Security

Symantec Warns Of Spam Campaign Using Shortened URLs

Symantec MessageLabs has warned that the proportion of spam containing shortened hyperlinks has increased significantly over the last year

14 years ago

Facebook Reaches Half A Billion Users

One in twelve people on the planet is now a member of social network giant Facebook, according to Mark Zuckerberg

14 years ago

LaCie 500GB Portable Hard Drive: Review

LaCie's shockproof Rugged Safe data storage drive with built-in 128-bit AES encryption and easy-to-use fingerprint reader connects to your PC…

14 years ago

US Senators Quiz Google On WiSpy Incident

Thirty-eight US states are investigating Google's WiFi data collection which was done with Street View cars

14 years ago

Digital Act To Create Pirate ISPs In UK

Service providers will split up to make smaller 'pirate' ISPs, in response to Ofcom's draconian file-sharing proposals, says the Pirate…

14 years ago

How Attackers Use Social Networks For Command And Control

RSA has discovered that attackers using social networking can slip through the net by incorporating illegal activities with legitimate ones

14 years ago

Cameron Pleads With Obama Over McKinnon Extradition

President Obama will "follow the law" despite pleas from David Cameron over the extradition of hacker Gary McKinnon

14 years ago

Adobe Strengthens PDF Reader With Sandboxing

In an effort to beef up the security of its PDF Reader, Adobe is adding new sandboxing technology to protect…

14 years ago

Police Foil Rogue Anti-Virus Scam

Police have closed down an operation that uses cold-calls to trick users into paying £185 for "support" they don't need

14 years ago

Is Microsoft Missing A Cloud Security Trick?

Microsoft had little to say on security at its Worldwide Partner Conference. Larry Walsh thinks it should build security into…

14 years ago

Microsoft Releases Advisory For USB Trojan

Microsoft has issued an advisory about a security vulnerability being used by a Trojan to infect computers

14 years ago

Black Hat Talk on Chinese Cyber Crime Pulled

A talk on Chinese cybercrime has been pulled form the Black Hat security conference after pressure from Taiwan

14 years ago

Mozilla Removes Malicious Firefox Add-On

Mozilla pulled a malicious add-on for Firefox that it says was found to be stealing password information

14 years ago

Microsoft Fixes Google Engineer Flaw In Patch Tuesday

Microsoft plugs five security holes with four bulletins for July's Patch Tuesday

14 years ago

RSA Conference Plans To Show Some Real Hustles

A magician and a scam expert join the technical security pros in October's RSA Conference in London

14 years ago

BlackBerry Consumers To Get Enterprise Security

RIM will soon offer consumer owners of BlackBerry smartphones many new security features

14 years ago

Facebook and The Panic Button Panic

Child protection agency Ceop argued over how much presence it should have on Facebook. It should be making its message…

14 years ago

Oracle Readies Huge Security Update

Oracle is readying a massive security update that will contain 59 security patches, including 13 for its database products.

14 years ago

Troy Tackles Fraud With HP Printer Toner

A company has developed special toner that will activate a hidden red dye if fraudsters try to tamper with a…

14 years ago

Government’s Online Tools Used Against Digital Act

The FSF is calling on opponents of the law to use the government's online feedback service to call for it…

14 years ago

Facebook Adds Optional Ceop Panic Button

Facebook has given in to pressure and added the Ceop child protection button - as part of an optional app

14 years ago

Chinese Government Renews Google’s Licence

China has renewed Google's content provider licence, after the search giant bowed to pressure and stopped providing a route round…

14 years ago

Hacker Takes Millions Of Pirate Bay Passwords

Hackers took four million passwords from the controversial media-sharing BitTorrent site Pirate Bay - as a demonstration

14 years ago

Google Street View Cars Back On The Road

The Street View cars are back - without any Wi-Fi equipment, says Google

14 years ago

Microsoft Will Ship Four Patches Next Tuesday

On Patch Tuesday Microsoft will fix a bug which a Google engineer controversially revealed

14 years ago

ICO Raps Councils for Losing Child Data

As the ICO publishes a code of practise for the storing of personal data, three local councils are rapped for…

14 years ago

BT and TalkTalk Launch Legal Challenge To Digital Act

The companies want the coalition to overturn the rules but the new government is sticking by the controversial act

14 years ago

Facebook Privacy Hit By German Legal Challenge

A German data protection official is accusing Facebook of violating the country's strict privacy laws

14 years ago

Apple Pulls Suspect Apps From Store

Apple says it has removed more than 40 applications by developer Thuat Nguyen from its App Store

14 years ago

YouTube Hack Targets Fans Of Teenager Singer

A YouTube vulnerability has been exploited by hackers who used it to target fans of Canadian singer Justin Bieber

14 years ago