Security

UN Supports WikiLeaks’ Right To Publish

A UN statement argues the human right to publish in the public interest, but restraint should be exercised

14 years ago

Santander And Halifax Hit With Christmas Woes

Santander has accidentally sent the wrong statements to thousands of customers, while Halifax's payment system suffered an outage

14 years ago

DDoS Fears Shatter WikiLeaks Mirror Site Hosting

Web host SiteGround has suspended at least two WikiLeaks mirror sites, citing fears of disruptive attacks

14 years ago

‘Highly Critical’ Microsoft ActiveX Security Bugs

Secunia Researchers have warned about critical ActiveX bugs but Microsoft is unaware of any exploits

14 years ago

Cold-Calling Cyber-Criminals Tout Fake Antivirus

Scammers are using call centres to push fake antivirus software, pretending to offer free services

14 years ago

CIA Responds To WikiLeaks With WTF

The US intelligence agency's WikiLeaks Task Force will assess the damage caused by the WikiLeaked cables

14 years ago

EU Criticises US ‘Lack Of Interest’ In Data Protection

Viviane Reding has highlighted a clash between US and European attitudes to data privacy regulation

14 years ago

WikiLeaks Browser Dropped From Apple App Store

Apple has removed an iPhone app that gave users access to the classified cables released by WikiLeaks

14 years ago

OpenBSD Founder Blames Contractor, Not FBI, For Backdoor Plant

The founder of OpenBSD now believes that a firm was probably contracted to put backdoors in the project code

14 years ago

Human Rights Sites Plagued By DDoS Attacks

New research shows opponents of human rights organisations are using DDoS attacks to bring down their websites

14 years ago

EDL Backers Warned To Stay Vigilant After Hack

EDL members are advised to be on full alert after members' confidential information was stolen by hackers

14 years ago

Facebook Revises Bug Disclosure Policy

In an effort to ease fears that bug submitters could be subject to legal action, Facebook has re-worded its vulnerability…

14 years ago

Pirate Bay Defendant Heads For Supreme Court

One of the defendants in the Pirate Bay trial says he will take his appeal bid to the Supreme Court…

14 years ago

Last Of UK ‘WiSpy’ Data Deleted

Google has deleted the last of the payload data inadvertently collected by its Street View cars in the UK

14 years ago

ISPs: Internet Porn Block Not Viable

Blocking porn sites from home computers is not plausible, say ISP chiefs in response to the government’s censorship request

14 years ago

FBI Arrests Four Over Apple, Dell Insider Trading

The FBI has arrested four men who allegedly sold the trade secrets of IT giants such as Apple, Dell and…

14 years ago

Gawker Outlines Tighter Security Methods

Gawker Media's CTO has outlined new methods for securing Gawker sites from future database attacks

14 years ago

VMware Outlines Hypervisor Security Plans

VMware is to move antivirus and antispam processing off of virtual machines and insert it directly into the hypervisor

14 years ago

Researchers See Rise In Malware Posing As Desktop Utilities

Fake anti-virus scareware has recently given way to malware variants pretending to be disk utilities such as defragmentation tools

14 years ago

WikiLeaks Spurs MoD To Step Up Cyber Defences

The Ministry of Defence has allocated funds to improving its defences against cyber attacks and information leaks following the WikiLeaks…

14 years ago

Report: Intel McAfee Deal May Face EC Probe

The European Commission has expressed concerns over Intel's $7.68bn deal to acquire McAfee

14 years ago

UK Government Plans To Block Internet Porn

ISPs are asked to block porn sites as the government attempts to protect children from exposure to adult material

14 years ago

Google Defends Chrome OS Cloud Model

Google has gone on the defensive following Richard Stallman's criticism of the cloud's privacy shortcomings

14 years ago

All Not-So-Quiet On The WikiLeaks Front

WikiLeaks-related issues have quietened down, says Eric Doyle. This is just the lull before a storm that will ring in…

14 years ago

Quieter Storage With Synology DS211+ NAS Server

The special material used for its snap-on front cover absorbs hard drive vibrations to offer quieter operation

14 years ago

Assange Defence Fund Backed By Pilger And Others

A legal defence fund for WikiLeaks' Julian Assange has been set up, backed by journalist John Pilger

14 years ago

WikiLeaks’ Assange Released On Bail

At the hearing that confirmed Julian Assange's release on bail, the judge banned live Twitter updates

14 years ago

Twitter And LinkedIn Users Urged To Change Passwords

The hack of Gawker Media over the weekend has prompted other major sites to advise users to change their passwords

14 years ago

Scotland Yard Has Been After Anonymous for Months

Scotland Yard has confirmed it has been investigating Anonymous since before the WikiLeaks wars broke out

14 years ago

FBI Fingered For Installing OpenBSD Backdoors

A former government contractor has gone public and accused the FBI of planting a number of back doors into the…

14 years ago