Security

Samsung Installed Stealth Keyloggers On Laptops

A report claims Samsung admitted to shipping laptops with an active keylogger deliberately installed

14 years ago

EU Shuts Off Webmail After Another Cyber-Attack

The European Government was forced to shut off remote access to email during a five-day long cyber-attack

14 years ago

Government Startup Site Linked To Malvertisement

StartUp Britain website inadvertently served up a malware infested ad for fake anti-virus software

14 years ago

Users Failing To Warn Friends Of Facebook Scams

Facebook scams are spreading because most users are not warning their friends, according to a new survey

14 years ago

Spam Volumes Dip After Seizure Of Rustock Servers

The global volume of spam has dropped dramatically after Rustock's servers were seized by US Marshalls

14 years ago

BBC Suffers Total Website Outage

The BBC admitted that most of its websites went offline in an incident described as a 'major network outage'

14 years ago

BP Spills Personal Data Of 13,000 Oil Leak Victims

Black marks for BP as a laptop goes missing with details of compensation claimants from last year's oil spill

14 years ago

Comodo Trust Wanes As Two More Accounts Hacked

Certification company's humiliation drags on as hacker scalps two more Comodo registration authority accounts

14 years ago

SQL Injection Attacks Hit Sun.com And MySQL.com

SQL injection attacks targeting Oracle sites have exposed database names and email addresses

14 years ago

An APT Lesson From RSA’s SecurID Breach

RSA's breach thrust Advanced Persistent Threats to the forefront as the biggest danger to organisations

14 years ago

Birmingham Council Throws Data Warehouse At Fraudsters

Birmingham City Council has used data matching technology to catch £6.8m of false tax discounts

14 years ago

BT Music Download Service To Combat File-Sharing

BT has confirmed plans to launch a not-for-profit music download service for its customers

14 years ago

UK Firms Fined £2.2m For Software Piracy

The BSA doubled its take from 'negligent' UK businesses in 2010, with help from disgruntled employees

14 years ago

Report: Corporate Hacking More Lucrative Than Ever

A McAfee report has found that cyber-criminals are profiting more from IP theft, and stealing trade secrets

14 years ago

Who Is Carrying The Can For Cloud Data Security?

Information Risk Management is being passed around like a game of pass the parcel using a time bomb. Where does…

14 years ago

Lone Iranian Claims Responsibility For SSL Hack

A message claims a lone, patriotic Iranian hacker carried out the recent Comodo SSL theft for patriotic reasons

14 years ago

Census Threatened With Paper DoS Attack

Protesters have spotted that the census may be vulnerable, through its legacy paper support, says Peter Judge

14 years ago

TfL Opens Bidding For Tube Wi-Fi Contract

Londoners will get to surf the web at Tube stations next year as the bidding for underground Wi-Fi provision begins

14 years ago

HTTPS Bug Disrupts Secure Hotmail Service

Microsoft turned off HTTPS access for Hotmail in some countries, leaving emails open to interception

14 years ago

Lawyers Seek To Block Twitter Data Handover

Twitter's lawyers are trying to block US authorities from accessing personal data as part of a WikiLeaks probe

14 years ago

UK Cloud Security Alliance Reigns Over Info Risks

The CSA UK & Ireland set out its manifesto for raising cloud information storage risks at KPMG, London

14 years ago

Facebook Traffic Routed Through China

Facebook traffic on some networks was routed through Chinese and Korean servers, raising privacy concerns

14 years ago

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