Security

July Patch Tuesday Brings 22 Bug Fixes From Microsoft

Microsoft will release four bulletins next week for vulnerabilities in Windows and the Office productivity suite

13 years ago

ICO Warns Businesses Over Data Protection Audits

Private businesses are either refusing or are reluctant to undergo a data protection audit, the ICO says

13 years ago

Data Breach At Washington Post Exposes Private Data

More than a million email addresses and user IDs were compromised, after a hack at the Washington Post

13 years ago

Apple Zero-Day Threat Revealed

A German federal agency has revealed a major security flaw in Apple iPhones and iPads

13 years ago

Microsoft Publishes Code For Wi-Fi Data Collection

Microsoft has published the code for its Wi-Fi data collection software, in a bid to avoid Google's WiSpy mistake

13 years ago

Rustock Botnet Size Halved Since Server Takedown

Microsoft released the latest statistics for the crippled Rustock spam server it helped to take down in March

13 years ago

Morgan Stanley Loses Data For 34,000 Investors

Investors notified of lost CDs containing sensitive data en route to New York State's Tax Department

13 years ago

DOE Lab Shuts Down Web Access After Cyber-Attack

Cyber-attackers hit a US Department of Energy research lab last week, forcing a shut down of external links

13 years ago

Secret Service Investigates Fake Obama Twitter Post

The Secret Service is looking for the hackers who used a Fox News Twitter Account for the Obama death Tweet

13 years ago

ICSPA Aims To Align Global Cyber-Crime Fighters

The International Cyber Security Protection Alliance has joined with Europol to tackle online criminals

13 years ago

PayPal UK Twitter Feed Hacked In Customer Protest

PayPal's UK Twitter feed is back to normal after a disgruntled user peppered it with insults

13 years ago

PlumChoice Touts New Anti-Theft System for Laptops

A new anti-theft system for laptops has been launched that combines the use of cloud-based data backup

13 years ago

Government ICT Strategy Slated For Lack Of Targets

A Public Accounts Committee report said the Government's new ICT strategy has 'insufficient' details

13 years ago

WikiLeaks Sues Visa, Mastercard Over Payment Ban

WikiLeaks and DataCell are seeking revenge on Visa and Mastercard for blocking donations to the site

13 years ago

Scammers Exploit Google+ Launch

Fake invitations to Google's new social network send users to a Canadian Viagra vendor

13 years ago

Malware Takes Aim At BitCoins

Attackers are creating the first rudimentary Trojans designed to steal the BitCoin virtual currency from users

13 years ago

Fox News Hackers Tweet Obama Death Hoax

Hackers associated with AntiSec have sent false news on Fox News' Twitter account

13 years ago

Apple Hit By Anonymous Hack

Hackers from LulzSec and Anonymous are boasting that they have hacked a server belonging to Apple

13 years ago

US Calls For Extradition Of UK Web Pirates

A US agency official has said that .com or .net addresses fall under their jurisdiction in piracy battle

13 years ago

Facebook Engineers Clone Google+ Circles

Circle Hack is an unofficial Facebook application that imitates one of the key features of the new Google+

13 years ago

BBC To Ban Stars From Leaking Spoilers On Twitter

BBC executives are reportedly considering a ban on stars tweeting to disclose forthcoming programme details

13 years ago

Content Filtering: Weaving A Safer Web

Content filtering and scanning can help you to enjoy the benefits of the web, while avoiding the pitfalls, says ZyXEL's…

13 years ago

Google To Fix Google+ Privacy Flaw

Google said it is readying a patch for a privacy flaw in Google+ that involves the 'resharing' feature

13 years ago

ICO Warns NHS Over Ongoing Data Breaches

The ICO has censured five NHS organisations for data breaches and said it must do more to protect data

13 years ago

US Highlights Need For Global Cyber Security Strategy

A top US official has warned that nation states are struggling to cope with the flood of cyber attacks

13 years ago

Google Faces Further US Scrutiny Over ‘WiSpy’

A class action suit against Google over Street View Wi-Fi snooping has taken another step forward in the US

13 years ago

FBI Raids US Home Of Suspected Lulzsec Hacker

The net tightens around hacktivists, as the FBI raids the home of another suspected Lulzsec member

13 years ago

Skype Could Open A Can Of Worms For Microsoft

Microsoft's acquisition of Skype means it is now liable for things that most software companies never have to deal with,…

13 years ago

‘Indestructible’ Botnet Of 4.5m Discovered

Kaspersky Labs researchers have found a botnet of more than 4.5m computers that is almost 'indestructible'

13 years ago

Phishing Scam Harvests Tumblr Passwords

Thousands of users have been compromised by a phishing scam on Tumblr that created fake login pages

13 years ago