Security

IBM Offers Endpoint Manager To Manage Mobile Influx

IBM has launched software to help organisations manage and secure the influx of mobile devices into the enterprise

13 years ago

Pirate Bay Founders Denied Appeal By Swedish Supreme Court

Swedish Supreme Court denies Pirate Bay defendants an appeal, finalising the fines and jail terms sentenced in 2010

13 years ago

Kroes Wants Private-Public European Cyber Security Partnership

The EU's Neelie Kroes says protection of the Internet is necessary for Europe's economic future

13 years ago

Zeus-based Ice IX Trojan Redirects Bank Phone Calls To Attackers

Modified version of Zeus malware targets online banking customers to capture bank and telephone data

13 years ago

Over Half Of Top UK Companies Have Not Registered .XXX Domain

Many companies have not protected their trademarks from exploitation by adult-domain squatters

13 years ago

ACTA Treaty Trumps SOPA And PIPA

The US Trade Representative has secretly negotiated a more restrictive treaty to avoid a congressional review and public objections, says…

13 years ago

Megaupload User Data Safe For “At Least Two Weeks”

Hosting companies Cogent and Carpathia agree to preserve user files for further two weeks

13 years ago

CloudPassage Secures Cloud Communications

Start-up CloudPassage has launched a security-as-a-service offering combining hosted security with cloud access for public and hybrid cloud users

13 years ago

Twitter Faces Protest Over Censorship Move

Users are protesting at Twitter's decision to censor content in certain countries in line with local laws

13 years ago

Megaupload Users’ Data Could Be Deleted By Thursday

Legitimate files on the Megaupload site may be deleted this week, say US federal prosecutors

13 years ago

Dutch ISPs Refuse To Block The Pirate Bay

KPN and T-Mobile say that censorship should only be used as a ''drastic measure'

13 years ago

High Court Demands Action Over Gary McKinnon Extradition Case

Two judges have given medical experts 28 days to report on hacker McKinnon's psychological state pending his extradition appeal

13 years ago

Facebook Sues Over ‘Likejacking’ Scam

Facebook and the State of Washington are suing a marketing firm over a 'likejacking' scam that allegedly brought in up…

13 years ago

Google, Microsoft And Others Announce Anti-Phishing Initiative

An alliance between 15 companies is hoping to set a standard to effectively wipe out email phishing

13 years ago

Midlothian Council Fined £140,000 for Data Breach

Council sent information to the wrong people five times in six months

13 years ago

Prisoners Use Smuggled Phones To Menace Victims On Facebook

Ministry of Justice catches 350 inmates using social network in past year, but more slip through the net

13 years ago

Android Hit By ‘Counterclank’ Trojan

Android.Counterclank attaches to applications in the Android Market and may be used to run malicious code on smartphones and tablets,…

13 years ago

FBI Seeking ‘Minority Report’ Crime Prediction Software

The FBI is seeking to develop software to scan Twitter and Facebook for 'emerging threats'

13 years ago

BlackBerry: From Police Tool To Looters’ Toy?

The UK police's BlackBerry project has been criticised, but is kicking BlackBerry just this year's fashion, asks Peter Judge

13 years ago

MEP Appointed To Scrutinise ACTA Resigns In Disgust

A key MEP protests the ACTA copyright treaty which could become European law in June

13 years ago

Police BlackBerry Scheme Slated For Lack Of Organisation

According to the National Audit Office, the government programme “did not provide value for money”

13 years ago

Pirate Parties Prepare MegaUpload Lawsuit Against FBI

Pirate Parties rally MegaUpload users for potential joint lawsuit against "unjustified" closure of file-sharing site

13 years ago

Twitter Can Now Censor Tweets In Individual Countries

Twitter says it must block tweets to grow internationally, but promises to clearly mark when it does so

13 years ago

US Security Chief Calls EU 24-Hour Data Breach Notification Rule ‘Unworkable’

AT&T's chief privacy officer says the 24-hour deadline would force companies to notify all customers rather than just those affected

13 years ago

BYOD Is The Challenge Of The Decade

'Bringing Your Own Device' to work allows people the freedom to work with devices best suited to them. But, as…

13 years ago

Switch Off pcAnywhere Immediately To Avoid Security Risk Says Symantec

Symantec warns older versions of pcAnywhere are at "increased risk" following theft of source code

13 years ago

O2 Apologises and Fixes Number Leak Security Flaw

O2 claims that it now only shares customers' numbers with 'trusted partners'

13 years ago

Anonymous Attacks Polish Websites For ACTA Support

Street protests and online hacking has hit Poland over its support for the controversial ACTA copyright agreement

13 years ago

Google Faces Concerns Over Privacy Changes

Google is to unify its privacy policies across its online product portfolio, but some are worried by the move

13 years ago

Criticisms Gather Over EU Data Protection Proposals

The EU's Viviane Reding has announced a 'right to be forgotten' and large fines but missed the security issues, say…

13 years ago