Security

Survey Reveals Extent of Internet Phone ScamSurvey Reveals Extent of Internet Phone Scam

Survey Reveals Extent of Internet Phone Scam

A new survey has revealed the true impact from the phone fraudsters who warn users their PCs are at risk

14 years ago
British Student Faces Extradition For Web PiracyBritish Student Faces Extradition For Web Piracy

British Student Faces Extradition For Web Piracy

A student at Sheffield Hallam could be extradited to the US for linking to copyrighted content on his website

14 years ago
Lulzsec Publishes 62,000 PasswordsLulzsec Publishes 62,000 Passwords

Lulzsec Publishes 62,000 Passwords

The hacker group Lulzsec's latest strike has been aimed at individual users, resulting in consumer fraud

14 years ago
Virgin Media Warns Customers Of SpyEye InfectionVirgin Media Warns Customers Of SpyEye Infection

Virgin Media Warns Customers Of SpyEye Infection

Virgin Media has cooperated with SOCA to identify broadband customers who are infected by SpyEye

14 years ago
Regulators Blast Facebook Over Face RecognitionRegulators Blast Facebook Over Face Recognition

Regulators Blast Facebook Over Face Recognition

Regulators worldwide have complained that Facebook's face recognition feature abuses users' rights

14 years ago

Survey Points To Positive Impact Of Social Networking

The Facebook generation are apparently a trusting lot according to a new survey of American users

14 years ago
Facebook Juror Jailed For Eight MonthsFacebook Juror Jailed For Eight Months

Facebook Juror Jailed For Eight Months

A juror in a major drugs trial has been jailed after contacting one of the defendants on Facebook

14 years ago
Mobile Payment Players Swallow Their EgosMobile Payment Players Swallow Their Egos

Mobile Payment Players Swallow Their Egos

Britain's operators have set up a shared system for mobile commerce. It's about time they got together, says Sophie Curtis

14 years ago
Citigroup Hack Toll Higher Than First ThoughtCitigroup Hack Toll Higher Than First Thought

Citigroup Hack Toll Higher Than First Thought

About 360,000 Citigroup credit cards were affected by last month's hack, nearly double previous estimates

14 years ago
Lulzsec Hackers Take Down CIA Site And Hit SenateLulzsec Hackers Take Down CIA Site And Hit Senate

Lulzsec Hackers Take Down CIA Site And Hit Senate

Hacktivists Lulzsec overloaded the CIA's website on Wednesday, as part of continuing protests

14 years ago
Viruses Rise In May While Spam Levels OffViruses Rise In May While Spam Levels Off

Viruses Rise In May While Spam Levels Off

Email-borne malware and viruses showed a big increase in May while overall spam volumes remained flat

14 years ago
Gartner Touts Reprovisioning For Threat ProtectionGartner Touts Reprovisioning For Threat Protection

Gartner Touts Reprovisioning For Threat Protection

Analysts at Gartner are advocating workload reprovisioning as the best protection against advanced attacks

14 years ago
MoD Videos Warn Of The Perils Of TwitterMoD Videos Warn Of The Perils Of Twitter

MoD Videos Warn Of The Perils Of Twitter

The MoD has begun a video campaign warning of the dangers of social networking sites such as Twitter

14 years ago
Adobe Update Patches 36 Critical BugsAdobe Update Patches 36 Critical Bugs

Adobe Update Patches 36 Critical Bugs

Adobe's security update has patched some critical vulnerabilities for Reader, Acrobat, Shockwave and Flash

14 years ago
APT Detection Appliance Launched By Trend MicroAPT Detection Appliance Launched By Trend Micro

APT Detection Appliance Launched By Trend Micro

Trend Micro adds real-time, network monitoring and remediation tools to detect advanced persistent threats

14 years ago

NHS Researchers Lose Laptop With 8m Patient Records

Researchers for London Health Programmes have lost unencrypted records of 8.63 million NHS patients

14 years ago

Facebook Juror Faces Prison For Contempt Of Court

Juror Joanne Fraill, who used Facebook to contact a defendant, is now facing up to two years in prison

14 years ago

PCI SSC And Cisco Guides On Securing Virtual Systems

The PCI Council's latest guide explores virtual environment security while Cisco shows how to achieve compliance

14 years ago

Anonymous Targets Head Of US Federal Reserve Bernanke

Anonymous has identified the US Federal Reserve as a potential target and urged its boss to stand down

14 years ago

HMRC To Use ‘Web Robots’ To Hunt Down Tax Cheats

Tax cheats beware: HM Revenue & Customs is planning to use web bots to crack down on tax evasion

14 years ago

Government Services Could Go Onto Facebook

Users could use Facebook or Twitter to access government services in the future, according to the Cabinet Office

14 years ago

US Plans Investment In Building Secure Smart Grid

The White House announced a smart grid proposal, as a PwC report underscored threats facing utility firms

14 years ago

IMF Breach May Be Nation-State Phishing Attack

A major attack on the International Monetary Fund appears to have been triggered by a spear phishing attack

14 years ago

Security Summed Up: Gullible Users Need Protection

Hackers embarrass the companies they exploit but the victims who need better protection are their customers, says Eric Doyle

14 years ago

Juror Faces Charges For Contacting Defendant Via Facebook

A juror in a major drugs trial is facing contempt charges after contacting one of the defendants on Facebook

14 years ago

EU Readies CERT Team To Fend Off Cyber Attacks

The European Union has created its own taskforce to counter the growing threat of cyber attacks

14 years ago

Spanish Police Website Hacked By ‘Anonymous’

The Anonymous group has carried out a DDoS attack in response to the arrest of three alleged hackers in Spain

14 years ago

Google Removes More Android Malware

Google has removed 10 spyware-bearing applications from Android Market, as malware sophistication rises

14 years ago

User Data Stolen In Codemasters Hack Attack

Codemasters has closed its Website after substantial customer Information was stolen over a week ago

14 years ago

Turkey Arrests 32 Anonymous Hacker Suspects

Thirty-two people have been arrested in Turkey on suspicion of involvement with hacktivist group Anonymous

14 years ago