Security

Google Agrees Not To Track Users, If They Ask Nicely

More than 400 companies agree to help implement the browser “do-not-track” button

13 years ago

Smartphone Social Media Users Are Prone To Identity Theft

Smartphone owners and social media users are more likely to become victims of identity theft, claims Javelin Strategy

13 years ago

HTML5 Copyright Protection Proposals Branded “Unethical”

Google, Microsoft and Netflix lend their support to DRM for HTML5

13 years ago

Obama Releases Bill Of Rights Proposal For Online Privacy

A US privacy bill proposed by President Obama will give Web surfers access to their data and an online tracking…

13 years ago

German Authorities Close Skyload.net In Piracy Probe

Another file-hosting site linked to copyright infringement goes dark in Megaupload's aftermath

13 years ago

Juniper To Halt Web App Attacks With Mykonos Buy

Attacks against web applications are a growing threat that Juniper hopes to challenge with its Mykonos purchase

13 years ago

SMBs Face Growing Security Threat From BYOD

Mobile devices are posing a growing security threat to SMBs, who often do not have adequate tools and software

13 years ago

YouPorn Users’ Emails And Passwords Laid Bare Online

Hackers publish personal details online - exposing security flaw that has existed for five years

13 years ago

Open Source Code Is As Good As Proprietary, Says Coverity

Open source code scanned by Coverity had slightly fewer flaws per 1000 lines

13 years ago

Illegal GPS Jammers Are Widespread, Study Finds

Research by the Government-backed Sentinel consortium shows dangerous GPS jammer use in the UK is on the rise

13 years ago

MWC 2012: Symantec Survey Confirms Mobility Trend

BYOD is problematic, and social media is frowned upon in today's businesses, symantec told TechWeekEurope

13 years ago

IBM QRadar Security Analytics Platform Uses X-Force Threat Database

IBM's security intelligence platform arose from the Q1 Labs acquisition and accesses 400 malware databases

13 years ago

Google Hit With Lawsuits Over Safari Tracking

Google is being sued in the United States over its placement of online ad cookies in the Safari browser

13 years ago

Standalone Akamai Security Service Aims To Block DDoS Attacks

Akamai has announced Kona Site Defender security service to defend customers against various types of DDoS attacks

13 years ago

Open Threat Exchange Aims To Improve Your Security For Free

Richard Kirk of AlienVault introduces Open Threat Exchange, a free, open-source enterprise IT security tool

13 years ago

Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom Granted Bail By New Zealand Court

Dotcom to be placed under house arrest as fight against US extradition continues

13 years ago

Symantec PCAnywhere’s Limited Vulnerablity Called Into Question

An attack script has been posted online that can crash pcAnywhere as security researchers warn that old code can show…

13 years ago

Google Says Microsoft’s IE9 Privacy Policy Is Broken

Google doesn't follow P3P, but then nor does anyone else, says Google's communications vice president

13 years ago

Microsoft Says Google Bypassed IE9 Privacy Settings Too

Microsoft says that Safari was not the only browser that Google tricked into accepting cookies

13 years ago

Congressmen Ask FTC To Investigate Google Over Safari Tracking

Google says it is working to remove cookies “inadvertently” set on Safari users’ systems

13 years ago

McAfee And Xerox Team Up Over Printer Security

McAfee is to extend its security software to Xerox printers, as the two companies partner up over security

13 years ago

Iran Blocks More Websites Ahead Of Elections

The Iranian government expands its programme of web censorship ahead of March elections

13 years ago

Spooks Are Looking For Skeletons In The Closet

The US government may demand access to your data in the cloud. You can encrypt your data, but that limits…

13 years ago

Courts Could Ban The Pirate Bay In The UK

A Court ruling issued today means UK ISPs may be forced to block The Pirate Bay

13 years ago

UK Border Agency Scraps £9m Airport Iris Scanners

The widely criticized IRIS terminals will disappear from Birmingham and Manchester airports; the rest will follow

13 years ago

British Student Jailed For Eight Months After Facebook Hack

Glenn Mangham imprisoned despite claiming he just wanted to help Facebook by pointing out vulnerabilities

13 years ago

UK Government To Demand Data On Every Call And Email

Plans could force ISPs and phone operators to hand over records on all phone calls, emails, Tweets and Facebook messages

13 years ago

Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox Fix Serious Flaws

Following a major patch for Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox have also come out with fixes for a remotely…

13 years ago

US Regulators Criticise Android, iOS Child Protection

Applications for Apple's iOS and Google's Android devices don't provide enough information on how children's privacy is protected, according to…

13 years ago

US Secret Service Pulls Plug On Forms Site

The US Secret Service has shut down and then reinstated online forms site JotForm, without the need for a law…

13 years ago