Security

Burger King Recovers Twitter Account After Hack

Pranksters claim McDonald's buys Burger King after 'flop of the Whopper'

12 years ago

Google Faces Punishment After Failing To Answer European Privacy Regulators

Google's controversial privacy policy could land it with a fine in Europe

12 years ago

Adobe Plans Emergency Fix For Reader

Adobe comes good on a promise made last week, but researchers worry over breaking of Reader's sandbox protection

12 years ago

ICO Slaps Nursing And Midwifery Council With £150k Fine

ICO calls the midwife after courier loses DVDs

12 years ago

Vodafone Plans Major Security Drive With BAE Systems

Vodafone Mobile Threat Manager the first fruit of five-year deal with BAE Systems

12 years ago

Brain Dead Security Unleashes Zombie Attack Hoax

US radio and TVs issued zombie attack warnings because of poor security. Wayne Rash wants more brains

12 years ago

Retailers, Hotels Hit By Majority Of Cyber-Crime

Hotels, restaurants and shops accounted for 78 percent of the breaches analysed by security firm Trustwave in 2012

12 years ago

Study: Bot Infections Common On Household Computers

One in 14 North American households had a computer compromised by a bot infection in 2012, according to Kindsight

12 years ago

The Pirate Bay Could Launch A Copyright Lawsuit

The Internet pirates have their website design stolen by a copyright protection group

12 years ago

Aussie App Developer Thinks Google Play Privacy Is An Insult

As Paul Keating would have said, Google Play are scumbags, privacy-wise

12 years ago

iOS 6.1 Security Flaw Bypasses iPhone Lock Screen

Hacker posts video of how to get around PIN number on iOS 6.1 lock screen

12 years ago

Apple iOS 6.1 Bugs Continue With Exchange Problem

The admin headaches continue after Apple's iOS 6.1 update, with it crippling Exchange 2010 servers

12 years ago

Adobe To Patch New Zero-Day Code Flaws

Adobe is working on patches for critical vulnerabilities - currently being exploited on Reader and Acrobat

12 years ago

President Obama Signs Cyber-Security Executive Order

Analysts have welcomed Obama's signing of an executive order to protect critical infrastructure from cyber attack

12 years ago

National Audit Office Warns Of 20-Year Wait For Cyber Security Professionals

It could take twenty years to train the number of cyber security specialists the country needs

12 years ago

Researchers Warn Of Rise In Software Vulnerabilities

Software vulnerabilities in the products of major vendors such as Adobe, Mozilla and Oracle are on the rise after a…

12 years ago

Help Your Staff Avoid Spear Phishing!

Spear phishing is a major security risk, and the only way to stop it is to train your staff, says…

12 years ago

Apple Patents Visual iPhone Unlock Method

New iPhone unlock method could prevent fraping, says Apple

12 years ago

Bit9 To Share Data On Certificate Hack

"Deep irony", as hackers use security vendor Bit9 to spread malware

12 years ago

US Secret Service Reportedly Investigating Bush Email Hack

Personal emails and photos were stolen from the email account of former US President George H.W. Bush, according to investigative…

12 years ago

Java Zero-Day Offered On Russian Dark Market For $100k

Java zero-days can make as much as $100,000 on the Internet underground, but the buyers will earn even more, RSA…

12 years ago

Has The Strong Pound Made Britain The World’s Phishing Capital?

At RSA's Anti-Fraud Command Center in Israel, TechWeekEurope hears why the UK loses three times more than the US to…

12 years ago

‘They Sent A Guy A Coffin With His Name On It’ – Why Russian Cyber Crooks Are So Scary

On a trip to RSA's Anti-Fraud Command Center in Tel Aviv, TechWeekEurope learns about the lengths Russian cyber crooks will…

12 years ago

Adobe Issues Emergency Flash Player Patch

Adobe has issued an emergency patch in order to counter ongoing exploits against its Flash Player

12 years ago

Russian Pirate Party Set To Host Banned Websites Abroad

The political organisation wants to help websites that were 'blacklisted' without any reason

12 years ago

Microsoft And Symantec Buddy Up For Botnet Takedown

Microsoft and Symantec have struck a blow at cyber criminals after taking down their command and control servers

12 years ago

EU Could Force Banks And Other Critical Industries To Report Cyber-Attacks

EU proposals could force 42,000 companies to reveal details of cyber-attacks

12 years ago

Facebook Risks Fresh Privacy Row With Tracking App

Facebook is reportedly developing a mobile app that tracks your location, even when the handset is not being used

12 years ago