Security

Defence Minister To Outline National Cyber Battle Plan

The Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey is to use a speech today to outline the threat being posed to the…

14 years ago

Gartner: Security Needs To Get Virtual

Security must evolve as organisations move toward the private cloud, according to Gartner

14 years ago

Cisco: IT Policies Hampering Mobile Workforce

Security worries, among other concerns, are keeping employees from using mobile devices in the workplace, Cisco has found

14 years ago

ICO Slams Companies’ Data Protection Awareness

Public sector bodies scored low on awareness of data protection principles, with the private sector coming out only a little…

14 years ago

Since When Are Hacker Tools Covered By Freedom Of Speech?

Firesheep raised the profile of some attacks on websites, says Peter Judge. But Microsoft has a perfect right to help…

14 years ago

British Navy Website Suspended After Hacking Attack

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the Royal Navy website has been suspended after it was hacked into

14 years ago

Zeus Malware Targets Security Researchers

An exploit toolkit linked to the Zeus trojan has been used as a honeypot to attack researchers and rivals

14 years ago

CEOP Warns Of Jump In Online Complaints

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre has recorded a large increase in the number of online compliants

14 years ago

Microsoft Preps Office Fixes For Patch Tuesday

Microsoft is to patch 11 security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office and Forefront Unified Access Gateway in next week's Patch Tuesday

14 years ago

EU Seeks To Introduce Stronger Online Privacy Laws

The European Commission plans to strengthen the rules governing the collection and use of personal data online

14 years ago

Kaspersky Anti-Malware Package Bundles In Eight Products

Kaspersky Lab's anti-malware suite brings security for endpoints, file servers, mail servers and the network gateway

14 years ago

Bug Fixes For Google Chrome And Adobe Flash

Adobe upgrades Flash Player to fix nearly 20 vulnerabilities and Google patches up its Chrome browser

14 years ago

BT Scuppers Ministry Of Sound’s Flagship Piracy Battle

The Ministry of Sound is speechless after BT destroys most of the evidence for its battle against illegal music downloading

14 years ago

Europe Holds Cyber-Warfare Test

The Cyber Europe 2010 will simulate an attack designed to cut Europe's nations off from one another

14 years ago

Burma Taken Off-Net By Cyber Attack

The Asian nation of of Myanmar, formerly Burma, has been hit by a massive denial-of-service attack

14 years ago

Zero-Day Flaw In Internet Explorer Exploited In Spam Attack

A malware attack has been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer, prompting Microsoft to issue an advisory

14 years ago

Facebook Mobile Apps Refreshed For iPhone And Android

New smartphone apps from Facebook add single sign-on to iPhones and Androids, along with Deals for the iPhone

14 years ago

Adobe Readies Critical Fix For Flash Player

Adobe is shortly to release a patch for a critical security vulnerability in its Flash Player software

14 years ago

ICO U-Turn: Google Broke The Law

Google's Wi-Fi snooping was a "significant breach" of UK Laws - but the ICO is not fining the company

14 years ago

Android Downloads Gain Lookout’s Mobile Security Support

Lookout's Privacy Advisor application allows security-minded users to scan every Android app they download

14 years ago

Serious Security Bugs Found In Android Kernel

An analysis of Google Android Froyo's open source kernel has uncovered 88 flaws that could expose users' data

14 years ago

Government Minister Wants ISPs To Be Content Cops

Google's WiSpy was a problem, says Peter Judge. But Ed Vaizey's mediation idea would rush towards censorship, in the name…

14 years ago

ICO Rejects ‘Alarmist Agenda’ Over Google WiSpy

The ICO says no to any "knee jerk" action on Google over its Wi-Fi snooping, despite MPs' requests

14 years ago

Symantec Warns Of Increased Email Attacks

Organisations and people are facing an increase in targeted email attacks, security vendor Symantec has warned

14 years ago

Police To Get Facebook Lessons

Detectives will be trained to track down criminals on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter

14 years ago

Adobe Flash Warning Arrives As It Patches Shockwave

A new vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player was reported just as it issued a patch for Shockwave

14 years ago

Endgame Systems’ Reputation Service Sniffs Out Botnets

Startup ipTrust will warn businesses when botnets strike by revealing links form specific IP addresses to Web-threats

14 years ago

PCI-DSS 2.0 Emphasises Transaction Log Management

The PCI Security Standards Council has updated the PCI DSS and PA-DSS with clarifications to help businesses improve compliance and…

14 years ago

MP Slams ICO Over Google WiSpy

The US FTC has cleared Google, but British MPs want the ICO to get tough over it's Wi-Fi snooping

14 years ago

Hackers Exploit Firefox Flaw On Nobel Site

A Norwegian security firm has warned that a new Trojan malware has infected the Nobel Peace Prize website

14 years ago