Security

Go Daddy Outage “Not A Hacker Attack”Go Daddy Outage “Not A Hacker Attack”

Go Daddy Outage “Not A Hacker Attack”

CEO Scott Wagner says the problem was purely technical

13 years ago
Chip And Pin Flaw Uncovered By Cambridge BoffinsChip And Pin Flaw Uncovered By Cambridge Boffins

Chip And Pin Flaw Uncovered By Cambridge Boffins

Chip and pin payment systems used by many banks contain a serious vulnerability, according to Cambridge University researchers

13 years ago
Microsoft Delivers Light Patch Tuesday UpdateMicrosoft Delivers Light Patch Tuesday Update

Microsoft Delivers Light Patch Tuesday Update

Microsoft's September Patch Tuesday has a relatively light load, but October promises to be more substantial

13 years ago
Anonymous Claims Attack Which Shut Millions Of GoDaddy SitesAnonymous Claims Attack Which Shut Millions Of GoDaddy Sites

Anonymous Claims Attack Which Shut Millions Of GoDaddy Sites

Anonymous accused of censorship after attack on so-called censor

13 years ago
Apple Code Leak Blamed On App DeveloperApple Code Leak Blamed On App Developer

Apple Code Leak Blamed On App Developer

An application developer has admitted it is the likely source of the leaked Apple UDIDs, after its servers were hacked

13 years ago
HP Beefs Up Enterprise Security PortfolioHP Beefs Up Enterprise Security Portfolio

HP Beefs Up Enterprise Security Portfolio

HP has announced widespread improvements to its enterprise security offerings, to better secure the cloud and data centre

13 years ago
Al-Jazeera SMS Service Hacked By Pro-Syrian GroupAl-Jazeera SMS Service Hacked By Pro-Syrian Group

Al-Jazeera SMS Service Hacked By Pro-Syrian Group

Pro-Syrian hackers out in force again

13 years ago
Mozilla Fixes Firefox 15 Private Browsing BugMozilla Fixes Firefox 15 Private Browsing Bug

Mozilla Fixes Firefox 15 Private Browsing Bug

Firefox Private Browsing wasn't so private, but a fix has been issued

13 years ago
Words Of War And Weakness: The Zero-Day Exploit MarketWords Of War And Weakness: The Zero-Day Exploit Market

Words Of War And Weakness: The Zero-Day Exploit Market

Feature: Exploit sellers arm governments and businesses, but are they harming security for everyone else? TechWeekEurope explores this controversial market

13 years ago
Google Acquires Antivirus FirmGoogle Acquires Antivirus Firm

Google Acquires Antivirus Firm

Google has bought VirusTotal, which provides services analysing files and URLs to detect viruses, worms, Trojans and other malware

13 years ago
Botnet Creator Who Ensnared 72,000 Machines Gets 30 MonthsBotnet Creator Who Ensnared 72,000 Machines Gets 30 Months

Botnet Creator Who Ensnared 72,000 Machines Gets 30 Months

Bot herder with an alleged history of dirty dealing gets sent down

13 years ago
Web Firm Provokes ICO Over ‘Ridiculous’ Cookie LawWeb Firm Provokes ICO Over ‘Ridiculous’ Cookie Law

Web Firm Provokes ICO Over ‘Ridiculous’ Cookie Law

Cookie law sends firm cookie as it asks ICO to sue it for breaching the regulation

13 years ago
Apple Plugs Java Security HoleApple Plugs Java Security Hole

Apple Plugs Java Security Hole

Mac users get extra protection from Java exploiters

13 years ago
Sony Mobile Confirms 400 Users’ Data StolenSony Mobile Confirms 400 Users’ Data Stolen

Sony Mobile Confirms 400 Users’ Data Stolen

Sony partner gets hit, giving it another security headache

13 years ago

Gary McKinnon Extradition Deadline Set

Theresa May's decision will be made in just over a month at the latest

13 years ago

Quarter Of London Wi-Fi Networks ‘Unsecure’

War drivers are getting an easy ride thanks to inaction from vendors and users alike, Sophos says

13 years ago

BitCoin Exchange BitFloor Hacked, $250,000 Stolen

Owner promises to do everything to keep the website running

13 years ago

GCHQ And AV Firms ‘Scaring People Into Buying Security Kit’

GCHQ and Symantec put out fresh warnings over cybercrime, but one cynic isn't convinced

13 years ago

AntiSec Did Not Steal Apple UDID Codes From Us, Says FBI

If AntiSec is lying, where did the UDID codes come from?

13 years ago

Sophos Appoints New CEO As Longtime Leader Steps Down

Kris Hagerman steps into Steve Munford's boots at Sophos

13 years ago

AntiSec Hackers Steal 12M Apple UDID Identification Codes

AntiSec says it snatched UDIDs from the FBI. But why did the US authorities have them in the first place?

13 years ago

Cambodia To Deport Pirate Bay Co-Founder Gottfrid Svartholm

Gottfrid Svartholm is to be deported but he might not be going back to Sweden, where he faces jail

13 years ago

MI5 And MI6 Websites Attacked By Assange Protesters

Intelligence agencies the latest target in #OpFreeAssange

13 years ago

Fujitsu, eBay Lead Big Data Privacy Research Group

The Cloud Security Alliance has formed a working group to investigate big data privacy and security challenges and to form…

13 years ago

Bristol Scientists Promise Commercial Quantum Computing Chips

Nokia and Toshiba to build photon chips based on Bristol breakthrough

13 years ago

Tesco Password Security Fixed – But XSS Flaw Remains

No more plain text passwords? Every little security fix helps!

13 years ago

Another Java Security Flaw Appears After Oracle Patch

Oracle can expect calls for yet another update

13 years ago

Facebook Targets Fake ‘Likes’

Facebook has stepped up its measures against fake 'Likes', as it faces investor pressure to prove its worth to advertisers

13 years ago