Security

Lush Admits Delay In Reporting Site Hack

Lush delayed notifying customers of its website hack for nearly a month while it conducted an investigation

14 years ago

Intel-McAfee Deal To Get EU Blessing Next Week

European regulators are reportedly ready to approve the acquisition of McAfee after Intel's concessions

14 years ago

eWEEK Readers Doubt Government Cloud

You doubt the wisdom of government data in the cloud. Next up, social networking: friend or foe?

14 years ago

Europe Calls For Tougher IP Laws

The European Commission believes that its own laws to combat online piracy are not tough enough

14 years ago

European Carbon Exchange Closed After £6m Theft

Virtual bank robbers stole €7 million in carbon credits, breaking the green exchange

14 years ago

Trojan Blocks Windows Connection To Cloud Antivirus

The Bohu Trojan has been seen in China by Microsoft attempting to block cloud-based anti-virus products

14 years ago

Cisco’s Wireless Security Goes Beyond PCI Compliance

Cisco has launched wireless security that exceeds current, and possibly future, PCI-DSS requirements

14 years ago

Social Network Scams: Biggest Security Threat For 2011

Facebook may not be up to the job of securing its service, or may not care, warns Graham Cluley of…

14 years ago

ACS:Law File-Sharing Fiasco Astonishes Judge

Trying to drop file sharing cases, ACS:Law has got itself in a worse tangle

14 years ago

Toolkits Add Impact To The Cyber-Underground

Exploit kits form a vital part of the black cyber-economy and make malware campaigns easier for attackers

14 years ago

Researcher Hacks Smartphone Radio Chips

At Black Hat a researcher is to demonstrate a technique for hacking into the baseband processors that power smartphone radios

14 years ago

Facebook Disables Phone Number Sharing

Facebook has 'temporarily' disabled a feature that allows phone number and address sharing, following criticism

14 years ago

Can The Government Prevent A DDoS Attack On Its Systems?

Governments are not immune to DDoS attacks, as hacktivist group Anonymous has proved. It's time nations started defending themselves, says…

14 years ago

Sarah Palin Email Hacker Sent To Prison

The man who hacked into Sarah Palin's email account has been sent to prison instead of a halfway house

14 years ago

ENISA Recommends Private Cloud For Public Sector

The public sector has been warned that private clouds remain the best option because of governance issues

14 years ago

What Do Facebook Users Gain From Sharing Data?

Facebook claims that users will benefit from sharing their contact details with developers. Pull the other one, says Sophie Curtis

14 years ago

Facebook Says Users Have Privacy Control

Sharing contact details is all about improving user experience, says Facebook

14 years ago

Sixth Formers Win Cyber Security Challenge Prize

The team stage of the contest has found winners including a group of sixth-formers

14 years ago

Does Virtualisation Break Compliance?

Companies face increasingly stiff regulations for their IT. Peter Judge asks - if you virtualise your servers, will you fall…

14 years ago

Coordinated Cyber-Attack Could Create ‘Perfect Storm’

A war fought entirely in cyberspace is unlikely but governments must boost their defences, says the OECD

14 years ago

Critics Bash Facebook For Sharing Phone Numbers

Rogue apps will be able to harvest contact details shared by Facebook, warn experts

14 years ago

Attackers Target Pentagon Credit Union

A hacked laptop has been used to breach the defences of a bank used by the US military

14 years ago

Expert To Reveal Data Theft Secrets

A security expert will use the upcoming Black Hat conference to reveal methods of sneaking data out of enterprises

14 years ago

RIM To Offer Cloud-Based BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Small businesses will be able to use an encrypted email system when RIM launches a cloud version of BES

14 years ago

Researcher Uses Amazon To Hack Wi-Fi Network

A security reseacher has revealed how he used Amazon's cloud service to hack into his neighbour's Wi-Fi network

14 years ago

President Sarkozy Wants Net Censorship On G8 Agenda

The French president, an opponent of an unregulated Internet, wants to make censorship a global initiative

14 years ago

IT Spending Will Double To More Than £6bn by 2016

Hardware replacement, mobile devices, cyber-threats and cloud spending will exceed $10 billion in five years

14 years ago

NetSuite Adds CyberSource To Flag E-Commerce Fraud

Screening software in NetSuite's cloud-based ERP platform makes it easier to screen fraudulent transactions

14 years ago

SAP Acquires Security As Black Hats Take Aim

As SAP buys into ID management, an event at Black Hat DC will put Web-enabled SAP apps in the line…

14 years ago

Euro Child-Porn Gang Hijacks Legitimate Servers

An Eastern European child pornography ring doctored server links to point to their illegal wares

14 years ago