Security

Whistleblower Sticks Label Firm With Licence Payment

A label-making company has paid out nearly £25,000 after a whistleblower told the BSA of unlicensed software

14 years ago

Chinese Night Dragon Attack Hits Energy Companies

Since 2009, the Night Dragon attack from China has been spying on energy companies, says McAfee

14 years ago

AutoRun Worms Targeted By Latest Windows Updates

Microsoft has pushed out an update via its Windows Server Update Service to shut out AutoRun malware

14 years ago

Facebook Exploit App Toolkits Going Cheap

Websense uncovered a toolkit for building rogue "Who Tracks You" Facebook applications selling for £15

14 years ago

Ixia Tackles Network And Cloud Security Testing

IxLoad-Attack can generate malicious test traffic to show of how well site and cloud security holds up

14 years ago

Campaigning MP Claims Support For Online Smut Ban

A backbench MP has claimed that there is 'favourable consensus' on the need for Internet porn filters

14 years ago

Mobile Malware Threats See Steep Rise

An alarming growth of mobile malware threats in 2010 will continue throughout this year, predicts McAfee

14 years ago

ICO Hits Two Councils With £150,000 Fine

Two councils have been hit with hefty fines for losing unencrypted laptops containing sensitive personal data

14 years ago

Safer Internet Day Highlights Gaming Risks

Safer Internet Day 2011 urges young web users to be resposible citizens in the digital world

14 years ago

Google Executive Helped Spark Egypt Protests

Google's head of marketing for the Middle East helped run a Facebook page used by Egyptian protesters

14 years ago

Assange Faces Court, Anonymous Defaces “FBI Snitch”

As WikiLeaks' Julian Assange faces possible extradition, his supporters attacked an FBI informer online

14 years ago

Sophos Set To Launch Mobile Protection Platform

Sophos' Social Mobile Control will allow organisations to apply security policies to mobile devices

14 years ago

Hague Says UK Government Was Hit By Trojan

The UK government was infected by the Zeus information-stealing Trojan in December, William Hague has revealed

14 years ago

Yemen, Egypt Government Sites Taken Down By ‘Anonymous’

The activist group 'Anonymous' has attacked websites belonging to the Yemeni and Egyptian governments in support of protests

14 years ago

Study Exposes Weaknesses Of Risk-Based Security

An audit by the US Department of Energy has identified a major security weakness in the way that organisations identify…

14 years ago

Nasdaq Network Breached By Hackers

Attackers have repeatedly penetrated the network that runs the Nasdaq Stock Market over the past year, but as yet have…

14 years ago

Despite Closure, ACS:Law Founder Could Face Bill

Although ACS:Law and MediaCAT have closed down, the men behind them could still be liable for legal costs

14 years ago

Former Tech Workers Charged With Insider Trading

Former staff at Dell and AMD are facing further insider trading charges from US authorities

14 years ago

Microsoft To Patch 22 Vulnerabilities With Update

Microsoft is preparing a fairly substantial Patch Tuesday security update for next week

14 years ago

Home Office Adopts ‘Flawed’ EU Cyber-Crime Directive

James Brokenshire has signed the UK up to the EC cyber-crime directive despite major grey areas

14 years ago

Firewall Father Wants WikiLeaks Prosecuted

Cyber-threats should be taken seriously, and complex passwords should be dumped, says the father of the firewall, Bill Cheswick of…

14 years ago

IPv4 Depletion Won’t Cause IPv6 Stampede

IPv4 address blocks are now depleted, but don’t worry about running out of new addresses just yet, says Wayne Rash

14 years ago

HP Acts To Resolve Faulty Intel Chipset Problem

HP offers customers refund or replacement for PCs containing flawed Intel chipset tied to Sandy Bridge SoC

14 years ago

Mozilla’s Attack-Aware Applications Resist Probes

'Attack aware' Mozilla applications will improve the detect and block hackers probing for weaknesses

14 years ago

House Of Lords Allows iPads

Will iPads and smartphones inform or distract in Britain's upper chamber of government?

14 years ago

Internet Blackout Costs Egypt £56m

The Egyptian government's decision to cut off the Internet amid protests cost the country £11m a day

14 years ago

Global Intelligence Is Driving Holistic Security

He couldn't talk about the impending acquisition by Intel, but McAfee's EMEA president, Gert-Jan Schenk was keen to talk about…

14 years ago

British Hacker Faces Jail After £7.5 Million Heist

A hacker has admitted to hacking into virtual gambling servers and making off with billions of gambling chips

14 years ago

WikiLeaks Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

The whistle blowing website Wikileaks has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by a Norwegian MP

14 years ago

Facebook Patches New Security Vulnerability

Facebook has closed a loophole that allowed attackers to gain access to user data without their consent

14 years ago