Security

Report: FBI Seeking Internet Wiretap Backdoors

The FBI is pressuring Facebook, Google and other large Internet companies to build the technical infrastructure to allow wiretaps, according…

13 years ago

Mac OS X Lion Update Bug Exposes Passwords

A February update to Mac OS X Lion stores passwords in a plain text file readable to any user with…

13 years ago

Hackers Hold Belgian Credit Provider To Ransom

Hackers claimed to have breached the systems of Elantis and have demanded more than £100,000 or they will publish customer…

13 years ago

Avaaz Faces Questions Over DDoS Begging Bowl

Avaaz says it was hit by a two-day DDoS lasting almost two days, but questions have been raised about why…

13 years ago

Unknowns Hack European Space Agency, NASA And Others

New hacker group 'The unknowns' hits NASA, the European Space Agency and military targets

13 years ago

Syrian Government Pushing Malware To Activists Via Skype

Bashar al-Assad’s government infects rebels’ computers with Remote Access Tools

13 years ago

LinkedIn Splashes $118.75m on SlideShare

LinkedIn splashes the cash again, this time in a bid to bring in some presentation expertise

13 years ago

MoD Secret Systems Have Been Breached

The retiring head of the military’s cyber security operation admits the MoD's network has been breached a number of times

13 years ago

Trend: 700,000 Bad Android Apps Downloaded From Google Play

Google's mobile OS is coming under attack again, as users download a massive number of dirty apps

13 years ago

Microsoft Axes Chinese Partner For Security Code Leak

Microsoft has banned a Chinese firm from its Vulnerability-Sharing Group for leaking code on a Windows security hole

13 years ago

Maude Warns Of The Olympic Cyber Security Challenge

Cabinet Office Minister discusses cybercrime during his visit to Estonia

13 years ago

SOCA Website Forced Offline By DDoS Attack

The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has been taken offline by a DDoS attack, TechWeekEurope has learnt

13 years ago

Virgin Media Blocks The Pirate Bay

Users cast ashore as Virgin Media is first ISP to obey High Court order

13 years ago

Microsoft Probes Skype IP Vulnerability Reports

Microsoft is investigating reports of a tool that can be used to view the IP addresses of Skype users

13 years ago

Mac OS X Users At Risk From Unpatched Office

Apple users are facing another security scare from unpatched Office suites running on Apple Mac OS X

13 years ago

Trusteer Warns Of ‘US DoJ’ Ransomware

Trusteer researchers are warning that some ransomware is now posing as from the US Department Of Justice

13 years ago

Human Rights Body Avaaz Under ‘Massive Cyber Attack’

Avaaz suspects a government or a private business to be behind what it claims is a massive cyber attack on…

13 years ago

Iran ‘Knows Identities’ Of Oil Cyber Attackers

Iran says it knows the identity of who attacked oil platforms and ministry websites last week

13 years ago

Eugene Kaspersky: Free AV Vendors Are Cheats

Kaspersky CEO says free antivirus firms are taking the fruits of others' hard work without asking

13 years ago

Check Point Enters Freemium AV Game

Check Point hopes its freemium model will give it a boost in the consumer space

13 years ago

UK Government Details Solar Storm Preparations

Government discusses space weather and EMP weapons of the future

13 years ago

ICO Unlikely To Re-Probe Google Despite Street View Findings

The ICO looks set to let Google off again, even after findings show workers knew what they were doing when…

13 years ago

Engineers Develop Algorithm To Slow Incoming Cyber Attacks

Engineers claim to have invented an algorithm that will give system administrators vital breathing space during a cyber attack

13 years ago

Flashback Intercepted Google Searches To Make $10k A Day

Flashback made cyber crooks a tonne of money in a Google-tracking, ad-clicking scheme

13 years ago

Malicious Attacks Spike As Flaws Fall In 2011

Vulnerabilities fall but cybercriminals take advantage of simple hacking tools and poor company security practices

13 years ago

Oracle Rushes To Offer Database Vulnerability Workarounds

Four years of hurt for one researcher may finally be at an end as Oracle patches a flaw affecting its…

13 years ago

Pirate Bay UK In Stormy Seas As ISPs Agree To Block

The Pirate Bay is set to be inaccessible for most internet users in the UK within the next month

13 years ago

British Hosting Firm Admits Pakistani Hack

A British web hosting firm has been forced to warn its customers about a hacking intrusion into its billing system

13 years ago

Star Trek Game Developer Faces Wrath Of Khan After Data Breach

Players of Star Trek Online warned after personal details and payment information stolen in December 2010

13 years ago

Can Penetration Testing Take On Social Engineering?

you need to test your organisation's security. But social engineering tests aer an ethical minefield, says Eric Doyle

13 years ago