Security

Beijing Defends Right To Censor Internet

The Chinese government has defended its “Great Firewall Of China” following fresh American pressure

13 years ago

Massive SQL Injection Attack Hits A Million Pages

LizaMoon attacks may have waned but code injection is still rife with a million pages infected in a new wave

13 years ago

UK Committee Suggests Libel Rules For Websites

A parliamentary committee suggests websites should be required to remove anonymous libels

13 years ago

Cisco Virtual Firewall Protects Multi-Tenant Cloud

Cisco rolled out switches and a virtual firewall appliance to expand its ASA data centre range

13 years ago

Sophos Spots Siri Security Loophole In iPhone 4S

Siri, the iPhone 4S digital assistant, needs to be locked down to stop other people sending emails and texts

13 years ago

Brits Fret Over Potential ‘Mobile Wallet’ Hacks

Brits remain uneasy at the potential security risks posed by paying for goods with their mobile phones

13 years ago

McAfee Announces Chip Level Security Products

McAfee reveals chip-based antivirus Deep Defender and ePolicy Orchestrator extension Deep Command

13 years ago

Researchers Say ‘Duqu’ Worm Is Stuxnet 2.0

A new virus targeting industrial controls is believed to have come from the same authors as Stuxnet

13 years ago

West Yorkshire Police Accused Of Copyright Theft

Forensic telecoms expert claims West Yorkshire Police stole its software and sold copyright data on

13 years ago

ATM Association Stands Up To Cyber-Crime

ATM Industry Association highlights reverse-engineering and targeting of ATM software as the new fraud frontier

13 years ago

HTTPS Encryption Default For Google Searchers

Google is making HTTPS SSL encryption the default option to protect signed-in searchers from snoopers

13 years ago

DHS Dismisses Anonymous SCADA Threat

US authorities dismissed Anonymous collective's industrial systems attack threat - for the time being

13 years ago

ViaSat Flash Drive Is Certified For Top Secret Data

ViaSat's Eclypt Nano memory sticks are the first to be certified to handle top secret data by the CESG

13 years ago

Facebook Riot Incitement Sentences Upheld

Two men jailed for trying to organise looting during the August riots via Facebook have lost their appeals

13 years ago

Symantec Partners Armorize To Scan For Malverts

AdVantage uses Armorize technology and Symantec's clout to battle malvertising from the cloud

13 years ago

RIM Got Almost Everything Wrong

BlackBerry-maker RIM needs to show it can sort itself out and move on, even if only to get a good…

13 years ago

Facebook Bigot Jailed for Eight Months

Stephen Birrell of Glasgow is sent to prison for sectarian abuse aimed at Catholics and Celtic fans on Facebook.

13 years ago

RSA Learns From Its Maginot Mistake

RSA's Art Coviello gave a wake-up call to the new world of cyber-attacks at last week's RSA Conference, reports Eric…

13 years ago

Hacker Forum Shares Attack Methods And Tips

Imperva analysed a hacker forum, finding users chat most about DDoS attacks, tutorials and recruitment

13 years ago

Dell Targets Endpoint With Expanded Encryption Suite

Dell has updated its data protection encryption suite to help businesses with endpoint security

13 years ago

Organised Cyber-Crime Steals US Children’s IDs

Thefts of social security numbers is a problem for US citizens, says Wayne Rash. The criminals that use those numbers…

13 years ago

ICO Slates Council For Posting Salary Details Online

Dumfries & Galloway Council put personal details for 900 staff members on a website

13 years ago

Google Launches Online Safety Campaign

Google is working with Citizens Advice Bureau on a publicity campaign to spread awareness about web security

13 years ago

Visa Launches CodeSure Matrix Display Cards

Visa has improved credit cards with a built-in keypad and LCD screen for two-factor authentication

13 years ago

Akamai Expands Security, Compliance Features

Akamai's content delivery network now has features designed to help customers fend off DDoS attacks

13 years ago

Symantec: Mobile Malware Follows The Money

The malware threat in smartphones is only just beginning as criminals seek to find financial benefits

13 years ago

Dell: Big Buyers Are Big Winners

If you've got the infrastructure, the brand and the balance sheet, why wouldn't you grow by acquisition, asks Dell's Dave…

13 years ago

Nasty ‘Nice Pack’ Exploit Kit Targets Retail Card Info

Attacks on retailer Websites using exploit kits to steal card details and SQL injection exploits increase

13 years ago

Dutch ISP Hits Spamhaus With Police Complaints

A Dutch ISP has filed two police complaints against Spamhaus, telling eWEEK Europe that its CEO is "nuts"

13 years ago

Sony Protects 93,000 Users From Password Attacks

Sony locked out users when hackers tried applying user names and passwords stolen from elsewhere

13 years ago