Security

Malicious Android Porn Apps Get 1 Million Google Play Downloads

Regretting downloading “Porn Sexy Models Wallpaper” now?

12 years ago

MPs Unsettled By Potentially ‘Fatal’ Government Cyber Warfare Strategy

We rely on heavily on badly-protected technology, say MPs

12 years ago

NSA ‘PerfectCitizen’ Program Prompts Privacy Fears

The National Security Agency (NSA) has refused to clarify whether its new program will monitor private networks

12 years ago

Fortinet Security Blade Targets Data Centres

Fortinet has released a new security blade aimed at large data centres and managed security service providers

12 years ago

Chinese Pirate Admits Selling Software Worth $100M

Xiang Li sold software that retails for thousands of dollars for as little as $20

12 years ago

World Economic Forum Warns Of “Digital Widlfire” Global Threat

Spread of false information over social networks a major cause for concern in coming years

12 years ago

Internet Explorer Under Siege As Microsoft Struggles To Fix Its Fix

IE flaw being actively exploited by hackers who hit Google in 2009 and Microsoft is struggling to offer adequate protection

12 years ago

Coalition Urged To ‘Redouble’ Cyber Offence Efforts After Mid-Term Review

Cyber offensive capabilities are "crucial", says Henry Jackson Society, after the government's mid-term review

12 years ago

John McAfee Goes From Defensive To Cyber Offensive

Man who created anti-virus giant turns cyber criminal?

12 years ago

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Zero-Day Fix Broken ‘With Ease’

Seems Microsoft's fix is not much of a solution at all

12 years ago

Microsoft Delivers Two Critical Fixes On First 2013 Patch Tuesday

Security teams given a busy start to 2013, with a host of serious issues to deal with

12 years ago

Turkish Government Body Accused Of Google Phishing Attack

Ankara government agency may have created fake certificate for Google services, tech firms warn

12 years ago

Border Agency Foul-Up Sees Immigrants Wrongly Told To Get Out Of Blighty

People wrongly told to leave Britain leading Capita to suspect it is sitting on some dodgy data

12 years ago

British Amateur Becomes Top Civilian Cyber Security Expert In The World

Next for Chris Doman, it’s Cyber Security Challenge UK

12 years ago

ICO Plans Press Code Of Practice After Leveson Pressure

Following Leveson's criticisms of the PCC effort to guide the press in following data protection law, the ICO is called…

12 years ago

Student Discovers Security Flaw In Facebook New Year App

Jack Jenkins found and disclosed the bug, but didn’t even get a “thank you” in return

12 years ago

Pakistan Lifts YouTube Ban For Just Three Minutes

Government firewall fails to block unsavoury YouTube content

12 years ago

Microsoft Rushes Fix For Internet Explorer Vulnerability

Microsoft has rushed out a tool to repair a zero-day vulnerability in older versions of Internet Explorer

12 years ago

Weak Passwords To Be Major Security Risk In 2013

Two security firms predict that targeted attacks and weak passwords will be the security issues to watch in 2013

12 years ago

US Banks Hit By Denial-Of-Service Attacks

Wells Fargo, Citibank and Bank of America have been hit by attacks that make it difficult for customers to access…

12 years ago

Opera Uses Big Data To Fight US Health Insurance Fraud

Opera Solutions is working with the US federal government to detect fraud in the country's new health insurance exchanges using…

12 years ago

Microsoft Confirms Zero-Day IE Attacks

Microsoft has confirmed that attackers are actively exploiting an unpatched flaw in some versions of Internet Explorer to install malicious…

12 years ago

Enterprises Lack Threat Data For Security Budgets

IT departments are highly reliant on publicly available threat reports to 'cost justify' their security budget increases

12 years ago

Study: Employees Lack BYOD Policy Awareness

IT departments are not making employees aware of their policies around personal devices in the office, raising serious security concerns,…

12 years ago

Samsung Promises Handset Security Patch

Samsung has promised it will deliver a fix for a serious security flaw in many of its handsets as soon…

12 years ago

Facebook Tests Paid-For ‘Spam’ Emails

Facebook's new service lets people pay to get emails past the spam filters

12 years ago

Trend Spies 455 Malicious Apps On Google Play

Hundreds of thousands of users downloaded nasty Android apps in December, says Trend

12 years ago

Instagram Completes Retreat On Selling User Photos

Instagram reverts to the old wording of its terms and conditions following a massive user backlash

12 years ago

Cameron’s Christmas Cock-up On Porn Blocking

Porn blocking has been announced - through the Daily Mail - without research and without listening, says Tom Brewster

12 years ago