Security

Microsoft Promises Not To Open Skype To Russian Spooks

Microsoft denies careless talk that suggested the Russian secret service might get access to Skype encryption

13 years ago

Government Blocked 1,000 Serious Attacks Last Year

Defence secretary reveals that serious cyber-attacks against government systems are increasing rapidly

13 years ago

Kate Middleton’s Phone And Bank Account Hacked

The Duchess of Cambridge reportedly had her phone and bank account hacked by detective Jonathan Rees

13 years ago

Java Update Fixes 17 Remote Execution Vulnerabilities

Oracle has closed 17 remote execution vulnerabilities in Java, most are in the runtime browser plug-ins

13 years ago

UK Government Prepares To Block Extremist Websites

The UK government is preparing to block sites that promote terrorism and extremism

13 years ago

FBI Controls One Quarter Of All US Hackers, Says Expert

An estimated 25 percent of US hackers are coerced into becoming FBI puppets, says the publisher of 2600 magazine

13 years ago

Cyber-Thieves Aim At Cloud And Virtualised Servers

Cyber-criminals are attacking virtualised data centre systems and targeting cloud environments

13 years ago

Facebook Responds To Facial Recognition Concerns

Facebook admits it should have been more clear about the roll out of Tag Suggestions using facial recognition

13 years ago

Zeus Malware Hidden In Fake LinkedIn Messages

The LinkedIn social networking site is being used to find victims to target with malicious phishing emails

13 years ago

RSA Replaces SecurID Tokens After Lockheed Hack

Security vendor RSA will replace SecurID tokens for customers due to the rising atmosphere of cyber-threat

13 years ago

Chinese Press Slams Google Over Gmail Hack Claims

Google has been slated by China's Communist newspaper, which accused it of stirring 'political unrest'

13 years ago

Facebook Quietly Rolls Out Face Recognition

Facebook's tagging suggestions feature uses facial recognition technology, prompting privacy concerns

13 years ago

Skype Suffers Another Embarrassing Crash

Skype has crashed once again, leading to fresh questions over its reliability as a communication tool

13 years ago

Patience And The Art Of Spear Phishing

Like sea anglers, professional phishers hope to make their fortunes by patiently using sprats to catch something bigger, says Eric…

13 years ago

Kaspersky Finds Banking Malware On Amazon Cloud

Amazon Web Services is being used to spread malicious software, according to a Kaspersky researcher

13 years ago

Adobe Fixes Flash Flaw Utilised In Gmail Hack

Adobe has issued an emergency patch to a Flash flaw said to be behind the recent Gmail hack

13 years ago

Syrian Internet Cut Off During Protests

About two-thirds of Syria's Internet access was cut off on Friday, amidst some of the biggest protests to date

13 years ago

Nintendo Hit By Lulzsec Hackers

Following its recent hacks of Sony and others, Lulzsec has carried out a 'friendly' hack on a Nintendo server

13 years ago

Russian Reverse Engineer Praises Skype

Good products can't stay proprietary for long, says Efim Bushmanov, the Russian who published an open source version of Skype's…

13 years ago

Hacker Lays Security Blame On Software Vendors

Software vendors need more incentives to secure their products, says iPhone hacker Charlie Miller

13 years ago

Most Websites Leak Sensitive Data, Survey Finds

Most websites are guilty of leaking sensitive user information, according to an academic survey

13 years ago

UN: Britain’s Digital Economy Act Violates Human Rights

The Digital Economy Act with its ability to cut off Internet access violates our human rights, says the UN

13 years ago

Anonymous Hacks Iranian Government Servers

Anonymous has breached the servers of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, in the lastest cyber warfare twist

13 years ago

Open Source Researcher Reverse Engineers Skype

A researcher from Russia plans to reverse-engineer Skype, and has posted his source code online

13 years ago

Traditional Defences Can’t Stop APT, Zero-Day Threats

Security vendor warns that antivirus and intrusion prevention are not enough to stop cyber-attackers

13 years ago

Feckless Sony Gets Yet Another Jolly Rogering

Sony is either the most unfortunate or the most careless company to fall for simple SQL injection attacks - again…

13 years ago

Cyber-Attacks Show Need For Strong Data Security

Protecting the data where it lives is better than relying on perimeter defences alone

13 years ago

Cyber Security Challenge Open For Registrations

The 2012 Cyber Security Challenge UK competition is ready to welcome this year's cyber-gladiators

13 years ago

Reports: Two More Military Contractors Hacked

Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin spinoff L-3 Communications may have been hit by cyber-attacks

13 years ago

Massive Chinese Phishing Cyber-Attack Targets Gmail

Google has disclosed that a large-scale, spear-phishing attack focused on government officials and activists

13 years ago