Security

MoD Creates Command Unit To Counter Cyber Threats

Liam Fox has created a new joint force command at the MoD to oversee cyber warfare and military intelligence

14 years ago

Hackers Bring Down Mastercard Site

Hactivist attack on Mastercard continues reprisals for blocking payments to WikiLeaks

14 years ago

IT Managers Must Embrace Their Consumer Shadow

Consumerisation has piled the pressure on IT departments to provide enterprise-level security for mobile devices, says Sophie Curtis

14 years ago

Consumerisation Prompts Mobile Questions

When consumer devices hit the workplace, who is responsible for their security and costs?

14 years ago

Microsoft: New Windows Malware Requires Re-Install

The Popureb Trojan has become so clever that removing it requires a fresh install of Windows

14 years ago

Northrop Grumman Fends Off Advanced Attacks

Northrop Grumman says it has been repelling advanced threats seeking sensitive data for several years

14 years ago

Court Date As Hollywood Seeks BT Injunction

Hollywood studios want the High Court to force BT to block access to a file-sharing website

14 years ago

Lulzsec Hacking Suspect Cleary Released On Bail

Hacker suspect Ryan Cleary has been released on bail under curfew, after his mother made a plea in court

14 years ago

Alleged Lulzsec Hacker Cleary ‘Has Asperger’s’

Ryan Cleary remains in custody despite being diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and agoraphobia

14 years ago

Security Firm Offers Facebook-Sitting Security Service

An Essex-based security firm is offering to post fake updates on Facebook and Twitter while clients are on holiday

14 years ago

Hackers Expose Tony Blair’s National Insurance Number

Hacker splinter group Team Poison has released former Prime Minister Blair's adress book online

14 years ago

Thank You LulzSec, You Gave As Much As You Took

Lulz Security's reign of terrier-like hacking has done the security industry a favour by showing how frail privacy really is,…

14 years ago

Study Exposes Security Ignorance At Home

New surveys have shown how end users have out-of-date, misconceived ideas about Internet safety

14 years ago

Lulzsec Scuttles Off The Hacking Scene

The Lulz Security hacking group has disbanded. Its 50 days of mayhem were up - or maybe the heat was…

14 years ago

Apple Issues Massive Security Patch To Fix 39 Bugs

Apple has released a massive security update to fix 39 vulnerabilities across Mac OS X and Mac apps

14 years ago

Low-Level Malware, Not APTs, Worry IT Professionals

Security professionals are more concerned about malware and spyware than “advanced persistent threats”

14 years ago

Lulzsec Is Poisoning Anarchism And Whistleblowing

WikiLeaks exposed information and Anonymous attacked copyright moguls. Peter Judge asks, what is Lulzsec's justification?

14 years ago

Lulzsec Leaks Classified Arizona Police Documents

Hacktivist group Lulzsec has infiltrated the Arizona Department of Public Safety and published peronal details

14 years ago

Travelodge Admits Customer Data Leak

Travelodge has informed the ICO of an 'issue' that resulted in the apparent compromise of customer emails

14 years ago

Scareware Gangs Busted By FBI Global Operation

The FBI seized over 40 computers and arrested two individuals to break up two separate scareware scams

14 years ago

Alleged Hacker Remanded In Custody

Police continue to question alleged hacker, 19-year-old Ryan Cleary; Lulzsec says he is not one of them

14 years ago

Police Launch National Crime Database

A new database that brings together intelligence from police forces around the UK could speed up investigations

14 years ago

Security Breaches Near ‘Statistical Certainty’: Study

A study has found that 90 percent of organisations suffered a security breach in the past 12 months

14 years ago

Another Certificate Authority Compromised Online

The fifth certificate authority to be hacked this year, StartSSL has suspended its free SSL offer indefinitely

14 years ago

AWS Virtual Machines Deployed With Security Holes

Researchers found security holes in VMs created on Amazon Web Services but Amazon is not at fault

14 years ago

Dropbox And Microsoft Snags Raise Cloud Questions

Microsoft and Dropbox problems revive questions and doubts about embracing the cloud for varied IT needs

14 years ago

Apple Increasingly Targeted By Malware, AVG Finds

Apple equipment is increasingly on the radar of malware writers and cyber-criminals, AVG warns

14 years ago

FBI Seizes Web Servers In Data Centre Raid

The FBI has seized web servers during a data centre raid as part of its efforts to tackle Lulzsec hacktivists

14 years ago

Reding Forces Bankers To Own Up To Breaches

EU Commissioner Viviane Reding has confirmed that all businesses will be obliged to report data breaches

14 years ago