Security

Government Admits Building Cyber-Weapons

The British government is building a 'toolbox' of offensive cyber-weapons, according to the armed forces minister

14 years ago

CEOP Protects Hundreds Of Kids From Online Abuse

CEOP protected over 400 children from online threats last year, as parents turn to tech to track their offspring

14 years ago

Juniper’s Fabric Network Could Improve Security

Flattening the network to give a single layer topography should make it more secure, but could also attract hackers, says…

14 years ago

Mac’s Immunity To Malware Exposed As Fallacy

The days of Mac OS X being seemingly immune from viruses and other malware are gone forever

14 years ago

Lockheed Martin Hack Could Have RSA Security Root

Defence contractor Lockheed Martin suspects a network intruder used stolen RSA SecurID information

14 years ago

BT And TalkTalk Appeal Against Digital Economy Ruling

BT and TalkTalk are to appeal against the ruling over the controversial copyright measures in the DEA

14 years ago

Researcher Finds Russian Link To MacDefender Scam

A security expert claims to have found a Russian link to some of the recent Mac scareware software

14 years ago

Internet Explorer Flaw Allows For Cookie Theft

A security expert has warned that IE has a flaw that allows attackers to steal cookies to access user accounts

14 years ago

Tunny Machine Breaking Codes Again At Bletchley

Bletchley Park has rebuilt one of the machines that "read Hitler's mind", even though plans were flushed away

14 years ago

Lord Sugar Ordered To Remove Provocative Tweet

A tweet by Lord Sugar back in January was thought to be unfairly influencing jurors in an MP's expenses case

14 years ago

ICO Slaps Two Charities Over Data Breaches

Two charities breached data protection rules by failing to encrypt computer equipment that was then stolen

14 years ago

Damballa Helps ISPs To Kill Botnets Automatically

Damballa improves ISPs' ability to monitor and identify infected subscriber devices on their networks

14 years ago

Twitter Willing To Give Up Injunction Breakers’ Details

Twitter is prepared to hand over the details of those users who breached the super injunctions, if pushed

14 years ago

Apple Finally Admits MacDefender Malware Threat

After days of silence, Apple has posted instructions on how to remove the MacDefender fake antivirus scareware

14 years ago

UK Firms Get 12 Months Grace On Cookie Law

The ICO has given businesses in the UK a year to comply with new EU privacy rules concerning cookies

14 years ago

Another Comodo Partner Hit By SQL Injection Attack

Though no certificates were affected, a SQL injection attack exposed customer data for Comodo's Brazil partner

14 years ago

High Street Banks Flout Data Protection Rules

A study from the Which? Money has warned that British banks are regularly breaching data protection rules

14 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg: Let The Under-13s Use Facebook

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hopes to get under-13s using his social networking site before long

14 years ago

Seized Rustock Servers Reveal Compromised Emails

Microsoft forensic experts have uncovered 400,000 email addresses from seized Rustock servers

14 years ago

Falun Gong Says Cisco Aids Chinese Repression

Cisco has been accused of assisting the Chinese government in its persecution of Falun Gong followers

14 years ago

Rising Security Risk Posed By Mobile Device Losses

The increasing dependence on mobile devices poses big security issues around sensitive data losses

14 years ago

Sony Expects £2bn Loss After Hack, Earthquake

The Playstation hack and the Japanese earthquake contribute to an expected £2 billion loss

14 years ago

Millennial Kids Will Change Everything … Once Again

The establishment always views the young as being irresponsible and a threat to the status quo but Generation Y may…

14 years ago

The Twitterati Have Done The Media Barons’ Bidding

The exposure of Ryan Giggs on Twitter trivialises questions of protection and sweeps aside objections to media intrusion, says Peter…

14 years ago

Backup Provider Service Can Locate A Stolen PC

Backblaze's Locate My Computer allows users to geo-locate a computer if it has been stolen or misplaced

14 years ago

Dow Jones Virus Raises Suspicion Of Insider Malice

A virus released on Dow Jones’ corporate networks may have been a revenge attack by redundant IT staff

14 years ago

LinkedIn Faces Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

LinkedIn's user profiles are vulnerable to a 'session management nightmare', an Indian researcher says

14 years ago

Endpoint Security And Intrusion Detection Remain Top Concern

IBM's security boss Dave Merrill talks about what threats and challenges are keeping him awake at night

14 years ago

German Pirate Party Servers Seized By Police

The German branch of the Pirate Party, which campaigns for civil rights on the Internet, has been raided

14 years ago

Twitter Users Protest Footballer’s Disclosure Order

British injunction system under stress as footballer is named in a Scottish paper and thousands of tweets

14 years ago