Security

Gas Giant RasGas Downed By Virus

Could it be the Shamoon malware causing all the trouble?

12 years ago

Oracle Urged To Patch As Crooks Go Wild For Java Zero-Day Flaw

Oracle keeps quiet on Java zero-day as hackers find various ways to exploit it

12 years ago

UK Data Breach Reports Spike 1000 Percent In Five Years

State of UK security shown to be worsening

12 years ago

Oxford University Beefs Up Security After ‘Anonymous’ Threat

Exclusive: University forced into security changes after being hit by group whose Anonymous credentials are questionable

12 years ago

Google+ Gets Fresh Business Features And Extra App

Extra security and integration is coming, as well as an app for Google Apps users

12 years ago

Box Follows Dropbox, Adds Two-Factor Authentication To Cloud Storage

Box says it is responding to customer requests not hack attacks

12 years ago

Met Arrests Ex-Times Journalist In Computer Hacking Investigation

Former Times journalist and Guardian and Telegraph freelancer arrested

12 years ago

Second Alleged LulzSec Sony Hacker Arrested

The Sony security saga rolls on with another arrest

12 years ago

Cambridge University Emails Hacked By Assange Supporters

Despite the lack of any obvious connection between Assange and Cambridge, the UK's top uni gets hacked

12 years ago

Amnesty International Blog Hacked As Bogus Syria Campaign Pulled

Fake blog claims calls on the US, Qatar and Turkey to stop funding Syrian rebels

12 years ago

MP Peter Hain: Anonymous Hack Was Attack On Freedom Of Speech

Labour MP tells TechWeekEurope Anonymous hack of his site was irrational

12 years ago

Saudi Aramco Network Back Online After Cyber Attack

Aramco now wants to know who was behind the attack

12 years ago

Attackers Target Networks With Zero-Day Java Flaw

A previously unknown Java vulnerability is being exploited to attack firms, and has been included in a popular exploit kit

12 years ago

‘Crisis’ Virus Foreshadows Virtual Infrastructure Threat

The 'Crisis' virus demonstrates how criminals are working toward effective attacks on virtualised servers and infrastructure, according to security experts

12 years ago

Cyber Crime Sting Sees 357 Arrested In Philippines

Chinese and Taiwanese nationals arrested in major crackdown

12 years ago

Twitter’s Fake Identity Crisis

Feature: The market for fake followers is causing big problems for tweeters, but Twitter isn't doing much to help, TechWeekEurope…

12 years ago

Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Struggles To Recover From Hack Attack

Hacktivists claim a hit on Saudi Aramco

12 years ago

Communications Data Bill Public Consultation Closes

Now it's up to the Joint Committee to carry on scrutinising the controversial draft Snooper's Charter>

12 years ago

Former LulzSec Leader Gets Six Months Of Freedom

Sabu is rewarded for his cooperation with the FBI

12 years ago

McAfee Update Sends PCs Cuckoo

A McGaffe prevents businesses and consumers from accessing the Internet

12 years ago

Google Privacy ‘Red Team’ Formed To Avoid Future Gaffes

Google is recruiting what it calls a 'red team' to help it avoid any more privacy blunders in the future

12 years ago

Siemens Software Flaw Threatens Critical Infrastructure

US authorities investigate a vulnerability which resembles the one used by Stuxnet

12 years ago

How Travis Perkins IT Team Turned A Near Nightmare Into Security Spend

More security budget after a near-miss? Simon Gray tells how his team achieved this difficult task

12 years ago

Adobe Issues Second Flash Player Security Update In A Week

Adobe goes on another patching bender

12 years ago

US Feds Shut Down Pirate Android Apps Sellers

US and Europe take the fight to dealers of knock-off Android apps

12 years ago

BBC Under Fire For Secret Use Of RIPA Surveillance Powers

Broadcaster just one of many publicly-funded firms keeping schtum about use of RIPA

12 years ago

Tesco Pledges To Fix Web Security Flaws

TechWeekEurope pressure pays off as Tesco says it will fix issues, but given there are so many, which ones will…

12 years ago

Hackers Deface Pussy Riot Court Website

Pussy Riot members get backing of angry web denizens

12 years ago

R00tbeer Hackers Hit Philips

This time, it’s the Dutch electronics giant that pays for bad security practices

12 years ago