Security

Brit Firm Implicated In Bahrain Activist Cyber Spy Attacks

British organisation is implicated in a cyber spy campaign that appears to be going after activists in Bahrain

13 years ago

CloudFlare CDN: We Have To Stay Open, Even To Evil

CloudFlare's network will remain open to all, says CEO Matthew Prince

13 years ago

Bank-Theft Botnet Gameover Infects 700,000 Systems

A bank-theft botnet by the name of Gameover has infected 675,000 systems, many at Fortune 500 companies

13 years ago

Symantec Board Shows CEO Salem The Door

A Salem witch trial? Symantec's CEO is booted out by the board

13 years ago

Madi Spy Malware Returns To Target US Government Users

The Madi cyber espionage tool is back and this time is focusing on the West, not the Middle East

13 years ago

ICO Orders Council To Stop Spying On Cab Passengers

Southampton Council wanted to record video and audio in every city cab

13 years ago

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

13 years ago

Siemens Patches Stuxnet Flaws Even Though Super-Virus Is Dead

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

13 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

13 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

13 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

13 years ago

Black Hat Cringes As Its Users Get Phishing Email

Black Hat USA 2012 conference attendees hit by apparent phishing attack

13 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…

13 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

13 years ago

First Open Source Smart Meter Hacking Tool Released

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

13 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…

13 years ago

Government Gives Universities Millions For Cyber Security Training Hubs

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

13 years ago

Oracle Remedies 87 Security Flaws

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

13 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

13 years ago

Scientists Criticise End Of Climategate Hack Investigation

Email theft is unsolved, but global warming science is vindicated

13 years ago

Cyber Security Challenge Not Interested In Offensive Skills

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

13 years ago

Grum Botnet Officially Decapitated

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

13 years ago

Mozilla Secures Google Searches In Firefox 14 Browser

Firefox 14 makes Google searches secure

13 years ago

Bank Security Lax As Leaky Websites Aid Hackers

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

13 years ago

Cyber Security Challenge Hunts For Flaw Finders

Government backed contest wants online defenders against malware

13 years ago

Yahoo Android App Lets Attackers Send Spam

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

13 years ago

Dutch Law Begins Dismantling Grum Spam Botnet

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

13 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

13 years ago

Mass Online Spying Campaign Hitting Middle East

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

13 years ago

Skype Fixes Random-IM Security Flaw

Update stops instant messages being sent to the wrong person

13 years ago