Security

Government Appoints New Head Of Cyber Defence

The UK government's new cyber security czar will decide how to spend £650 million

14 years ago

Trusteer Launches Cloud-Based Fraud Protection

Trusteer's Pinpoint service is aimed at protecting against banking Trojans such as SpyEye and Zeus

14 years ago

RIM Recommends Temporary Action On Pwn2Own Exploit

RIM has recommended that users disable JavaScript entirely on the BlackBerry while it readies a patch

14 years ago

Rustock Botnet Ceases Activity But May Be Sleeping

Reports say the spam-spewing Rustock botnet has suddenly and inexplicably gone silent - again

14 years ago

Security Breach Hits RSA’s Secret SecurID Information

An Advanced Persistent Threat attack on RSA Security has stolen its SecurID two-factor authentication data

14 years ago

Prisons Struggling To Answer The Call Of ‘Cell’ Phones

The cost of finding thousands of phones smuggled into British prisons is taxing prison officers

14 years ago

Mobile Hotspots Lack Adequate Corporate Control

Hotspot-enabled smartphones are a boon to mobile workers and a bane to IT managers unless controls are in place, says…

14 years ago

Facebook Used To Deliver UK Court Order

In a first for the UK, Facebook has been used as part of the process of forcing a debtor to…

14 years ago

Judge Closes Book On ACS:Law File-Sharing Cases

All cases against file-sharers bought by ACS:Law have been dismissed - but will Andrew Crossley be fined?

14 years ago

Reding Unveils EU Data Protection Law Update

Non-EU companies such as Google and Facebook could face legal action of they violate EU privacy regulations

14 years ago

Pitcom Warns Government Against Internet Regulation

The Parliamentary IT Committee uses recent Arab revolts as a powerful argument for net neutrality

14 years ago

Security Researchers Uncover US-Based DDoS Botnet

The US-based Skunkx botnet carries out DDoS attacks, while also rooting out rival botnet clients on the host

14 years ago

Android Gets Full-Disk Encryption

Whisper Systems has released a public beta of its enterprise-grade encryption product for Android

14 years ago

Intel McAfee Secures Embedded And Mobile Devices

Intel and McAfee combined their patent portfolios to focus on providing security at the hardware level

14 years ago

Amazon Cloud Security Acts Like Physical Networks

Resources can be provisioned more effectively within a new secure section of AWS Virtual Private Cloud

14 years ago

Twitter Improves Security With HTTPS Encryption

Twitter is following on the heels of Facebook and Google with new HTTPS encryption features

14 years ago

Adobe Warns Of Zero-Day Attacks

An unpatched Flash Player flaw is being used in 'targeted attacks', but a fix won't arrive until next week

14 years ago

Crooks Target Olympic Games Ticket Buyers

Tickets for the 2012 Olympics went on sale on Tuesday, creating a security dilemma for online ticket buyers

14 years ago

How Did Japan’s Internet Service Survive?

Good planning and a “dense mesh” design kept the Internet intact in Japan despite the earthquake, says Wayne Rash

14 years ago

Twitter Ordered To Hand Over Data To US Government

Twitter has been ordered to hand over users' data to the US government in the ongoing Wikileaks investigation

14 years ago

Blekko Antispam Search Engine Could Teach Google A Thing Or Two

Google should learn from Blekko, a search engine startup that helps users avoid spam with slashtags, said Clint Boulton

14 years ago

4chan Founder: Zuckerberg Is Wrong About Anonymity

4chan founder Christopher Poole says Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is wrong to equate anonymity with cowardice

14 years ago

Spamina Launches UK-Based Cloud Email Security

Spamina has teamed up with In-Tuition Networks to offer cloud email security from a London-based data centre

14 years ago

DuPont Allegedly Hit By Chinese Attack

Stolen emails reveal that DuPont was another victim of the Operation Aurora attack carried out by Chinese hackers

14 years ago

Earthquake News Attracts Search Engine Hackers

Criminals have moved quickly to profit from the Japan disaster using black-hat search-engine manipulation techniques

14 years ago

AWS Adds CloudFront Secure Access Management

Amazon updates its cloud security with Identity and Access Management (IAM) for AWS CloudFront

14 years ago

Sensitive Data More Likely To Appear On Tablets

Tablet users transferring more sensitive data than smartphone owners may give RIM an advantage

14 years ago

Safari, IE 8 Fall To Pwn2Own Hackers

Pwnd! Safari on MacOS X and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 fall on first day of contest

14 years ago

EU Agency Report Targets Botnets

Cyber security agency ENISA has made recommendations on tackling criminal networks

14 years ago

Enterprises Warned To Take Cyber Spying Seriously

An Ovum analyst warns of enterprises' cavalier attitude towards shutting out cyber spies

14 years ago