Security

South Korea Braces For Fresh DDoS Attacks

South Korean authorities have warned of the likelihood of North Korean cyber-attacks in the wake of Kim Jong-il's death.

13 years ago

Adobe Finally Updates Critical Reader Bug

Adobe has finally delivered a fix for the critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat

13 years ago

Ofcom And Mobile Providers Take RIM To Task Over Porn Access

BlackBerry mobiles allow kids to access porn sites but RIM promises to block illegal content in a matter of days

13 years ago

RIM Comes Clean Over Carrier IQ

When Carrier IQ's mobile device monitoring software first came to everyone's attention after a security researcher demonstrated how it logged…

13 years ago

Google Upgrades Social Video Chat

Google has raised the profile of Google+ Hangouts, which enables video chat for up to 10 users

13 years ago

Imperva: New Hacker Tools Crack Hashed Passwords

New tools such as code dictionaries and rainbow tables are helping crooks to crack systems, according to Imperva

13 years ago

Study: Younger Employees Lax About IT Policies

Researchers from Cisco have found that younger professionals are easy-going about breaking security policies at work

13 years ago

Microsoft Sets Internet Explorer For Default Automatic Updates

Microsoft is to begin upgrading IE users automatically, unless the user specifically opts out

13 years ago

Beijing Clamps Microblogs With Registration Regulation

China continues its online clampdown after ordering the registration of real names on microblog sites

13 years ago

Sky Blocks Newzbin2 After Court Order

Sky says it blocked file-sharing site Newzbin2 to protect copyright holders and consumers

13 years ago

Healthy EU And US Data Protection For Microsoft Office 365

Microsoft says its Office 365 cloud platform now conforms to European Union and HIPAA privacy regulations

13 years ago

Google Wallet Security Risk Flagged By Researchers

Google Wallet poses a possible security risk after researchers found a problem with its encryption process

13 years ago

Spam Takes Back Seat As Targeted Attacks Rise

Criminals are not replacing botnets but are instead turning to more targeted attacks, researchers warn

13 years ago

Carrier IQ – Part Of The Solution, Not Part Of The Problem

Carriers have been slammed for monitoring on device usage,. J Gerry Purdy says this is necessary to give users a…

13 years ago

ICO Warns Of Location Privacy Issues

The ICO used a speech this week to warn that attention must be paid to individual's location privacy

13 years ago

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes 17 Bugs

Microsoft has patched 17 bugs in its December Patch Tuesday update, including the Duqu Trojan flaw

13 years ago

Malicious SMS Messages, Facebook Chats Hit Windows Phone

When setting up a Windows Phone, a hacker discovered a specially crafted disabling text message

13 years ago

Wikipedia Could Temporarily Shutdown In SOPA Protest

Wikipedia could shut down to put pressure on congress not to pass SOPA

13 years ago

British Student Admits Facebook Hack

A student from York has admitted hacking into Facebook, but denies it was with malicious intent

13 years ago

No Sign of Reader Fix As Adobe Patches ColdFusion

Adobe released a fix for ColdFusion but no date has been set for the Reader zero-day vulnerability

13 years ago

Google Pulls 22 SMS Fraud Apps Off Android Market

Google has removed 22 free games and apps which send fraudulent - and expensive - SMS messages

13 years ago

HP: Firms Fail To Manage Sensitive Data Access

Organisations should pay more attention to employees' levels of access to sensitive data, says HP

13 years ago

Scammers Sell Fake Smartphone Spying Tool

A new scam claims to sell access to a spying system that lets users monitor other people's smartphones

13 years ago

Blue Coat Acquired By Private Equity Firm

Blue Coat Systems has been brought out by private equity firm Thoma Bravo for a cool £829m

13 years ago

Google Wallet Enters For The Olympics

Google Wallet, the contactless mobile payment system, could reach London in time for the Olympics

13 years ago

Cybersquatting: A New Spin On An Old Crime

New scams are often based on old tricks and sometimes it is the simplest ruse that gains the richest rewards,…

13 years ago

US Authorities Warn On Facial Recognition Tools

The US Federal Trade Commission warns companies not to compromise privacy when using facial recognition

13 years ago

Yahoo Wins Massive Payout Against Spammers

Yahoo has been awarded a staggering $610 million in damages against spammers, but will it collect?

13 years ago

US Authorities Censor Blog For A Year Without Cause

The US authorities return confiscated domain name to an "illegal" music blog without explanation

13 years ago

Police Arrest Six Over £1m Phishing Scam

The Metropolitan Police have busted a phishing ring that defrauded students of £1 million

13 years ago