Security

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

Google And Facebook: Opt-In Is Coming

As Facebook gets sued, and Google faces government criticism, eWEEK Europe says the inevitable result will be regulations that make…

14 years ago

Microsoft Office 2010 Security Flaw Uncovered

Researchers at Vupen Security claim they have uncovered a security vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2010

14 years ago

Adobe Rushes Out Emergency Patches For Critical Bugs

In an effort to plug a well publicised security loophole that hackers are already exploiting, Adobe has rushed out emergency…

14 years ago

Security: A Job For the Super-CSO?

With security risks converging, the chief security officer has to master them all - and gain support from the whole…

14 years ago

Google Follows Firefox With Chrome Plug-in Protection

Google has followed in Mozilla's footsteps with plans to block out-of-date plug-ins from running in its Chrome browser

14 years ago

Social Networks Face Growing Pressure Over Privacy

Privacy debacles are raising public awareness of the reliance on our data to make social networking pay, according to Ovum

14 years ago

Cisco Launches Enterprise Android Tablet

Cisco plans to give businesses a mobile platform for collaboration with its new Cius tablet

14 years ago

Google Bows To Pressure Over Chinese Redirect

Google will cease rerouting Chinese visitors to its Google.hk portal, after the Chinese government threatened not to renew its operating…

14 years ago

HP Beefs Up Virtual And Physical Security Offerings

HP has strengthened its security portfolio in order to prevent breaches in physical and virtual environments

14 years ago

Google To Give Encrypted Search New Web Address

Google has moved its encrypted search engine to a new web address to help school administrators detect students using the…

14 years ago

Google Pushing Android 2.2 to Nexus One

Users of the Google smartphone are getting the latest version of the mobile OS, with speed, security and Exchange features

14 years ago

Generation X Needs Security Support

So-called millennials don't like rigid security, but IT professionals will have to get tough with the rising tide of consumer…

14 years ago

White House Outlines Online Identity Strategy

The US government has set out plans to strengthen authentication and identity verification on the web

14 years ago

How To Choose A Data Loss Prevention Tool

Data loss prevention technologies can be costly and challenging to deploy. Here are some things to think about before buying

14 years ago

Google Pulls Two Android Market Apps

Two apps from the Android Market that duped users into downloading them have been removed by Google

14 years ago