Security

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

Iranian Cyber Army To Sell Botnets

The Iranian Cyber Army which attacked Twitter and others late last year, is to sell access to its botnets

14 years ago

Juniper Makes Mobile Security Pitch

Mobile devices are an increasing risk for companies and consumers, says Juniper

14 years ago

Will The ICO Make An Example Of Google?

The Information Commissioner has yet to impose a fine for a breach of privacy. Peter Judge thinks Google's revelations about…

14 years ago

Seagate, Mobile Armor Work Together On Self-Encrypting Drives

The Seagate Momentus drives deliver Mobile Armor government-grade encryption and pre-boot authentication without degrading performance

14 years ago

Facebook And Twitter Accounts Exposed By Firefox Extension

A new Firefox tool can be used to take over the accounts of people using Facebook, Twitter and other Web…

14 years ago

UK Spam Flourishes Through Personal Details Market

A disregard for customer privacy is one reason why spam has doubled in the UK this year, claims a watchdog…

14 years ago

Scottish Hacker Faces Jail Following Malware Probe

An Aberdeenshire man has admitted to using spam messages to infect millions of PCs with malware

14 years ago

Forrester: Cloud Spurring Major Shift In Security Market

The cloud security market will grow to £1.5bn in the next five years, with the growth of identity and access…

14 years ago

Adobe Warns Of Critical Shockwave Player Flaw

Adobe has warned of a serious security bug affecting Shockwave Player on Windows and Mac OS X

14 years ago