Security

American Cyber-Security Boss Abruptly Steps Down

The boss of the American cyber security division has unexpected handed in his resignation

13 years ago

London Cyber-Rules Conference Set For November

The Foreign Office will host an international event to discuss how governments should act in cyber space

13 years ago

Password Protect Free Wi-Fi Networks, Urges Association

Small businesses are being urged to password protect their free Wi-Fi networks to avoid security headaches

13 years ago

F5 Enchances Big-IP Security Platform

F5 Networks has updated its security platform to better protect Web 2.0 applications

13 years ago

Anonymous Does ‘Italian Job’ Data Heist On Police

Anonymous has reportedly hacked the servers of the Italian cyber police in revenge for recent arrests

13 years ago

Plenty Of Rare Bits Will Be Pulled Out Of The Black Hat Conference

This week, the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas will show how we all gamble with our security right across…

13 years ago

Nominet Launches Free Trial Of Secure DNS

Nominet will give .uk domain owners a DNSSEC service to prevent hackers spreading counterfeit addresses

13 years ago

Attackers Ramp Up Automated Attacks: Imperva

Updated: Websites are being hit by up to 25,000 attacks per hour from automated botnets

13 years ago

Mac Laptop Batteries Could Run Malware

A security researcher is to demonstrate hacking Mac laptop chips, causing them to run malicious code or overheat

13 years ago

HP EliteBook 8460p Laptop Review

Are laptops doomed by tablets? Of course not. HP's EliteBook is a solid and secure answer

13 years ago

Sony Insurer Refuses Payout For Data Breach

Zurich Insurance, which suffered a data breach of its own last year, is refusing to accept liability for the Sony…

13 years ago

Apple Patches Dozens Of Safari Security Flaws

Apple has patched 58 security flaws in its web browser and introduced a handful of new security features

13 years ago

AVG Promotes MultiMi As Digital Lifecoach

AVG is securing MultiMi's future by adding its market reach to help those who need to juggle their digital lives

13 years ago

Anonymous Hackers Claim NATO Breach

Anonymous is posting files labelled 'NATO Restricted' on the web, as the FBI closes in on hackers

13 years ago

Huddle To Handle Restricted Government Documents

Huddle's collaboration application has been accredited by the government to handle restricted access data

13 years ago

Google Uses Search To Diagnose Infected Computers

Google is utilising its search engine results page to warn computer users that their machines are infected

13 years ago

Microsoft Offers Bounty For Rustock Operators

Microsoft has offered $250,000 for information leading to the conviction of the Rustock botnet's operators

13 years ago

Suspected Anonymous Hackers Arrested

One arrest in the UK, four in the Netherlands and 16 in the US, as authorities clamp down on Anonymous

13 years ago

RPost Sues Adobe Over EchoSign Signatures

RPost has lodged a patent lawsuit against Adobe for technology the company only acquired days ago

13 years ago

Apple’s Encryption Needs Care In OS X Lion Upgrade

Mac owners should decrypt files before upgrading to Lion because of changes in the encryption mechanism

13 years ago

Data Smuggling Software Defeats China Firewall

Computer scientists in the US have successfully disguised data to evade Chinese censorship

13 years ago

ICO Censures Lancashire Police For Data Breach

Lancashire Police, formerly the haunt of ex-Met boss Paul Stephenson, has been cited for breaching the DPA

13 years ago

Cloud Security Action Can Ruin Malware Economics

Speedy cloud-based security protection can hobble small profiteers and rein in online cyber-criminals, claims Eugene Kaspersky

13 years ago

LulzSec Hacks The Sun Website

Visitors to TheSun.co.uk were last night re-directed to a report that Rupert Murdoch had been found dead

13 years ago

Adobe Buys EchoSign For Electronic Signatures

Adobe has made a strategic acquisition with the purchase of electronic signature specialist EchoSign

13 years ago

Authorities Clamp Down On Internet Fraud Scams

Police in America and Romania have swooped on gangs operating Internet fraud schemes

13 years ago

Attackers Go Gaga Over Latest Hack

Normally headline-grabbing, Lady Gaga has been unusually quiet about the theft of fans' email addresses from her site

13 years ago

Apple Fixes iPhone Flaw, But Hackers Get Round It

Apple has patched iOS to stop the installation of JailbreakMe - but hackers claim to circumvented it already

13 years ago

Microsoft Bans Weak Passwords On Hotmail

Hotmail users will be prevented from using easy-to-guess passwords, to protect against dictionary attacks

13 years ago

Cloud Vendor Lock-Ins Lock Out Secure Practices

Cloud providers are dragging their heels on the subject of federated, open cloud, impacting heavily on customer security, claims Eric…

13 years ago