Security

US And China Conducted Cyber War Games In Secret

China and US held exercises to head off escalated hostilities after accusations of data breaches

13 years ago

GE Healthcare Admits Sending NHS Patient Data To US

NHS IT Provider says 600,000 patients have no need to worry

13 years ago

Dutch Pirate Party Prepares To Fight BREIN Over Pirate Bay Proxy

Dutch anti-piracy organisation had ordered political party to shut down Pirate Bay proxy

13 years ago

Judge Preserves Megaupload Data For Two More Weeks

Interested parties have two weeks to agree on what is to become of the 1,100 powered-down servers that hold 25…

13 years ago

Alleged TeaMp0ison Member Charged With Computer Misuse

A 17-year-old is charged for two offences, one relating to the Anti-Terror Hotline hoax calls, another to the Computer Misuse…

13 years ago

Google Fined $25,000 By FCC For Impeding Street View Investigation

US agency FCC claims Google said that searching its own emails was too much hassle

13 years ago

Android Video App Steals Contacts List

A Trojan found in video applications on the Google Play market has affected at least 70,000 users, McAfee has warned

13 years ago

Abortion Hacker Sentenced To 32 Months

James Jeffery pleads guilty to hacking BPAS website and records

13 years ago

Another Mac APT Attack Spotted

The SabPub APT is still active and is going after Mac machines

13 years ago

Trojan Hides In Angry Birds Game

Sophos and game maker Rovio have warned of malicious code masquerading as the popular Angry Birds Space game

13 years ago

Google’s Brin Warns Internet At Risk From China, Apple, Facebook

China has contained the Internet, and Facebook and Apple are restricting it, warns Google founder Sergey Brin

13 years ago

Super-Rare Ransomware Breaches Boot Record

Trend spots a rare beast in the cyber crime world - ransomware infecting the Master Boot Record

13 years ago

Great Firewall Of China Blocks All Foreign Sites Following Brief Hiccup

Update to national firewall suspected as cause of temporary foreign site blackout

13 years ago

Two Possible TeaMp0isoN Members Arrested

The Metropolitan Police denies the hack, TeaMp0isoN denies the arrests. So nothing happened?

13 years ago

Boeing Preps Secure Android Smartphone For Government

Aerospace and defence company expected to release device in late 2012

13 years ago

Apple Issues ‘Cool’ Fix For Flashback

Despite getting slammed by some corners of the security industry over Flashback, Apple gets praise for its "innovative" Java update

13 years ago

The Strange Story of Security’s Next Superstar

James Lyne is destined to be one of the biggest names in security. He might even become the industry's first…

13 years ago

US To Rush Work On Cyberweapons

Pentagon recognises the value of hacking as a form of warfare

13 years ago

TeaMp0isoN Hacks MI6 Phones

Mischievous hacktivists phone-bomb the UK intelligence agency

13 years ago

Facebook Generously Lets Users Download Their Own Data

Users will now be able to access data about IP addresses, previous names and friend requests

13 years ago

Portugal Proposes Terabyte Tax To Pay Copyright Holders

Portugal is planning a tax of up to €0.5 per Gigabyte, to pay copyright owners

13 years ago

HP Warns Of Malware-Infected Flash Cards

HP says that some of its shipments of ProCurve 5400 zl switches contained infected flash cards

13 years ago

Flashback Slashed But Apple Faces Backlash

Apple is slow and misguided, but the number of Flashback bots is coming down, say security experts

13 years ago

Microsoft Tackles IE And Office Flaws

Microsoft has tackled security flaws in MS Office and Internet Explorer in its latest security patch

13 years ago

Ministry of Justice Hack Claimed By Lone ‘Security Consultant’

MoJ hack was not an Anonymous operation, but the work of a lone supporter, the claimed culprit told TechWeekEurope

13 years ago

Want to Avoid GCHQ Snooping? It’s As Simple As Using Skype

The myriad ways people can hide their web activity makes the government's overbearing legislation absurd, says Tom Brewster

13 years ago

Apple Plotting Flashback Botnet Murder

Apple looks to dismantle the C&C infrastructure of Flashback with the help of ISPs

13 years ago

Security Vendors Rush Out Anti Flashback Tools For Macs

Security vendors have rushed out tools to defeat the Flashback virus infecting Macintosh computers

13 years ago

KPMG: 95 Percent of Businesses Not Cookie Law Compliant

The cookie laws are coming, but not many businesses seem to care

13 years ago

DECC Lays Out ‘Tough Guidelines’ On Smart Meters

DECC's smart meter programme expected to deliver £7.2 billion net benefit over 20 years

13 years ago