Security

US Pushed Spain Into Passing An Online Piracy Law

Leaked letter shows US government threatened Spain with trade sanctions to force it to favour passing an anti-piracy law

13 years ago

Symantec Denies Hackers Have Norton Source Code

Lords of Dharamaraja claim to have stolen source code provided for the Indian military

13 years ago

Apple Files Patent For Password Recovering Charger

New technology could replace security questions for forgotten laptop, iPhone and iPad passwords

13 years ago

Anonymous Outs Neo-Nazi Site Members

Anonymous Germany has launched a website to out neo-nazi site members as part of operation blitzkrieg

13 years ago

Facebook Ramnit Worm Variant Stole UK Log-In Credentials, Report Claims

The latest version of the Ramnit worm steals Facebook credentials and spams friends instead of relying on email

13 years ago

Sweden Grants Religious Recognition To File-Sharing Church

Sweden has accepted that a "church" which believes in file-sharing as a religion: a move that will not please the…

13 years ago

Check Point Security Gateways Offered On Amazon Web Services Cloud

Check Point offers Amazon Web Services customers virtual security appliances built into their cloud environments

13 years ago

Comet Pledges ‘Vigorous Defence’ Against Microsoft Lawsuit

Electrical retailer Comet has pledged to defend itself after software giant Microsoft launched a lawsuit over recovery CDs

13 years ago

ICO To Crack Down On Rule Breakers In 2012

ICO says austerity is no excuse for flaunting its rules and warns companies not to cut corners in 2012

13 years ago

Enterprises Need To Secure Private Data With Encryption

Security experts are urging users and businesses to adopt full disk encryption to secure sensitive data

13 years ago

Two iOS5 Security Flaws Exploited By Apple Jailbreak Tool

The latest jailbreak tool for Apple's mobile devices takes advantage of flaws in the current iOS5 binary and kernel

13 years ago

Saudi Hackers Steal Israeli Credit Card Details

Saudi hackers claim 400,000 Israeli credit cards compromised and promise to reveal more

13 years ago

Japan Develops Defensive Cyberweapon Arsenal

Japanese military plans to deal with an offensive cyber-attack on the country and its infrastructure have been revealed

13 years ago

Hactivists Plot Satellite System To Bypass Web Censorship

So called hacktivists are considering an outlandish plan to launch their own satellites to create a free space-based Internet, immune…

13 years ago

Belarus Restricts Access To Foreign Websites

Belarusians will be fined up to £81 if they conduct business on foreign websites un der a law that comes…

13 years ago

Sony, Nintendo, EA Games Turn Their Backs On SOPA

The top three gaming companies have added their names to the growing list of critics opposing the US Government's SOPA…

13 years ago

Windows Phone Jailbreak Tool Reaches Download Limit

The Microsoft approved jailbreak tool for Windows Phone 7 has reached its 10,000 download limit

13 years ago

Microsoft Releases ASP.NET Patch

Microsoft has patched a critical security vulnerability affecting all versions of the .NET Framework

13 years ago

Duqu Platform Used To Build Other Super-Malware

The same platform used to build the Duqu and Stuxnet Trojans may have been used for similar variants, according to…

13 years ago

New Christmas Gadgets Targetted By Cyber-Criminals

Got a new computer or Apple product for Christmas? Beware as cyber-criminals have launched phishing and malware campaigns targetting these…

13 years ago

Growing Security Headache For Industrial Sector In 2012

McAfee researchers have been crystal ball watching to divine 2012's security trends. Tom Jowitt investigates their findings

13 years ago

GoDaddy Backs Down On SOPA But Loses Over 72,000 Domains

GoDaddy's desertion of the Stop Online Piracy Act caused a Reddit revolt to fail but the battle had already been…

13 years ago

Security Flaw Makes WiFi Network Vulnerable To Brute-Force Attacks

The WPS passcode used to secure wireless networks can be exposed through “brute-force” hacking and an attack tool is already…

13 years ago

Anonymous Loots $1m From Clients’ Credit Cards In Stratfor Hack

Stratfor's hacking embarrassment continues as its Website stays offline and Anonymous turns the screw

13 years ago

Google, Amazon And Others May Go Dark Over SOPA

Several big name IT companies are considering overt protests against the proposed US Stop Online Piracy Act

13 years ago

McAfee Reports Mobile Phone Users Remain Casual About Security

Mobile device users are lax about installing security software or using strong passcodes to protect data on their mobile devices

13 years ago

Microsoft Releases Critical Workaround For DoS Bug in ASP.Net

Microsoft's workaround prevents HTTP requests that can occupy all CPU cycles on a Web server

13 years ago

Affiliate Marketing Sites Used In Majority Of 2011 Facebook Scams

Most Facebook scams in 2011 tricked users into going to affiliate marketing sites to fill out surveys, Commtouch said

13 years ago

Koobface Gang Redirects Web Traffic To Fuel Pay-per-Click Profits

The Koobface botnet now monitors and drives Internet traffic through affiliate sites to increase clickthrough revenues

13 years ago

Siri Arrives On iPhone 4 Thanks To Spire Hack

Apple iPhone 4 users who are chaffing to get their hands on Siri can now do so, thanks to the…

13 years ago