Security

WikiLeaks Wars Hit Fax Machines

The Anonymous group has expanded its WikiLeaks reprisal attacks to include fax machines

14 years ago

Researchers: ‘Operation Payback’ Attack Tool Leaves Participants Traceable

A study has found that the DDoS tool used in the WikiLeaks payback attacks leaves users' IP addresses exposed

14 years ago

Gawker Data Breach Results In Huge Data Theft

Gawker is warning users to change their username and password details after its systems were hacked

14 years ago

The Lesson To Be Learnt From Anonymous

The DDoS attacks on WikiLeaks' opponents contain a serious lesson that should be heeded by every website owner, says Eric…

14 years ago

Connecticut Demands Google Street View Data

The US state of Connecticut has ordered Google hand over the data it collected with its Street View cars

14 years ago

WikiLeaks Splinter Group Sets Up Rival ‘OpenLeaks’

Key staff from WikiLeaks are launching OpenLeaks after the arrest of Julian Assange

14 years ago

Amazon Blames Crash On Hardware, Not Hackers

Amazon says its sites in Europe suffered hardware problems, not a WikiLeaks cyber-war attack

14 years ago

Damballa Shows Failsafe Botnet Detection Tool

Damballa's Failsafe appliance lets IT managers detect botnet-infected machines and priorities remedies

14 years ago

US Government Changes Security Following WikiLeaks Debacle

As WikiLeaks supporters fight back, the US federal government has ordered new rules to prevent future breaches

14 years ago

EU Security Agency Highlights Smartphone Risks

The European agency ENISA has warned of the possible security risks posed by the humble smartphone

14 years ago

ACS:Law Suffers Embarrassing Copyright Case Failure

Anti-piracy law firm ACS:Law has suffered an embarrassing defeat in its first file-sharing court case

14 years ago

WikiLeaks Revenge Attack Threatens Cameron’s Online Aspirations

If Anonymous hacktivists succeed in bringing down the Direct.gov site, it could trigger a rethink for Cameron

14 years ago

Microsoft To End Year With Massive Security Update

Microsoft is gearing up to end the year with a huge Patch Tuesday update that will plug 40 security vulnerabilities

14 years ago

Microsoft Exchange Data Cloud Backup Utility From Google

Google Message Continuity cloud backup preserves the data integrity of Microsoft Exchange if it goes down

14 years ago

Stopping WikiLeaks-Style Data Thefts Is Easy

Tools to lock PCs have been available for years, and could have prevented the WikiLeaks breach, says Wayne Rash -…

14 years ago

Hundreds Of Bank Sites Vulnerable To Old RSA Flaw

Two years on and banks have yet to apply a patch protecting RSA's Adaptive Authentication platform

14 years ago

CESG Advises Government Upgrade To Windows 7

A branch of the security services has advised the government to upgrade to Windows 7

14 years ago

Twitter Denies De-Trending WikiLeaks As Visa Takes A Pasting

Twitter has stated it is not blocking Wikileaks from its Trends list. Elsewhere the DDoS attacks continue

14 years ago

eWEEK Readers Rarely Experience Leaks

...but you apparently show a tendency to hush them up. Next: the Christmas present poll!

14 years ago

Programmer Pilfers £73,000 In Nectar Point Theft

An IT programmer gave himself an early Christmas present of 14 million Nectar points, worth a cool £73,000

14 years ago

Why Hacktivists Are Fighting The WikiLeaks War

Most hackers work in secret for money. The hacktivists punishing WikiLeaks' enemies are different, says Noa Bar Yosef

14 years ago

Birmingham Gun Crimes Should Be Heard If Not Seen

The police in Birmingham are using audio-location technology to allow them to be proactive against gun crime

14 years ago

Mastercard Website Punished For WikiLeaks Ban

Operation: Payback, a WikiLeaks’ supporter initiative, has turned its DDoS attacks on Mastercard

14 years ago

ISOC: WikiLeaks Attacks Threaten Free Expression

The Internet Society wants a legal solution to the WikiLeaks debacle, not DoS attacks and DNS alterations

14 years ago

ActiveState Harnesses Python For Amazon Cloud

Python developers can use ActiveState's Amazon-based cloud service to deploy enterprise applications

14 years ago

Targeted Malware Shows Massive Surge

Different strains of malware have increased more than a hundred-fold over 2009 according to a report

14 years ago

Juniper Buys Altor Networks For Virtual Security

Security vendor Altor Networks has been acquired by Juniper Networks to protect virtual and physical assets

14 years ago

WikiLeaks’ Assange Arrested In Britain

Assange denies rape allegations, while cyber attacks hit both opponents and supporters of WikiLeaks

14 years ago

Is Anyone In Control Of Cloud Security?

The government's 'G-Cloud' could save the UK economy £3.2bn, but is it worth the security risk, asks Philip Lieberman

14 years ago

WikiLeaks Supporters Hit PayPal And PostFinance

PayPal and a Swiss bank have been hit by WikiLeaks supporters, for cutting off the whistleblower's funds

14 years ago