Security

MPAA Targets Hotfile In Latest Copyright Infringement Battle

Another cyber-locker faces the guillotine after film studios file for a summary judgement against Hotfile

13 years ago

Police Arrest Man Accused Of Hacking Abortion Website

Man believed to have links with Anonymous is arrested by Met Police's e-Crime unit after BPAS is hacked

13 years ago

Sandbox Protection From Malware-As-A-Service And Zeus Variants Will Trend In 2012

A Verisign report on 2012 security threats picks MaaS and open-source Zeus kit issues as sandbox candidates

13 years ago

ICO Warns European Data Protection Framework Needs More Work

The proposed framework for privacy is unworkable as it stands, a London forum was told

13 years ago

Google Pays Out As Two Zero-Day Exploits Found In Chrome

Google's browser exploited twice in hacking contests at CanSecWest conference

13 years ago

CeBIT 2012: Merkel Warns Google’s Schmidt Over Privacy

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt's techno-utopian ideals were brought down to earth by the German Chancellor at the CeBIT fair says…

13 years ago

Duqu Trojan Found To Include Mystery Programming Language

Kaspersky researchers ask programming community for help decipher the code

13 years ago

Anonymous Targets Vatican Website

The Roman Catholic Church is attacked in retaliation for the "corruption" exhibited during its history

13 years ago

CeBIT 2012: Kaspersky Predicts Flood Of Android Malware

Attackers have switched their attention from Java to Android, says Kaspersky

13 years ago

Rogue Antivirus Campaign Targets WordPress

Bloggers hve been hit by an attack on Wordpress that tricks users into downloading fake AV software

13 years ago

Trustwave Expands Product Portfolio With M86 Security Takeover

Trustwave will bolster web security offering to enter multi-billion pound market

13 years ago

CeBIT 2012: IBM Announces Cloud-Based Desktop Streaming

With a USB stick and a cloud service, IBM is offering a secure enterprise desktop

13 years ago

Anonymous Hits Back Over LulzSec Arrests

Hacktivists take down Panda Security websites, accusing the company of spying for the law enforcement agencies

13 years ago

Toshiba’s Secure, Energy-Efficient Laptops Tap IBM Software

At the IBM Pulse 2012 conference, Toshiba announced Tivoli endpoint management is embedded in its latest business PCs

13 years ago

Leaky Radio Signals Pose Smartphone Security Risk

Smartphones and gadgets leak signals from their electronics, potentially revealing encryption keys

13 years ago

LulzSec Members Arrested With Help From Group’s Leader

FBI has supposedly captured senior members of LulzSec in the UK, Chicago and Ireland

13 years ago

BT And TalkTalk Appeal Against Digital Economy Act Fails

Major UK ISPs lose challenge against controversial anti-piracy law

13 years ago

US Prosecutors Officially File For Kim Dotcom’s Extradition

Megaupload founder and three senior operators expected in court over US request in August

13 years ago

Anonymous Members Hit By Zeus Botnet Scam

Symantec has highlighted a scam that tricked Anonymous users into infecting themselves with the Zeus Trojan

13 years ago

WatchGuard Beefs Up SMB Portfolio With New Appliances

WatchGuard has introduced the XTM 25 and 26 appliances to safeguard small-business networks

13 years ago

Disgruntled Member Hacks GitHub

Ethical hacker warned about vulnerability, then used it himself

13 years ago

Libel And The Social Media Is A Corporate Issue

On the Internet, everybody can hear you scream - or belch or break wind - because nothing is erased, not…

13 years ago

Android Users Unwittingly Share Private Data Through Free Apps

Viviane Reding condemns advertisers who gain personal data without knowledge or consent of users

13 years ago

PwnPlug Opens Back Door Into Corporate Nets

A device that looks like a power supply can leave a network wide open to attacks

13 years ago

Reding: Google Privacy Policy Is Illegal

Google should not have pushed through its privacy policy changes in the face of conflicts with European data protection laws,…

13 years ago

40 Percent Of UK Businesses Suffered Security Breaches Due To Spam

Survey reveals that most companies rely on insufficient spam-trapping features of their antivirus software

13 years ago

RSA 2012: Cisco Stresses Network Security To Tackle BYOD Challenge

The importance of the network to cope with new trends has been highlighted by Cisco's new security head

13 years ago

Gnip And DataSift Begin Selling Archived And Analysed Tweets

Two research companies, partnered with Twitter, launch archived public data Tweet packages for sale to marketeers

13 years ago

Mozilla Launches Collusion Data Tracking Firefox Add-On

New tool aims to help users see who is tracking their web activity and to better understand tracking

13 years ago