App Locates Stolen Laptop In Iran

A man finds his stolen MacBook Pro in Tehran thanks to spy software

12 years ago

Botched Microsoft Windows 7 Security Update Kills Computers

Microsoft tells users to uninstall Patch Tuesday "fix"

12 years ago

Bitcoin Rocked By Java Exploit-Wielding Thieves And New DDoS Strike

Cyber crooks are getting awfully fond of Bitcoin

12 years ago

Researcher Shows How To Hack A Plane With An Android Phone

More trouble with geeks on a plane? Hopefully not thanks to a researchers' findings

12 years ago

Chinese Hackers Suspected Of Mass Cyber Espionage On Games Industry

Massive multiplayer games developers targeted by Winnti group

12 years ago

Bitcoin Value Crashes To $105 After ‘Panic Sale’

According to Mt Gox, too much demand led to the temporary price crash

12 years ago

Dropbox For Business Lands With Single Sign-On

Dropbox hopes security addition and brand change will help it fend off challengers

12 years ago

Massively Popular Porn Sites Thrust Malware At Machines

Xhamster and Pornhub found to contain links to lots of nastiness... as well as porn

12 years ago

FOI Request Reveals BBC Lost 785 Laptops, Mobiles And Tablets

A Freedom of Information request exposed the BBC is a butterfingers with its mobile devices

12 years ago

Microsoft Lays Into Google Android Privacy In ‘Scroogled’ Campaign

Microsoft now laying into Google for passing on user information to app developers, as privacy war continues

12 years ago

South Korea Officially Blames North For Cyber Attacks

South Korea officially blames its neighbour for outages at TV stations and banks

12 years ago

Search Engine Reveals Worrying Security Holes

A relatively unknown search engine is revealing worrying security vulnerabilities in many corporate systems

12 years ago

LulzSec Members Plead Guilty To NHS, Sony Attacks

Four LulzSec hackers now await sentencing next month

12 years ago

Bitcoin Value Passes The $200 Mark

Virtual currency goes from $20 to $200 in just three months

12 years ago

Hague Puts £500k-A-Year Cyber Security Centre In Oxford

Oxford facility will work on how to protect infrastructure from cyber threats

12 years ago

Patch Tuesday Lands With Critical Internet Explorer Fix

All supported versions of IE affected as IT pros urged to take action

12 years ago

Illegal Botnet Bitcoin Mining Boom ‘Incoming’

Security researcher warns of growth in illegal mining following discovery of Skype Trojan

12 years ago

UK Crooks Linked To Android Trojan Posing As Security App

Research indicates UK crooks hungry for Android user banking info

12 years ago

Anonymous Attacks On Israel ‘Have Achieved Next To Nothing’

OpIsrael did not have "a single noteworthy technical achievement", despite Anonymous claims of $3 billion damage, source in Tel-Aviv says

12 years ago

Amazon Security Service Gets Faint Praise From Resellers

Amazon Web Services gets a hardware security module, but resellers say there is still more to do

12 years ago

New Techniques Help Malware Evade Defences

Companies are now seeing a malware event every three minutes, according to a report by security firm FireEye

12 years ago

IBM Presents Security Strategies For Power Sector

As security threats multiply for critical infrastructure such as the power grid, IBM has presented security best-practices for the energy…

12 years ago

Hollywood Issues Takedown Requests On… Takedown Requests?

Google’s list of takedown requests could become the largest index of pirate content in the world

12 years ago

Cheeseburger Loving £1m Cyber Crooks Convicted

They stole a woman's life savings to buy cheeseburgers and gold - now they're facing jail

12 years ago

Carberp Botnet Gang Leader And Cronies Arrested – Report

Botnet might finally stop causing carnage in Russia and Ukraine

12 years ago

Quiz of the Week: Bitcoin Bonanza

Bitcoins are getting a lot of attention right now - see how much you know with our quiz!

12 years ago

Microsoft Sued Over PhoneFactor Authentication

Microsoft and its PhoneFactor unit have been hit with a patent-infringement lawsuit from a little-known company

12 years ago

Cutwail Botnet Targets Android Users Via Spam

Attackers shifting to traditional PC tactics in bid to pilfer data from Android owners

12 years ago