Security

The UK Was Ignored In ‘Egregious’ ITU Internet Treaty Talks

The UK was ignored by both UN member states and the ITU at this month's crucial meeting in Dubai. That's…

12 years ago

ICO Slams Local Government As It Hands Out More Data Breach Fines

ICO fines on local councils close to hitting £2 million

12 years ago

Hackers Hit Westboro Baptist Church Over Newtown Shootings Threat

Church hit by hacktivists after saying it will picket school where 20 children were murdered

12 years ago

Developers Release Exploit for Samsung Galaxy Android Vulnerability

Samsung Galaxy devices have a security flaw highlighted by new exploit code

12 years ago

Twitter Archive Opens: Some Users Can Download All Their Tweets

Limited number of users get to download their Twitter archive in one tidy package

12 years ago

McAfee: Hacker ‘Project Blitzkrieg’ Poses Real Threat

A call for botnet operators to collaborate on attacking 30 US financial institutions appears to be a 'credible threat' after…

12 years ago

US Senate Votes In Favour Of Location Privacy Bill

Senator Al Franken wants to put a stop to “stalker apps”

12 years ago

Seven Arrested In PCeU Phishing Probe

Police cracking down on phishing activity as major operation with SOCA yields results

12 years ago

US And UK Refuse To Sign UN Internet Treaty

ITU meeting fails, as countries reject UN Internet treaty

12 years ago

Christmas Shoppers Warned Of PIN Stealing Malware

Point-of-sale (POS) systems at retail locations could be infected with PIN stealing malware called Dexter

12 years ago

Mobile Security Outlook For 2013 Mostly Clear

Looking forward to 2013 there is a minor risk of malicious malware for mobile users, says Lookout

12 years ago

Gary McKinnon To Face No UK Charges But Fight With US Isn’t Over

CPS says if McKinnon is to go on trial, it should be in the US

12 years ago

John McAfee Returns To The US

After three weeks in the jungle and a week in prison, McAfee goes to Miami

12 years ago

Flashback Hacker ‘Plotting Comeback With Fresh Mac Attacks’

Author of malware that infected over 600,000 Macs is concocting attacks on Apple products

12 years ago

Fresh Facebook Privacy Changes Coming Next Year

Facebook makes its umpteenth privacy update of 2012, but it still isn't impressing some critics

12 years ago

Dell Looks To FireEye For Zero-Day Protection

Texan firm is talking up security at Dell World but is looking to another firm for zero-day protection

12 years ago

TechWeekEurope Readers Support Mandatory Data Breach Reporting

Name and shame when a data breach shows slack procedures, say our readers

12 years ago

Syrian Internet Downed Again

Syria saw its Internet go down for close to an hour on Tuesday

12 years ago

Christmas Patch Tuesday Brings Scary Gifts

Microsoft delivers some critical loads in its final Patch Tuesday of 2012

12 years ago

Met Makes Three Arrests In Ransomware Crackdown

The Metropolitan Police looks to combat rise of the ransomware

12 years ago

SOCA Makes Arrest In £527m Butterfly Botnet Investigation

FBI, SOCA and Facebook looking to bring Yahos malware pushers down

12 years ago

Jimmy Wales: Theresa May Blanked Me On Snooper’s Charter Protests

Wikipedia founder tells TechWeekEurope his concerns were ignored when he visited Theresa May last month

12 years ago

Nick Clegg Demands Snooper’s Charter Rethink

Communications Data Bill should be completely rethought, Nick Clegg and Justice Committee argue

12 years ago

Windows RT Tablets Join Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Users who have bought Microsoft's ARM-based Surface tablets will next need to get used to Microsoft's monthly patching routine

12 years ago

Creepy Police Ransomware Starts Speaking In All Languages

A polyglot malware is doing the rounds

12 years ago

Pirate Party UK To Be Sued By Music Copyright Holders

The political organisation has chosen to fight to keep the Pirate Bay proxy online

12 years ago

Government To Fix Jobs Website Security After Hackers Post Fake Ads

DWP on the case after fake job ads raise fears of data theft on the government service

12 years ago

ITU Adopts Controversial Packet Inspection Measures

ITU has adopted controversial international standards for deep packet inspection

12 years ago