Security

All Hail The Death Of Usernames And Passwords

Brian Spector, CEO of cloud security vendor CertiVox, says the traditional user login is gasping its last breath

12 years ago

Siemens Patches Stuxnet Flaws Even Though Super-Virus Is Dead

Siemens patches vulnerabilities used by the super-malware that was Stuxnet

12 years ago

European Commission Opens Consultation On Cyber Security Legislation

The EC wants to talk about cyber security legislation, looking at risk management and breach reporting requirements in particular

12 years ago

Home Secretary To Rule On Gary McKinnon Case By Mid-October

Theresa May will either confirm or reject Gary McKinnon's extradition to the US by mid-October

12 years ago

Skype Users Might Be More Open To Wiretaps Than Before

A number of recent changes at Skype mean that rumours of wiretaps could well be true, says Tom Brewster

12 years ago

Black Hat Cringes As Its Users Get Phishing Email

Black Hat USA 2012 conference attendees hit by apparent phishing attack

12 years ago

Super-Charged DDoS Attacks Spike In 2012

Exclusive: Attackers ramp up their use of super-powerful DDoS strikes and Xbox gamers are getting hit too, data shown to…

12 years ago

UK Government Faces Lawsuit Over Surveillance Technology Exports

Snooping gear has gone to Syria, Iran and Egypt, and Privacy International isn't happy

12 years ago

First Open Source Smart Meter Hacking Tool Released

The tool can be used to cause a blackout for the sake of security

12 years ago

Russian Arrested On Amazon.com Hack Charges

A Russian man has been arrested in Cyprus on allegations that he carried out denial-of-service attacks on Amazon.com, Priceline.com and…

12 years ago

Government Gives Universities Millions For Cyber Security Training Hubs

Francis Maude gives universities millions to produce at least 24 security-minded graduates

12 years ago

Oracle Remedies 87 Security Flaws

Includes a fix for a dangerous vulnerability rated 10 out of 10

12 years ago

Apple Chucks BitDefender Privacy App Out Of App Store

No one will say why BitDefender's Clueful privacy monitor fell foul of Apple

12 years ago

Scientists Criticise End Of Climategate Hack Investigation

Email theft is unsolved, but global warming science is vindicated

12 years ago

Cyber Security Challenge Not Interested In Offensive Skills

Cyber Security Challenge director says the focus is on defence skills, not offensive expertise

12 years ago

Grum Botnet Officially Decapitated

The Grum botnet is killed off, meaning we can expect a big dip in spam

12 years ago

Mozilla Secures Google Searches In Firefox 14 Browser

Firefox 14 makes Google searches secure

12 years ago

Bank Security Lax As Leaky Websites Aid Hackers

Banks are handing over loads of useful data to hackers, a KPMG study finds

12 years ago

Cyber Security Challenge Hunts For Flaw Finders

Government backed contest wants online defenders against malware

12 years ago

Yahoo Android App Lets Attackers Send Spam

Yahoo says a flaw in its Android Mail app affects a limited number of users

12 years ago

Dutch Law Begins Dismantling Grum Spam Botnet

The world's third largest source of spam could soon be history

12 years ago

Illegal Data Trade Grows Massively In 2012

Experian finds the illegal data trade market has doubled in size already in 2012, compared with 2011 figures

12 years ago

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