Security

Symantec Warns Of Phony Browser Alerts

Users are being tricked into downloading scareware with spoof anti-malware warnings in popular web browsers

14 years ago

Home Secretary Lambasted For CEOP Assimilation

Phoenix Foundation “disgusted” and a government chief officer resigns over decision to disband child protection agency

14 years ago

Cisco Enhances Its Borderless Network Security

Cisco's Borderless Network initiative continues to grow with a security appliance and VPN client

14 years ago

MoD Advises Staff To Avoid Facebook Places

The Ministry of Defence is warning military personnel not to expose their locations of Facebook

14 years ago

Four Fifths Oppose Cuts In Cybercrime-Fighting Budget

Eighty percent of respondents to a Sophos survey think more investment is needed to fight cybercrime

14 years ago

Oracle Makes Authentication Move With Passlogix Acquisition

Oracle is beefing up its security portfolio with the acquisition of Passlogix, to give it enterprise single sign-on technology

14 years ago

Symantec Pushes Mobile Security Onto Android, Apple iOS

Symantec is beefing up its mobile security credentials after the security giant added support for Android and Apple iOS

14 years ago

Former McAfee CTO Lambasts Security Industry Attitudes

Prevx, the UK-based PC and Internet security specialist, has today appointed Christopher Bolin, ex-CTO at McAfee, as Prevx President

14 years ago

ACTA Moves Closer To Final Draft

The controversial international copyright agreement has made it through another round of negotiations

14 years ago

BT Fights Data Handover Request

Following the recent ACS:Law data breach, BT said it will fight future requests for users' personal information

14 years ago

Cloud Is Not The Security Issue!

Cloud isn't a new security problem, says Peter Judge. It just one more example of the increasing ability of data…

14 years ago

Social Networking Sites Patch Security Flaws

A number of cross-site scripting flaws could have allowed attacks on users of Twitter, Facebook and MySpace

14 years ago

Bumper Registrations For Cyber Security Challenge

The Cyber Security Challenge, which looks to address the security skills shortage, has seen almost 4,000 people registering to take…

14 years ago

Met Admits Resource Problem At Cybercrime Unit

The Met admitted the chronic lack of resources at its cybercrime unit is hurting the fight against online criminal gangs

14 years ago

Revenge Attacks Take Down Lawyer And Ministry Of Sound

Ministry of Sound and its lawyer have disappeared from the net as anti-piracy action faces an increased backlash

14 years ago

More Arrests But Zeus Trojan Rules In Online Bank Fraud

The arrests keep coming in connection with the cyber-crime ring that used the Zeus Trojan to steal millions from bank…

14 years ago

Data Leaks On The Rise, Survey Finds

Data leaks are on the increase and while security remains a priority, existing solutions are not cutting the mustard

14 years ago

US Security Chiefs Address RSA Conference Europe

Heavyweight cyber-security gurus front a London RSA conference with a practical slant

14 years ago

UK Link As US Arrests 60 People For Zeus Bank Heist

More than 60 people have been charged in the US as part of an international crime syndicate that used the…

14 years ago

EC Sues The UK Over Phorm Privacy Failure

BT’s secret trials of a behavioural advertising technology have landed the UK government in hot water with the European Commission

14 years ago

BSA Brands Birmingham A ‘Piracy Hotspot’

Two thirds of workers are prepared to inform on their bosses, as BSA swoops on Birmingham

14 years ago

BT Dragged Into Porn Data Breach At Law Firm

UK telecoms giant BT is now caught in the fallout from the data breach at a "copyright bully" law firm…

14 years ago

Zeus Gang Blags £6m From UK Bank Accounts

The Zeus Trojan is rapidly becoming public enemy number one as London police arrest online banking hackers

14 years ago

Microsoft Rushes Out ASP.NET Patch To Block Attacks

Microsoft released an emergency, out-of-band patch to address an exploited security issue with ASP.NET.

14 years ago

Zeus Malware Targets European Mobile Banking

European Symbian and BlackBerry devices used for online banking are being targeted in an attempt to beat multifactor authentication security.

14 years ago

Law Firm Faces Hefty Fine Over Porn Breach

The Information Commissioner has confirmed that it is investigating a major data breach at a UK law firm

14 years ago

LinkedIn Users Targeted By Spam Attack

The attack on the LinkedIn social network follows attacks on Twitter, Facebook and others

14 years ago

Juniper: Enterprise Consolidation Needs Dynamic Security

Data centre consolidation is increasing the pressure on security infrastructure, says Juniper's Karim Toubba

14 years ago

Big Brother Fears As Obama Seeks Internet Wiretap Law

The Obama administration is reportedly working on legislation that will make it easier for the United States to 'wiretap the…

14 years ago

Twitter Users Infected With New Worm Attack

Twitter users were infected over the weekend with a new worm attack that posted sexual messages on victims' profiles

14 years ago