Security

ICO Censures Manchester Hospital For Data Breach

A Manchester hospital has lost information about patient treatments in the latest NHS data breach scandal

13 years ago

Car-Jacking By Phone Warning In McAfee Report

Vehicles' electronic systems are vulnerable to hacking attacks because security has not been a priority

13 years ago

News International Asked Outsourcer To Delete Emails

Details of further requests from News International to delete emails have been submitted to MPs

13 years ago

IronKey Unveils Bank Cyber-Crime Security Kit

IronKey introduced an integrated banking platform of multiple security controls to combat cyber-criminals

13 years ago

DIY Botnet Kits Spawning Lean, Mean Networks

Hackers are increasingly using DIY crimeware kits to push out malicious botnets but SpyEye dominates

13 years ago

IntraLinks Intros Secure Web-Based Courier Service

IntraLinks's cloud-based Courier service promises secure sharing of files, recall, and auditing

13 years ago

Registration For .XXX Domains Opens

Companies have been given 50 days to get their hands on an adult domain name, or opt out all together

13 years ago

Rights Group Says Cisco Aided Chinese Persecution

Cisco knowingly provided the Chinese government with technology to spy on Falun Gong members, say critics

13 years ago

Data Breaches Cause Firms To Ban Social Media

One in three companies block social media sites at work, because of fears of data breaches

13 years ago

Imperva Cloud Service Takes Strain Of DDoS Attacks

Imperva's cloud protects customers from network- and application-based distributed denial of service attacks

13 years ago

Sony Signs Security Supremo

Sony hires a former US government security chief on its road to recovery from embarrassing data breaches

13 years ago

Fighting Cyber-Threats In A Post-9/11 World

Ten years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, 21st century cyber-threats are still thwarting 20th century defences, warns Fahmida Rashid

13 years ago

Apple Seeks Security Personnel After Prototype Loss

Apple has posted two job listings for security personnel following the iPhone prototype incident

13 years ago

DigiNotar Learns A Breach Of Trust Is Hard To Mend

DigiNotar's SSL certificate leak seems to be worse than first thought and trust once broken may never be mended, says…

13 years ago

Nominet Considers Criminal Domain Takedown Rules

Police could request a domain be blocked without a court order, if new proposals are adopted

13 years ago

Hackers Hijack The Register And The Telegraph

Several websites fell victim to a Domain Name System hijack carried out by Turkish hackers looking for laughs

13 years ago

US Security Dept Warns Of ‘Anonymous’ Disruption

The US' Department of Homeland Security is taking hacktivists more seriously with a new warning

13 years ago

AVG Touts Reduced Footprint For Internet Security 2012

AVG has launched an updated security suite, said to be faster, lighter and smaller than previous versions

13 years ago

Texas Police Get Screwed By Anonymous Hacktivists

Anonymous' Chinga La Migra faction has struck again. This time the Texas Police are sweating it out

13 years ago

Police Score More Arrests In Hunt For Hackers

The Met's e-Crime unit has bagged two more suspected 'hacktivists' and charged a further two

13 years ago

Juniper Virtual Gateway Given Security Upgrade

Juniper's vGW platform has been upgraded with security management, continuous monitoring and antivirus

13 years ago

Git Saves Linux Code Base In Kernel Server Breach

The Linux Kernel site was given the bumps on its 20th birthday when hackers broke in to plant a Trojan

13 years ago

City University Forms Unit To Combat Cyber Threats

City University London has created a research unit to tackle growing threats of cyber terrorism and crime

13 years ago

WikiLeaks Threatens To Sue Over Guardian Leaks

WikiLeaks is preparing to bite the hand that feeds it publicity, for disclosing the password to its leaked cables

13 years ago

VMware And Symantec Pledge Secure DaaS Offering

Symantec and VMware promise a desktop-as-a-service offering with security and management capabilities

13 years ago

IT Security Challenged By Mobiles And Social Media

Symantec's State of Security Survey highlights mobile devices, social media and consumerisation worries

13 years ago

APTs Cause Concern But User Behaviour Is Unchecked

Security pros are concerned about targeted attacks but continue to allow employees too much freedom

13 years ago

IBM Snaps Up Britain’s i2 For Analytics Expertise

IBM is acquiring UK-based analytic tools specialist i2 in order to beef up its security expertise

13 years ago

Microsoft Rolls Out Bing Streetside In London

Microsoft is hoping to challenge Google Street View's dominance in visual mapping with its Streetside feature

13 years ago

Wikileaks Suffers Further Cyber Attacks

Wikileaks claims to have been the victim of another cyber attack following its biggest leak yet

13 years ago