Security

Ministers Object To Default Porn Block

Ministers are already hinting that a proposal to censor the Internet by default is a dead duck

13 years ago

Trojan Uses Motion Sensors To Steal Smartphone Data

Researchers have built a Trojan t hat uses Android's built-in motion sensors to steal handset and bank card PINs

13 years ago

Ofcom To Probe Sky News Email Hacks

The comms regulator is looking into Sky News actions after it admitted hacking into the Darwins' emails

13 years ago

Megaupload Trial May Never Happen, Says US Judge

FBI failed to serve Megaupload with formal charges, a US judge has said

13 years ago

Flashback Mac OS X Trojan Spread Via WordPress Blogs

Mac OS X users were infected with the Flashback malware via hijacked WordPress websites, according to Kaspersky researchers

13 years ago

Anonymous Launches Uncensored Alternative To Pastebin

AnonPaste created in reaction to Pastebin's alleged divulgence of IP addresses to authorities

13 years ago

EU To Share Air Passenger Data With US

US Department of Homeland Security will be handed personal details including names, credit card details and phone numbers

13 years ago

ICANN Says No gTLD Data Was Compromised

New top level Internet domains still on hold while ICANN sifts the evidence

13 years ago

GCHQ Releases Two Secret Alan Turing Papers

Britain's top secret listening station, GCHQ, has released two mathematical papers written by codebreaker Alan Turing

13 years ago

MPs: GCHQ Snooping Law Makers Are Tech Idiots

Conservative and Lib Dem MPs bash other politicians' knowledge over the tech aspects of proposed controversial surveillance laws

13 years ago

Businesses Confidence In Data Security At Low Ebb

A new survey has revealed a chronic lack of confidence among businesses about their data protection

13 years ago

MPs Call in Google, Facebook, ISPs For Snooping Law Briefing

MPs will meet with tech companies to discuss controversial new proposals

13 years ago

Barclaycard PayTag Turns Ordinary Mobiles Into NFC Wallets

Barclaycard is offering its users a NFC sticker that will transform their phone into a new payment device

13 years ago

Calltrunk Launches ARGOsearch Phone Search Engine

Privacy issues are raised, when users can search recorded landline, mobile and Skype calls

13 years ago

ISPs And Privacy Groups Hit Out At Internet Porn Block Plans

Government plans have been labelled as ineffective and amount to censorship

13 years ago

Tim Berners-Lee Slams ‘Dangerous’ Snooping Law

The inventor of the web says plans to store data open highly sensitive information up to abuse

13 years ago

Flashback Still Festering on 140,000 Machines

Flashback is still sitting on 140,000 machines, indicating many Mac owners aren't updating

13 years ago

Webpages Contain 14 Cookies Each

A month before the cookie laws come into force, research shows there are plenty of trackers running on businesses' websites

13 years ago

Lebanese Hacktivists Take Down 15 Government Websites

'Raise Your Voice' takes down sites for the justice ministry, customs and transportation office among others

13 years ago

How Facebook’s Paedophile Blocking Can Backfire

Facebook's blocking system is flawed, but linguistic and behavioural software can fix it, argues Tom Brewster

13 years ago

Check Point Launches Crowdsourcing Threat Cloud

ThreatCloud looks to get users sharing information for the good of each other

13 years ago

The USA Needs CISPA

Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act is not as bad as the Internet community might think, says Wayne Rash

13 years ago

Apple Reports Most Vulnerabilities In Q1

Cybercriminals increasingly target Apple and Android says Trend Micro

13 years ago

Anonymous Plots Next GCHQ Attack

Hacktivist group Anonymous has said it will follow up its recent anti-extradition attacks by targeting GCHQ this weekend

13 years ago

Hacker Exposes Three Million Iranian Bank Account Details

Iranian man posts debit and credit card details on his blog to highlight security vulnerabilities

13 years ago

Toshiba in Competition Data Breach

Toshiba's website fail leads to user info leaking and a breach of the Data Protection Act

13 years ago

Oracle Issues Mammoth 88 Vulnerability Patch

Oracle fixes a load of vulnerabilities, many of which could be used for remote code execution

13 years ago

Security Sensor Visualises Network Attacks

Hone, under development by the US government, is a way of allowing IT administrators to more quickly identify and respond…

13 years ago

Consumer Groups Slate Google’s Tiny Wi-Spy Fine

Google's $25,000 FCC fine for "hypocritical" obstruction is small change, say critics

13 years ago

The Commoditisation Of Hacktivist Attacks

Off-the shelf software for DDoS attacks has brought the means of disruption to smaller pressure groups, says Eric Doyle

13 years ago