Security

US Federal Reserve Admits ‘Revenge’ Breach By Anonymous Over Swartz

US Federal Reserve admits hack but doesn't name names

12 years ago

MPs Ask For Clarity On Communications Data Bill

Committee says government should be more specific about the Communications Data Bill

12 years ago

Kaspersky: Sorry If We Broke Your Internet

Anti-virus update kills Internet access for users of many Kaspersky products

12 years ago

Twitter Set To Introduce Two-Factor Authentication

A job posting suggests Twitter is getting serious about security

12 years ago

iOS 6 Jailbreak Emerges As Apple Patches Mac OS X

iPhone 5 users can finally upload non-approved software

12 years ago

Netseer Hack Triggers Google Malware Warnings

A compromise of the website of advertising network Netseer led malware alerts to appear on major websites such as The…

12 years ago

BSA: Over Half Of UK SMBs Have Used Illegal Software

BSA warns small companies that buying counterfeit software could lead to something more troublesome than a fine

12 years ago

Richard III: We Have A Hunch His DNA Tests Could Affect Us All

They've identified Richard III from his DNA. Could they do the same to you, asks Andy Green of Varonis

12 years ago

China Again Implicated In Persistent Cyber Attacks On Defence Bodies

Sophisticated, persistent cyber attacks have hit a host of defence and aerospace firms, FireEye reports

12 years ago

American NGOs Urge Their Government To Support EU Privacy Proposals

Seventeen US organisations ask their government to have the courage of Obama's convictions

12 years ago

Twitter Hacked – 250,000 User Passwords Potentially Pilfered

Twitter acts fast to change logins after it admits its security was broken by sophisticated hackers

12 years ago

Oracle Patches 50 Java Flaws

Oracle has expedited a set of patches scheduled for later this month and released 50 fixes to licensees

12 years ago

Anonymous UK Teenager Avoids Jail

Judge says Jake Birchall would have been jailed if he wasn't just 16 at the time of attacks on PayPal…

12 years ago

Wall Street Journal: Chinese Hackers Hit Us Too

Another of America's biggest media organisations claims it was infiltrated by Chinese hackers

12 years ago

RSA And IBM Lead Charge Into Future Of Big Data Security

RSA offering Hadoop-powered solution, as IBM looks to make a splash in the security intelligence space too

12 years ago

Firefox Blocking Java And Silverlight ‘For Better Security’

Mozilla looks to prevent attacks exploiting flaws in plug-ins

12 years ago

New York Times Hit By ‘Chinese Hackers’

NYT says it was able to link attacks back to China, but there remain problems with attribution

12 years ago

FBI: ‘Sextortion’ Hacker Coerced 350 Women Into Stripping

Accounts hacked and over 350 women coerced into taking their clothes off

12 years ago

How Attackers Can And Will Exploit UPnP Flaws

Metasploit creator HD Moore explains how attacks might go down

12 years ago

Google To Offer Rewards For Chrome OS Hacks

Google has begun a competition offering more than £2m in prize money for those that can hack its Chrome OS

12 years ago

Cisco Continues Acquisition Spree With Cognitive Deal

Cisco continues its acquisition spree with the purchase of Cognitive Security to enhance its network security credentials

12 years ago

UPnP Networking Flaws Expose Tens Of Millions Of IPs To Hack Attacks

Flaws in UPnP libraries can be exploited on millions of networks, Rapid7 warns

12 years ago

The Botnet That Stole 16,000 Facebook Logins

Attackers show off potential for mass theft of Facebook passwords

12 years ago

Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Business Espionage

Police press on with Operation Tuleta

12 years ago

Twitter Applies Vine Porn Search Filters?

Some searches are no longer possible as Vine porn row rumbles on

12 years ago

New Java Flaw Bypasses Security Controls

A security flaw discovered in the latest verison of Java gets around security controls added to the programming language last…

12 years ago

New Twitter Transparency Site Shows Rise In Government Data Requests

There's a decline in copyright notices, but a rise in government user information requests

12 years ago

US Defense Department Expands Cyber Command ‘Fivefold’

US cyber force set to get 4,000 more employees

12 years ago