Security

Mass Online Spying Campaign Hitting Middle East

The 'Madi' mass cyber espionage campaign sees over 800 machines infected across the Middle East

12 years ago

Skype Fixes Random-IM Security Flaw

Update stops instant messages being sent to the wrong person

12 years ago

Nvidia Forums Shut After Password Theft Exposes 400,000

Graphics giant Nvidia closes two stores and three other sites as hackers expose user details

12 years ago

GCHQ Needs More Cyber War Skills, Say MPs

More cyber soldiers wanted for "active defence" at GCHQ

12 years ago

Home Office Creates Private Police Technology Company

Police ICT Company will cut costs by combining contracts

12 years ago

Blackhole Crimeware Attacks Java Flaws

The Blackhole exploit kit has been updated with a module that allows it to easily compromise systems using a month-old…

12 years ago

Skype Security Flaw Sends IMs To Random Contacts

Skype admits the existence of flaw and says it is working on an update

12 years ago

Symantec Problem Is No Surprise

Symantec's destructive update is an inevitable consequence of how anti-malware works, says Peter Judge.

12 years ago

Buggy Symantec AV Update Crashed Windows XP

Compatibility crashed Symantec customers's Windows XP PCs

12 years ago

BBC Study Questions Facebook Ad Value

You may be wasting money getting people to Like you

12 years ago

Russian Hacker Makes In-App Purchase Free On iPhone, iPad

Free game upgrades thanks to flaws in Apple's in-app purchase method

12 years ago

Yahoo Fixes Password-Hack Security Glitch

Yahoo has fixed the vulnerability that allowed hackers to compromise 450,000 passwords, and has offered more details on who is…

12 years ago

O2 Problem Hit Boris Bikes And Criminals’ Electronic Tags

O2's mobile network went down, and prisoners were temporarily off the net

12 years ago

Leaked Yahoo Passwords ‘Mostly Invalid’

Leaked file was an old one says Yahoo. But why wasn't it encrypted?

12 years ago

Yahoo Passwords Hacked And Posted Online

Hackers break into VoIP user-base, as a "wake up call"

12 years ago

Kim Dotcom Offers To Stand Trial In US

Megaupload founder happy to face copyright charges if he gets freedom, money and a place to live

12 years ago

Home Office Defends ‘Snooper’s Charter’ At Westminster

Home Office officials tell a Parliamentary Committee why they want our communications data

12 years ago

Over 100,000 Download New Rogue Android Apps

More dirty Android apps on Google Play include fake Mario and GTA titles

12 years ago

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Plugs XML Flaw

Microsoft has fixed a XML Core Services bug that is being exploited in the wild in its latest security update

12 years ago

UK Users Fear Online Payments: European Study

Brits are online scaredy-cats, a European Commissions study shows

12 years ago

Kim Dotcom Extradition Hearing Postponed Until 2013

Kim Dotcom is going to have to wait until next year for his extradition hearing

12 years ago

Google To Pay $22.5m To Settle Apple Safari Privacy Row

Google has agreed to settle over claims it forced cookies down Apple users' throats

12 years ago

DNSChanger Aftermath: Should We Ban The Diseased?

At the end of the DNSChanger saga, Tom Brewster asks if infected machines should be banned from the Internet

12 years ago

App Eating Android Malware Infects 100,000 Chinese Phones

New Android malware downloads unwanted apps and lands Chinese users with big bills

12 years ago

Back-Up Supplier Acronis Apologises For Data Leak

Acronis is investigating a data leak that saw customers' email addresses published on the Web

12 years ago

Syrian Spying Tool DarkComet Killed

Remote access tool killed by its creator, but the Syrian government may still be using it

12 years ago

Two Men Jailed For £1.5m Student Phishing Scams

Two men from Manchester and London sentenced for scams that fleeced students

12 years ago

DNSChanger Doomsday Threatens To Take 300,000 Off The Web

As many as 20,000 machines in the UK could be cut off the net when the FBI pulls the plug

12 years ago

US Military Spurs Robotics Efficiency Efforts

The US Defence Department is looking to create robots that are up to 2,000 times more efficient than those in…

12 years ago

McKinnon Extradition Case Delayed, Pending Medical Evidence

Hacker has been given time for another health examination

12 years ago