Security

Chinese Web Hijack Poses Huge Security Risk

The apparently innocuous rerouting of Internet traffic through a Chinese ISP is a warning that next time it could be…

14 years ago

China Telecom Denies Internet ‘Hijack’ Intent

The ISP claims that an incident in April, where 15 percent of the world's Internet traffic was re-routed through servers…

14 years ago

Adobe Secures Reader X With Sandboxing Technology

The new sandboxing capabilities in Adobe Reader X arms Windows users with PDF-flaw protection, the company says

14 years ago

IT Managers Struggle To Tackle Emerging Threats

IT security is a high priority but staff struggle with emerging threats from social networking, mobiles and the cloud

14 years ago

Facebook Fault Prevents Women From Logging On

Women were briefly locked out of their Facebook accounts earlier this week due to a bug in the social network

14 years ago

Smartphone Security Is The Elephant In The Boardroom

Using business phones for personal use presents security challenges that few firms can meet effectively, claims Ovum

14 years ago

Dell Integrates Data Protection And Encryption For Windows

Dell adds file-level encryption to protect data on laptops, desktops, USB drives, external drives, and optical storage

14 years ago

Tackling The Threat Of Negligent Insiders

Failure to adopt a “continuous auditing” approach to security opens organisations to risk of negligent insider threat, warns Philip Lieberman

14 years ago

Rogue Email Costs Swiss Bank Millions

A banker has accidentally leaked the details of an upcoming flotation in an email, osting the Swiss bank an estimated…

14 years ago

Adobe Issues Security Update for Reader And Acrobat

Adobe patches a pair of security vulnerabilities, including one in the Acrobat Flash-rendering DLL targeted by attackers

14 years ago

Half of SMBs Ban Facebook At Work

Fifty percent of SMBs in the UK and US ban their staff from accessing social networking websites, a Webroot survey…

14 years ago

Stuxnet Targeted Iranian Uranium Enrichment, Symantec Believes

Symantec has revealed that the infamous Stuxnet worm was actually targeting the motors at nuclear power stations

14 years ago

Cyberwar And Smartphones Top Threats For 2011

Government cyber attacks and smartphone vulnerabilities top Imperva's list of security risks for 2011

14 years ago

Bug Bounties: Why The Controversy?

Software companies have offered payment for bugs before. Peter Judge asks why it is any different for security vendors to…

14 years ago

Web-Users Fall For Fake AV

Organised gangs are tricking security-conscious Internet users with fake anti-virus

14 years ago

Saudi Arabia ‘Accidentally’ Blocks Facebook

Saudi Arabia has reportedly blocked access to Facebook, but officials called the incident an 'accidental error'

14 years ago

Barracuda Offers $3,000 Bug Bounty

Barracuda Networks has a rewards scheme for researchers who find flaws in its security products.

14 years ago

Koobface Botnet Made $2m From Social Network Users

The Koobface malware made more than $2m by drawing users of Facebook, Twitter and other social networks into its botnet,…

14 years ago

Twitter Supports Bomb Joker With #IAmSpartacus Tag

Twitter users stand up to be counted, as bomb joke becomes a free speech issue

14 years ago

Afghan Military Secrets Found On eBay Laptop

Personal details of Afghan police and army volunteers were found on a “scrapped” laptop belonging to a British soldier

14 years ago

Massive Apple Security Update Locks Out PGP Users

PGP customers are being warned not to apply Apple's mammoth security update for Mac OS X, after it locked users…

14 years ago

Dramatic Increase In Malicious Websites, Reports Websense

Widespread abuse of search engine optimisation has fostered a growth in malicious sites this year

14 years ago

Twitter Bomb Joker’s Sentence Upheld

The man who Tweeted about bombing an airport has lost his appeal against his £1,000 fine

14 years ago

Defence Minister Calls For British Cyber Attack Option

The Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey has called for the UK to have the ability to strike back at those…

14 years ago

Information Commissioner Rejects MP’s Criticism

The Information Commissioner insists the Google WiSpy incident was handled correctly

14 years ago

UK And EC To Rethink RIPA And ISP Data Retention

Privacy is on the agenda as the UK revises its RIPA laws and the EC's data retention regulations are questioned

14 years ago

Microsoft Adds HTTPS Encryption To Secure Hotmail

Microsoft follows Google's example and adds HTTPS encryption to Hotmail to protect user's entire sessions

14 years ago

BT, TalkTalk Win Judicial Review Of Digital Act

The controversial Digital Economy Act (DEA) is to face scrutiny over whether it is legal and justifiable

14 years ago

ICO Named ‘Keystone Kops’ Over WiSpy Investigation

Members of the Information Commissioner's Office have been labelled as Keystone Kops by a Tory MP for their investigation of…

14 years ago

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Update Plugs 11 Vulnerabilities

Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday update includes remedies for 11 vulnerabilities, including a critical fix for Outlook users

14 years ago