Security

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

Oracle Critical Patch Update Is A Big Debugger

Oracle will patch 78 software vulnerabilities across its product portfolio, including the database, PeopleSoft and Solaris

13 years ago

Anonymous Launches ‘AnonPlus’ Social Network

Hacktivist group Anonymous has been banned from Google+, and is working on its own social network, AnonPlus

13 years ago

Anonymous Attacks Monsanto, Steals Employee Data

Anonymous releases information stolen from Monsanto as the US Senate addresses cyber-security issues

13 years ago

Queen Honours The Codebreaking World War Heroes

The Queen unveiled a memorial in Bletchley Park honouring those who played a great role in ending WWII

13 years ago

EU’s Lawmakers Seek Enterprise Input On Data Laws

The European Commission has thrown open the debate on refinements to laws on reporting data breaches

13 years ago

Google Chrome OS Hacked Using ScratchPad App

A security researcher used Chrome OS ScratchPad to show how permissions can be abused to steal data

13 years ago

Vodafone Sure Signal Subject To Phone Hacking

Calls made using Vodafone's Sure Signal femtocells can be hacked and recorded, according to researchers

13 years ago

Pentagon Admits Thefts Of Terabytes Of Defence Data

The Pentagon admitted major data breaches while announcing a cyber-defence plan and tactical exercises

13 years ago