Security

Govt ‘Massively Retreating’ From Black Boxes Of Snooper’s CharterGovt ‘Massively Retreating’ From Black Boxes Of Snooper’s Charter

Govt ‘Massively Retreating’ From Black Boxes Of Snooper’s Charter

TechWeekEurope understands the Home Office is "retreating massively" from installing black boxes in ISPs to watch over people's communications

13 years ago
BYOD: TechWeekEurope Readers Value Security Over HappinessBYOD: TechWeekEurope Readers Value Security Over Happiness

BYOD: TechWeekEurope Readers Value Security Over Happiness

TechWeekEurope readers know users want to use their own devices, but they don't want to face the security and administrative…

13 years ago
TalkTalk Gets Hit By Anonymous – Despite Anti-DEA StanceTalkTalk Gets Hit By Anonymous – Despite Anti-DEA Stance

TalkTalk Gets Hit By Anonymous – Despite Anti-DEA Stance

TalkTalk is disappointed Anonymous initiated a DDoS on its site, after its strong opposition to draconian anti-piracy measures

13 years ago
Twitter Says Breached Accounts Mostly Spam And DuplicatesTwitter Says Breached Accounts Mostly Spam And Duplicates

Twitter Says Breached Accounts Mostly Spam And Duplicates

The microblogging site also claims most logins and passwords don't match

13 years ago
Avaaz President Answers Cyber Attack DoubtersAvaaz President Answers Cyber Attack Doubters

Avaaz President Answers Cyber Attack Doubters

Avaaz president Ricken Patel tells TechWeekEurope why his organisation is asking its members for security sponsorship, despite its $1m tech…

13 years ago
Twitter Resists US Injunction To Hand Over Protester TweetsTwitter Resists US Injunction To Hand Over Protester Tweets

Twitter Resists US Injunction To Hand Over Protester Tweets

Twitter is resisting a US injunction ordering it to hand over Tweets from an Occupy Wall Street protestor

13 years ago
‘Snooper’s Charter’ Becomes Draft Bill In Queen’s Speech‘Snooper’s Charter’ Becomes Draft Bill In Queen’s Speech

‘Snooper’s Charter’ Becomes Draft Bill In Queen’s Speech

Plans to allow GCHQ to watch over all of the UK's communications data are formalised in the Queen's Speech

13 years ago
Microsoft Mends 23 Bugs With Patch Tuesday UpdateMicrosoft Mends 23 Bugs With Patch Tuesday Update

Microsoft Mends 23 Bugs With Patch Tuesday Update

Microsoft's monthly update is targetting 23 security vulnerabilities, including a flaw exploited by Duqu

13 years ago
Cookies Must Crumble Before May Is OutCookies Must Crumble Before May Is Out

Cookies Must Crumble Before May Is Out

The ICO deadline for cookie compliance is upon us but there is little evidence of action and fines could mount…

13 years ago
Meg Whitman Threatens To “Darken The Skies” With HP StaffMeg Whitman Threatens To “Darken The Skies” With HP Staff

Meg Whitman Threatens To “Darken The Skies” With HP Staff

HP CEO emphasises company's strengths and warns of "tech 9/11" in London

13 years ago
Serious Security Flaws Fixed In iOS 5.1.1Serious Security Flaws Fixed In iOS 5.1.1

Serious Security Flaws Fixed In iOS 5.1.1

Safari bugs patched in latest update of Apple's mobile operating system

13 years ago
Report: FBI Seeking Internet Wiretap BackdoorsReport: FBI Seeking Internet Wiretap Backdoors

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 PasswordsMac OS X Lion Update Bug Exposes Passwords

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 RansomHackers Hold Belgian Credit Provider To Ransom

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 BowlAvaaz Faces Questions Over DDoS Begging Bowl

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