Security

Quiz Of The Week: Anonymous

How much do you know about the infamous 'hactivist' collective?

12 years ago

Researchers Propose Solution To Forged Digital Certificates

Two researchers have proposed a way to catch forged SSL certificates and increase the level of trust in CAs

12 years ago

Norton Releases Free iAntivirus App For Macs

On demand scanning, speed and Facebook protection offered by security app

12 years ago

ACTA: “The Devil Is In The Lack Of Detail”

MEP David Martin expects the vote to go 2:1 against ACTA, and explains why

12 years ago

IBM Bans Siri Over Data Privacy Fears

Security concerns prohibit use of the iPhone personal assistant

12 years ago

Kaspersky Calls For Cyber-Weapons Convention

Cyber-weapons are cheap, democracy is dying, and social media is dangerous – the dark prophecy of Eugene Kaspersky

12 years ago

NHS To Publish Anonymised Patient Data

The long-delayed Department of Health information strategy plans to release anonymised patient data to researchers, industry and the public

12 years ago

NHS Trust To Appeal ICO Fine

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust says ICO has "acted incorrectly"

12 years ago

Configuration Errors Caused Utah Data Breach

A massive data breach in the US state of Utah was caused by a series of configuration mistakes during an…

12 years ago

Qinetiq To Lead MoD Consortium

Former MoD research arm contracted to protect it from cyber attacks

12 years ago

Linux 3.4 Kernel Boosts Virtualisation

Linux developers make improvements to virtualisation, 64-bit computing and other areas

12 years ago

Cloud Security Alliance Aims Certification At Government Clouds

The CSA's cloud certification framework is designed for the new EU Cloud Strategy, as well as for private companies

12 years ago

Anonymous Attacks DWP Website Over Privacy Breaches

The DWP becomes the next target of Anonymous splinter cell, the ATeam

12 years ago

Call Of Duty Malware “Patch” Creator Jailed

Cybercrime discovered while investigating a real-world robbery

12 years ago

Twitter Announces Support For Do Not Track System

Twitter has joined the privacy drive after announcing its support for the "Do Not Track" initiative

12 years ago

Microsoft Encourages Sharing At Security Conference

Microsoft has held its first Security Development Conference to encourage the sharing of security information

12 years ago

Government Proves Cookie Law Is Cuckoo

The cookie law is crazy, as the government has shown by saying it hasn't bothered to get compliant, argues Tom…

12 years ago

Facebook Hacker Given 12 Month Sentence

Man from Sussex tracked down by Met Police's e-Crime Unit for Facebook account hack

12 years ago

Flashback Crooks Fluffed Money Making Scheme

Flashback operators were unable to make much money from the hundreds of thousands of Macs they had control of

12 years ago

French Watchdog CNIL To Meet Google Over Privacy

Google is to meet with the French privacy watchdog next week over its controversial new user privacy policy

12 years ago

Microsoft Promises Children Trackers In Windows 8

Microsoft details improved monitoring options and restrictions for parents

12 years ago

WikiLeaks Down After ‘72-Hour DDoS’

WikiLeaks sees its website go down, claiming a DDoS has been smashing the site for three days

12 years ago

RunCore Launches SSD With A Self-Destruct Button

Paranoid citizens and secret agents rejoice - you can destroy your data

12 years ago

Pirate Bay DDoS: Anonymous Not To Blame

The Pirate Bay is back online after a big DDoS hit, saying Anonymous is not to blame

12 years ago

Google Plugs 20 Chrome Security Vulnerabilities

Google has fixed 20 security flaws for the Chrome browser, and also offered up a new tab-synchronisation feature

12 years ago

ICO To Investigate Civil Service Data Breach Claims

Channel 4 documentary finds 25 confidentiality breaches per week at the Department for Work and Pensions

12 years ago

Barnet Borough Council Fined £70,000 For Data Loss

Council fined after second offence in two years, but further loss prevented by laptop encryption

12 years ago

We Join Anonymous In IRC Chat During The ICO Blackout

TechWeekEurope is invited into an Anonymous team's IRC session to learn about the group's aims and watch its big botnets…

12 years ago

Don’t Trust The Cloud To Secure Your Storage

SMBs may be putting their storage in the cloud with their fingers cross. Lisa Vaas says, at least encrypt your…

12 years ago

Apple Applauded For QuickTime Patching

Apple patches 17 vulnerabilities in QuickTime, getting by with a little help from its friends

12 years ago