Security

Microsoft Not Backing Down On IE10 ‘Do Not Track’ By Default

Microsoft still wants DNT by default in IE10 even though it would not comply with the latest proposed specification

12 years ago

Last.fm Becomes Latest Password Breach Victim

Last.fm sees passwords published online as the breaches keep on coming

12 years ago

ICO Fines Council £90k After Children’s Data Disclosed

Council is fined £90,000 for two separate breaches

12 years ago

FBI Accused Of Illegal Conduct In Megaupload Case

Seven hard drives of evidence obtained by the US agents were not supposed to leave New Zealand, lawyers claim

12 years ago

Dating Website eHarmony Confirms Password Breach

Following hot on the heels of the LinkedIn password breach is the confirmation that eHarmony's customer passwords have also been…

12 years ago

LinkedIn: Keep Calm And Keep Connecting

LinkedIn may be a boring place with no secrets, but those passwords are important, says Peter Judge

12 years ago

UK Police Clueless On DNA Databases

Big Brother Watch finds police are keeping lots of DNA data on innocent people

12 years ago

Panic Over LinkedIn ‘6.5m Password Theft’

LinkedIn investigates claims millions of user passwords were stolen and posted online

12 years ago

Google To Warn Users About State-Sponsored Attacks

New notification system launches as malware developed by governments becomes commonplace

12 years ago

Facebook ‘Pages’ Admins Get New Privacy Controls

Facebook has created more limited roles for administrators of its marketing pages to help protect privacy and security

12 years ago

Kaspersky: Flame Used 85 Domains For Communications

The Flame malware is at least four years old and hosted its command-and-control servers on more than 85 domain names,…

12 years ago

Microsoft Issues ‘Flame’ Patch

Microsoft has issued a fix for a security certificate flaw exploited by the Flame malware to make the code appear…

12 years ago

US And Israel ‘Spawned Stuxnet’

Stuxnet was created by the US and Israel, according to a new book

12 years ago

EU Takes Five Countries To Court Over Cookie Law

Massive fines are threatening Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia

12 years ago

NHS Trust Outraged By ICO £325,000 Data Breach Fine

NHS Trust says its appeals were ignored by the ICO, as it expresses dismay at the record data breach fine

12 years ago

Flame Is More Than Just FUD

Ignore the sceptics. The Flame worm is significant for what is says as much as what it does, argues Tom…

12 years ago

Dutch Parliament To Reject ACTA And Its Lookalikes

Motion D66 tells the government to scrap the controversial agreement

12 years ago

The Met: We Must Do Better In War On Cyber Crime

Commander Allan Gibson says fresh data sharing initiatives will help the Met get better at fighting cyber fraud

12 years ago

US Has Three Weeks To Produce Evidence Against Megaupload

Kim Dotcom will finally find out why FBI wants his head

12 years ago

Iran Claims Flame Caused ‘Massive’ Data Loss

Iran says Flame caused significant data loss as the UN puts out a warning for member states

12 years ago

Assange Loses Extradition Hearing But Fight Not Over Yet

Assange loses his appeal at the Supreme Court, but he may find a way of avoiding extradition yet again

12 years ago

Security Myth Burns With A Brilliant Flame

Like its predecessors, espionage malware Flame has upped the stakes in the security market with its advanced surveillance capabilities, says…

12 years ago

Mikko Hypponen: Flame Worm Another ‘Failure’ For Security Industry

Hypponen says he's disappointed by the security industry's inability to track down 'super-weapon' Flame sooner

12 years ago

Met Launches Major Offensive On Online Fraud

The Met and the British Retail Consortium are working together as part of a major initiative to catch online fraudsters

12 years ago

Certification: Could It Nail Cloud Security?

Google is certifying its Apps to ISO27001. While that may sound boring, without certification, you might as well play Russian…

12 years ago

Flame Cyber ‘Super-Weapon’ Caught Firing On Iran

Flame may be the most sophisticated cyber weapon ever seen. Thanks to Iran, fingers are already pointed at nation states

12 years ago

ICO Receives 64 Cookie Complaints In Three Days

The ICO confirms 64 complaints have been made over cookies, just two days after the law was enforced

12 years ago

ICO’s Cookie Law Advice May Make Life Easier For Websites

The ICO offers more promotion of the implied consent method for cookie law compliance, as concerns over confusion mount

12 years ago

ICO Could Probe Google Again Over Wi-Spy, After FCC Report

Google's initial defence that its Wi-Fi snooping was accidental, now looks somewhat shaky

12 years ago