Security

ISPs Defend New Porn Filtering Measures

Virgin Media, BT, Sky and TalkTalk say their new child-protection measures will not affect existing customers

13 years ago

Lib Dems Mount Digital Economy Act Challenge

The Liberal Democrats have fulfilled a promise to challenge the Digital Economy Act in a Parliamentary debate

13 years ago

RSA Says SecurID Was Hacked By A ‘Nation State’

At the RSA conference, executives explained its SecurID breach - but kept some details quiet

13 years ago

McAfee Announces Network Security Framework

McAfee's Network Security Framework provides intelligence, risk management, and data analysis

13 years ago

Microsoft Report Downplays Importance Of Zero-Day Attacks

The majority of attacks use social engineering techniques or known bugs, according to a Microsoft study

13 years ago

ISPs Launch Stronger Porn Block Features

BT, Sky, Talk Talk and Virgin will offer users an 'active choice' to block adult content at the point of…

13 years ago

US Government Security Incidents Skyrocket

A new report has revealed the poor state of security within the US federal government

13 years ago

New Acts Perform At The RSA Security Circus

Roll up, Roll up. See the amazing feats as security vendors tame wild APTs and put Trojan horses through their…

13 years ago

German Police May Use Illegal Trojans As Truncheons

The Chaos Computer Club is probing malware that may be being used illegally by the German police

13 years ago

Cabinet Office Approves Bristol’s Open Source Plans

The government's cyber security arm has given Bristol council the go-ahead to use open source software

13 years ago

White House Acts On WikiLeaks-Style Breaches

The US federal government has launched new systems to protect classified government documents

13 years ago

Keylogger Infects US Drone Fighter Planes

Unknown type of malware detected on US Air Force's Predator and Reaper drones systems

13 years ago

Kaspersky Launches Enterprise Security Suite

Eugene Kaspersky has warned that the security future is looking grim as Endpoint Security 8 launches

13 years ago

Webroot Security Suite Offers Cloud-Based Detection

Webroot has rewritten its security suite adding cloud-based features to analyse malware in real-time

13 years ago

Steve Jobs’ Passing Exploited By Facebook Scammers

Facebook users shared links about Steve Jobs' death while sick scammers cashed in on the interest

13 years ago

Fixes For 23 Bugs In Microsoft Patch Tuesday

IT administrators will have no critical flaws to deal with in a fairly light Patch Tuesday next week

13 years ago

Brits Condemn Hackers And Call For Tougher Penalties

Britons are increasingly concerned about the impact of today's online hackers and want tougher action

13 years ago

Russian Security Firm Cracks Blackberry Passwords

Elcomsoft's Phone Password Breaker has succeeded in breaking through BlackBerry security

13 years ago

Symantec Pledges $1bn For Acquisition Spree

CEO Enrique Salem has revealed an aggressive M&A strategy plus cloud security products

13 years ago

Bounties Offered For Microsoft And Adobe Exploits

ExploitHub is offering money for client-site exploits to address 12 previously disclosed security flaws

13 years ago

Cloud Security Remains Top Business Worry

The Cloud continues to vex and challenge most businesses, with security leading their list of concerns

13 years ago

McAfee To Acquire SIEM Specialist Nitro Security

McAfee plans to buy Nitro Security to expand into the blossoming security analytics field

13 years ago

IBM Secures Q1 Labs SIEM For Data Analytics

IBM is buying Q1 Labs to expand its business security portfolio with deep analytics capabilities

13 years ago

Microsoft Tweaks Hotmail To Target Email Clutter

Microsoft is targeting so-called 'Graymail' (including spam) with a number of new Hotmail features

13 years ago

Data Centre Managers Have ‘False Sense Of Security’

Data centre managers are often unaware of security measures in place at their own facilities, says McAfee

13 years ago

HTC Flaw Exposes Android User Data

Researchers have discovered that HTC's Android smartphones contain a serious data leak

13 years ago

Tasting A European Flavour of Cyber Warfare

Europe has something important to say about cyber warfare and hacktivism, says Hugh Thomson

13 years ago

NHS Loses 800 Patient Records On Unencrypted USB

The Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust lost the records of 800 patients and did not inform them

13 years ago

Protecting Facebook Users Makes Good Websense

It's great to see Facebook shelling out on Websense security to protect its users - but who will protect us…

13 years ago

Facebook Recruits Websense To Secure Users

Facebook has linked up with Websense to warn users of malicious links posted on the social network

13 years ago