Security

Google Takes Chrome Frame Out Of Beta

Chrome browsing within IE is moving ahead, despite security concerns and the demise of Google Wave

14 years ago

File-Share Law Firm Exposes Personal Data

ACS:Law, known for its email campaigns against file-sharers, has inadvertently published an archive of personal data

14 years ago

US Cable Hackers Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison

Three hackers have been jailed for redirecting traffic from the website of cable operator Comcast

14 years ago

eBay Phishing Suspect Arrested In Romania

Law enforcement officials said the suspect launched two phishing attacks against eBay in 2009

14 years ago

Stuxnet Malware Used AutoRun Trick To Infect PCs

The complex malware was originally designed to hit industrial control systems, but has had a wider impact

14 years ago

VOIP Hacker Gets Ten Years In Jail

US authorities have for for the first time given a prison sentence to a man charged with hacking voice-over-IP

14 years ago

Cloud Storage – A New Set Of Security Risks

Like it or not, users have data in the cloud - so it's time to consider a whole new security…

14 years ago

Facebook Crashes Twice In A Comedy Of Errors

Facebook has apologised for an outage yesterday that cut off “many” of its users, caused by mishandling an error code

14 years ago

Cisco’s New VPN Client For iPhone: Review

Cisco’s AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Apple iOS gives IT managers and users a secure, yet flexible, browsing experience

14 years ago

Russian Domains Increase As China Cans Spam

There has been a noticeable increase in Russian spam domains since China changed its domain registration requirements in 2009

14 years ago

Three Tweeters Claim Twitter ‘Onmouseover’ Flaw

Three different Twitter users claim to have first exploited the "onmousover" flaw, which is apparently a month old

14 years ago

Up To 5,000 Firms Could Face CRC Fines Next Week

Fines for non-registration to the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme before 30 September could net the government up to £1.5 million

14 years ago

Twitter Fixes ‘Onmouseover’ Flaw

Twitter has patched a serious flaw that generated pop-up messages and pushed unwitting users onto porn websites

14 years ago

Google Transparency Report Tracks Censorship

Google's new Transparency Report tool exposes government requests for data and attempts at censorship around the world

14 years ago

Open Source Vendors Re-Patch Linux Core Flaws

The Linux kernel bugs, first patched in 2007, could allow unprivileged users to take over a system

14 years ago

Facebook Brands Hacking A ‘Major Issue’

Facebook says that hacking scams have become a serious problem for the social network, and plans to implement additional security…

14 years ago

Mark Hurd Talks Up Oracle Exadata

Newly anointed Oracle co-president Mark Hurd used his keynote at the Oracle OpenWorld conference to highlight Exadata Database Machine X2-8

14 years ago

Could Google Make Two-Factor Security The Norm?

Passwords are not enough, says Peter Judge - but maybe two-factor security on Google Apps will persuade users to get…

14 years ago

Adobe Fixes Flash Flaw Earlier Than Expected

The new patch addresses a zero-day Adobe Flash bug that has been targeted by attackers

14 years ago

Man Jailed For Online Money Laundering

American authorities have sentenced a 38-year-old man to six years in prison for laundering money via an online payment system

14 years ago

Pirate Party Walks The Plank In Swedish Elections

The Swedish Pirate Party has failed to gain a foothold in the Swedish political establishment after flopping in that country's…

14 years ago

E-Vendors To Wage War On Mobile Fraud

Banks and social networks must look to personal mobile data such as location information to help combat mobile fraud, according…

14 years ago

Google Brings Two-Factor Security To Apps

Google has responded to cloud security fears by increasing security on its Google Apps

14 years ago

Intel Admits Theft Of Copy Protection Protocol

The compromise means that Intel's HDCP protocol can no longer guarantee the protection of digital content

14 years ago

Microsoft Issues Web Apps Security Warning

Microsoft has warned of a security flaw affecting web applications built on ASP.NET.

14 years ago

BSA ‘Cost Of Piracy’ Report Debunked

BSA's latest report on the economic cost of software piracy has once again been met with widespread scepticism from within…

14 years ago

Adobe Warns Against Unofficial Security Patches

Adobe Systems is warning users against unofficial patches after a security firm issued its own fix for a Reader and…

14 years ago

Facebook Places ‘Checks In’ To Britain

Social networking giant Facebook has brought its new geolocation feature to the UK

14 years ago

Chattering At The Water Cooler

Most social networks are geared for individual rather than corporate promotion, but corporate social networking tools are providing a new…

14 years ago

Complexity Of Security Exploits Increasing

Exploits are getting more complex, reports HP TippingPoint DVLabs, Qualys and The SANS Institute

14 years ago