Security

Microsoft Security ‘Blocks Free Software Foundation Donations’

Oops! Microsoft product labels the Free Software Foundation's donation page as a gambling site

12 years ago

Massive Money-Stealing Botnet Suspect Arrested In Russia

A 22-year-old allegedly used 6 million computers to steal £2.9 million, as part of a major botnet operation

12 years ago

Turing Suicide Verdict Questioned

Alan Turing died of cyanide poison, but did he kill himself?

12 years ago

US Military Working On ‘Mobile Armour’ For Android

The US' DARPA military research agency has contracted security firm Invincea to create a secure version of Android for mobile…

12 years ago

Ford Pulls Key Free Login App

Car-maker Ford has withdrawn its software for automatically unlocking a user's web accounts after a blogger pointed out its security…

12 years ago

Trojan Makes Printers Go Potty The World Over

A Trojan is making printers across the world spew out garbled rubbish until all the paper is used up

12 years ago

Iran Nuclear Facilities ‘Under Massive Cyber Attack’

Iran claims it is facing another major attack from the US and Israel

12 years ago

Banking Trojans Crack Two-Factor Authentication

The Zeus and SpyEye cyber-criminal toolkits have been modified to automate the process of stealing from online bank accounts that…

12 years ago

European Trade Committee Says No To ACTA

INTA recommends that MEPs reject controversial treaty in next month's vote

12 years ago

Microsoft Pressured To Patch Zero Day As VUPEN Creates Serious Exploit

VUPEN creates an exploit that can bypass Microsoft security functions and works across Windows operating systems

12 years ago

CEOP Goes Covert On Dark Web To Snare Paedophiles

CEOP is to focus on illicit activity on the dark web as it looks to unmask those who think they…

12 years ago

BYOD Trend Exposes Corporate IT, Warns Fortinet

The bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend is exposing businesses to new security risks says Fortinet

12 years ago

LinkedIn Facing Class Action Lawsuit Over Password Breach

LinkedIn is facing legal action over the big password breach, but says lawyers are just trying to exploit the situation

12 years ago

Report: US And Israel Behind Flame

US and Israel were behind Flame, according to a report, just as many suspected

12 years ago

Google YouTube Targets MP3 Ripping Websites

Google is flexing its legal muscles against websites that extract MP3 audio from YouTube videos

12 years ago

BT Starts Blocking The Pirate Bay

BT becomes the sixth major UK ISP this year to block The Pirate Bay but there's plenty of ways to…

12 years ago

Assange Faces Arrest After Ecuador Asylum Bid

South American country considering application, but police say he has breached bail conditions

12 years ago

Belfast Health Trust Gets £225,000 Data Breach Fine

A Belfast Trust is lumped with a big fine but says the penalty won't harm patient care

12 years ago

Google Identifies 9,500 New Malicious Sites Every Day

Google discovers over nine thousand new malicious websites every single day, according to new statistics

12 years ago

Hacker Claims He Stole 50Gb Of Credit Card Details

A former Anonymous member says he hacked 79 banks in 3 months, for the lulz

12 years ago

Fujitsu Cracks Next-Gen Cryptography Standard

Fujitsu and its Japanese partners have taken 148 days to carry out a cryptanalysis that had been estimated to take…

12 years ago

Kaspersky: Mobile Zeus Trojan Poses As Android Security Tools

Researchers have discovered a set of malicious Android applications posing as security software in the latest example of malware targeting…

12 years ago

Six Arrested Over Japanese Porn Blackmail Virus

Salarymen find new sources of income by running porn blackmail scam

12 years ago

Government ‘Wasting Cybercrime Funding In Wrong Places’

The government should spend money on busting cybercrime perpetrators, instead of on security products, say Cambridge University researchers

12 years ago

Facebook Pays $10m To Charity To Settle Privacy Lawsuit

Social network makes donation after alleged violation of users rights to name and likeness in sponsored ads

12 years ago

Alleged LulzSec Hacker ‘Does Not Face Immediate Extradition’

US officials have said they are not planning to request Ryan Cleary's extradition to face hacking charges

12 years ago

Five Major Tech Issues Facing Snooper’s Charter

There are some serious technology issues that need to be ironed out in Snooper's Charter. Here's five of the biggest

12 years ago

LulzSec Suspect Ryan Cleary Charged In US

Ryan Cleary is charged in the US, meaning he now faces the threat of prison in two countries

12 years ago

PCeU Chief: We’re Punching Above Our Weight

The head of the PCeU says the unit is doing a lot with not much funding. Does she want more?

12 years ago