Security

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

Users Threaten Boycott As GoDaddy Announces Support For SOPA

Domain resellers and owners are boycotting registrar GoDaddy over its support for the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act

13 years ago

Mozilla Patches HTML5 Bugs In Firefox 9

Mozilla has fixed six vulnerabilities in its Firefox 9 web browser, two of which concern issues with HTML5

13 years ago

Malicious Android App Exploits “Old Vulnerability”

Security researchers develop app which bypasses Android security permissions

13 years ago

Twitter To Open Source Encrypted Text Software For Android

Twitter has made the source code of Whisper Systems'TextSecure software available on its GitHub.

13 years ago

Employees’ Emails Stolen In US Chamber Of Commerce Breach

The Chinese government may have breached the US Chamber of Commerce and stolen Asian policy information

13 years ago

Ireland Issues Facebook Privacy Recommendations

Irish data protection commissioner tells Facebook to give users greater control of data

13 years ago

Iranians Claim Hack Brought Down US Drone Spy Plane

Iran claims a known GPS hack brought down a US Sentinel spy plane, but US military says it was just…

13 years ago

Juniper Sues Palo Alto Networks For Patent Infringement

Juniper Networks has hit out at Palo Alto Networks, alleging it willfully infringed upon six Juniper firewall patents

13 years ago

Anonymous Beards The Banks To Play Twisted Santa Claus

Anonymous is playing Santa with a Robin Hood twist by hacking into banks to buy Christmas gifts for the "needy"

13 years ago

O2 Error Blocks Church Website Over Adult Content Claim

Users unable to access church Website for four months due to O2's 18-plus rating

13 years ago

Army’s Lax Security Highlighted In US WikiLeaks Hearing

The theme of the pre-trial testimony of WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning is that US military security was lax

13 years ago

MPs Oppose Social Media Riot Shutdown

A committee of MPs have said social networks should not be closed or blocked during civil disorder

13 years ago

ENISA Issues Seven Recommendations To Improve ICS Security

ENISA report calls on European member states to improve cyber-security measures

13 years ago

Christmas Hackers And The Sanity Clause

New devices and first-time users provide the ideal mix for Christmas exploits so take a secure grip from the start,…

13 years ago

Exploit Tools Armed To Attack New Java Flaw

Two exploit kits begin attacks on systems unpatched against new cross-platform Java flaw

13 years ago

IBM’s Top 5 Innovations Will Change Your Life Within 5 Years

The 2011 predictions cover green power, mind-reading machines, desirable junk mail, DNA passwords, and digital profusion

13 years ago

Microsoft Gives Details On Windows 8 Picture Passwords

Microsoft has revealed more technical information on its upcoming Picture Password feature, arguing it is as secure as conventional techniques

13 years ago

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