Security

Regulator Says In-App Purchase Complaints Rise By 300 Percent

PhonePayPlus warns parents and children of dangers of malware and in-app purchases

12 years ago

US Congress Implicated In Online Piracy

Members of the House might have downloaded Captain America, episodes of Glee

12 years ago

Paperless NHS Marks ‘The End Of Medical Privacy’

Plans to get medical data online concern activists already worried about NHS' data selling and poor security history

12 years ago

UAE Government Accused Of Using Java Flaw To Spy On Activist

UAE authorities are behind the spyware campaign against activists, alleges Bahrain Watch

12 years ago

Petition To Oust Aaron Swartz Prosecutor Hits 25,000 Goal

White House should now issue a response on the Aaron Swartz case

12 years ago

US Authorities Deny Kim Dotcom’s Megaupload Entrapment Claims

A court filing says federal agents didn’t trick Kim Dotcom

12 years ago

Red October Cyber Espionage Campaign Crumbles Day After Uncloaking

Campaign starts falling apart day after Kaspersky goes public with its findings

12 years ago

Big Bad Botnets Combine To Send Billions Of Spam Messages

Waledac makes a comeback by piggybacking on top of a virulent buddy

12 years ago

Aaron Swartz Lawyer: I Warned Prosecutors Of Suicide Risk

Lawyer claims prosecutors said Swartz would have been safer in jail

12 years ago

Hit By Cyber Crime? Keep A Clear Head

Cyber crime isn't like ordinary crime says Seth Berman of Stroz Friedberg. Think before you report it

12 years ago

Microsoft Confirms Patch For Internet Explorer Zero-Day

Microsoft moves after various websites serve up exploits for an unpatched flaw in the browser

12 years ago

Red October Cyber Espionage Campaign Hits Global Governments

Links to Russian-speaking nations and incredibly detailed, targeted attacks uncovered by researchers

12 years ago

They’re Bad: Michael Jackson Hackers Sentenced

Men who stole Jackson music avoid jail time

12 years ago

Oracle Rushes Out Java Patch But ‘Serious’ Flaws Left Open

Java palaver as Oracle fails to satisfy security circles

12 years ago

European Cybercrime Centre Impresses On Cautious Opening

Commissioner says we should not expect miracles from the new facility

12 years ago

Anonymous Petitioning White House To Make DDoS Legal

Hacktivist groups wants its attacks to be legal

12 years ago

Java Zero-Day Sees ‘Mass Exploit Distribution’

The flaw reported yesterday has already escalated and hit mass distribution

12 years ago

Yahoo Mail XSS Vulnerability Still Exploitable After Patch

The patch that didn't patch up much

12 years ago

Yet Another Java Zero-Day Exploited In The Wild

Another year, another Java zero-day

12 years ago

Nokia Admits Decrypting User Data But Denies Man-in-the-Middle Attacks

Nokia says it does decrypt some customer information over HTTPS traffic, but isn't spying on people

12 years ago

WikiLeaks Alleged Leaker Bradley Manning Faces Delayed Trial

Intelligence analyst Bradley Manning was not abused enough to have his case thrown out, says judge

12 years ago

US Officials Suspect Iran Of Bank DDoS Attacks

US and Iran cyber tussles continuing, according to a report

12 years ago

‘Huge’ Ruby On Rails Vulnerability Causes Panic

Rails flaw could be a big issue for thousands of sites, security researchers warn

12 years ago

European Cybercrime Centre To Open On Friday

Europol hopes to gather intelligence and skills for the benefit of all member states

12 years ago

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