Security

Spotify Serves Malicious Ads

The Spotify music service has been hit by malvertisements served up through its third-party ad network

14 years ago

Google Pays For Chrome Fixes

A Google Chrome browser update fixes six flaws, for which Google paid $8,500 to the discoverers

14 years ago

Stallman: Only Victims Of Tyranny Should Use Facebook

Only victims of tyranny can justify use of Facebook says freedom activist Richard Stallman. He also spoke in favour of…

14 years ago

Chinese AV Sellers Accused Of Bundling Malware

Chinese security vendors investigated for bundling malware with antivirus and charging users to remove it

14 years ago

TripAdvisor Loses User Data In Possible SQL Attack

TripAdvisor, an Expedia company, confirms the database theft of a part of its member email list

14 years ago

EU Suffers ‘Serious’ Cyber Attack Ahead Of Summit

Malware has been blamed for an attack which led the European Commission to take itself off-Net

14 years ago

ISPs Start Court Action Over Legality Of DEA

BT and TalkTalk have begun to frame their arguments in a court bid to overturn the Digital Economy Act

14 years ago

Student Uses GPS To Sniff Out Stolen iPhone

Student tracks thief, and parachutist finds dropped mobile using the free GPS app Find My iPhone

14 years ago

Comodo Web Certificates Heist Linked To Iranian ISP

A Comodo Security partner was compromised and attackers issued valid digital certificates for popular Websites that would have potentially allowed…

14 years ago

Half Of Used Phones Still Contain Personal Info

Personal details left on used mobile phones make it easier for ID thieves to access sensitive data

14 years ago

Google Must Prepare For Bigger Fines Over WiSpy

France has set a precedent. How long before other countries and states begin holding their hands out to Google, asks…

14 years ago

Facebook Questions EU ‘Right To Be Forgotten’

The EU's right to be forgotten is not what users actually want from a social network, says Facebook

14 years ago

Industrial Zero-Day Exploits Dumped Into The Wild

Dozens of serious vulnerability exploits targeting industrial systems have been released by a Russian security firm

14 years ago

Mozilla’s Anti-XSS Tool for Firefox 4 Secures Twitter

Twitter implements its Content Security Policy for Firefox 4 to block cross-site scripting attacks

14 years ago

Apple Fixes Pwn2Own Bug in Mac OS X

Latest Mac OS X 10.6.7 flaws get patched, with iOS 4.3.1 fix rumoured to be coming soon

14 years ago

ICO Bares Its Teeth With Fifth Data Breach Fine

Another firm will be punished for breaching the Data Protection Act, as the ICO prepares its next fine

14 years ago

Play.com Hack Exposes Customer Data

Following a breach, Play.com has shifted the blame onto an unnamed third-party market comms firm

14 years ago

France Fines Google Over Street View Privacy Gaffe

The French government has fined Google 100,000 euros for breaching privacy in its WiSpy Street View blunder

14 years ago

China Denies Gmail Interference Claim

The Chinese government has denied it is preventing Chinese users from accessing Gmail accounts

14 years ago

Keep Using SecurID, Despite The RSA Breach

Thieves have stolen information from RSA relating to SecurID. Don't panic, says Wayne Rash, keep other security strong

14 years ago

Adobe Fixes Zero-Day Flaw

Adobe has released a fix for a week-old critical vulnerability in Flash Player, Acrobat and Reader

14 years ago

UK Business Embraces Twitter Aged Five

Five years after its launch, the microblogging platform is now a firm external enterprise communications fixture

14 years ago

Digital Economy Act Faces Further Delays

If the High Court grants a judicial review, the controversial act could be delayed until next year, amid further criticism

14 years ago

Lords To Debate McKinnon Extradition

The House of Lords is to debate Gary McKinnon's extradition to the US, as a new psychiatric assessment arrives

14 years ago

The Dark Side Of The Internet Revolution

Skype has been attacked because of its apparent lack of security. Eric Doyle thinks there are legal dark forces that…

14 years ago

Online Poker Chips Thief From Devon Jailed

A British hacker who pilfered billions of Zynga’s virtual poker chips faces years behind bars

14 years ago

XXX Porn Domain Set To Go Live

The top-level domain .xxx has been approved by ICANN and is set to go live in June or July

14 years ago

Google Blames China For Disrupted Gmail Service

The Chinese government is behind the disrupted Gmail service in mainland China, claims Google

14 years ago

Each Data Breach Costs UK Firms £1.9m

British organisations are continuing to suffer from data loss, despite increased prevention measures

14 years ago

RIM Faces New India Shutdown Threat

India says it isn't satisfied with RIM's failure to provide access to encrypted BlackBerry messages

14 years ago