Security

Windows 7 SP1 Beta Leaked Online

A beta of Microsoft's upcoming Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7 has appeared on a number of Torrent websites

15 years ago

Government e-Borders Scheme Faces “Impossible” Schedule

The Home Affairs Select Committee has said in a new report that the Government's troubled e-Border's programme is 'impossible to…

15 years ago

FBI Cracks Down On Global eBay Scam

Law enforcement officials arrested 70 people in a series of raids all over the world tied to an online scam…

15 years ago

Apple iPad Hacked And Slated For 24 April UK Release

Hackers have reportedly already cracked open the iPad. Meanwhile another report has suggested the device will hit UK shores on…

15 years ago

Adobe Issues Advice To Avoid PDF Security Attack

Adobe has issued a workaround for a PDF vulnerability that would allow hackers to exploit its PDF Reader

15 years ago

Google In Vietnam War Of Words Over Cyber Attacks

The Vietnamese government refuted accusations by Google of a cyber-attack targeting opponents of a Chinese-backed mining operation

15 years ago

Digital Economy Bill Gets Second Commons Reading

A handful of MPs debated the controversial Digital Economy Bill, which the government intends to force through before the end…

15 years ago

Researcher Uncovers PDF Executable Vulnerability

A security researcher has discovered a new way exploit Adobe Reader and other PDF-viewing software, but without actually using a…

15 years ago

Reject Microsoft Office Attachments Says Free Software Group

Just say no to Word, Excel attachments say free and open software campaigners

15 years ago

US Court Rejects Calls For Mobile Phone Cancer Labelling

Industry pressure forces changes to a proposed law that would have required cell phone makers to put labels on their…

15 years ago

Mandelson To Rap On Anti File-Sharing Single

Business secretary may be turning his talent for spin to the turntables

15 years ago

Chinese Yahoo Users Suffer Hacked Email Accounts

The Yahoo email accounts of some human rights activists and journalists in China and Taiwan have reportedly been hacked into

15 years ago

Microsoft Issues Fix For IE Zero-Day Bug

Microsoft has patched a total of ten vulnerabilities for Internet Explorer, after issuing an emergency security update

15 years ago

MPs Say Climate Unit Blocked Data Requests

Most Climategate allegations are false, although Professor Phil Jones failed to answer all requests for information, an MPs' committee has…

15 years ago

Google And Microsoft Push For Electronic Privacy

Companies ranging from Google to Microsoft to Salesforce.com have joined forces with the American Civil Liberties Union and others to…

15 years ago

Google Searches Blocked In China

Chinese web users are complaining that standard searches on the Google Hong Kong website have been blocked

15 years ago

Digital Bill Protesters Plan April Fool Flashmob

Moves to push the Digital Economy Bill through parliament make a joke of democracy, says Open Rights Group

15 years ago

ICO Slams Council For Data Loss, Prepares For Fines

The Information Commissioner's Office has criticised a city council for the loss of voter information shortly before new powers to…

15 years ago

File-Sharing Case Against UK Teenager Is Dropped

A teenager charged with distributing copyrighted material using the BitTorrent site Oink has been acquitted due to lack of evidence

15 years ago

Former IBM CEO-Contender Guilty Of Securities Fraud

Robert Moffat, a 31-year IBM veteran and at one time considered a possible IBM CEO candidate, pleads guilty to his…

15 years ago

US Student Loan Contractor Admits Massive Data Breach

Millions of student loan records have been stolen in another massive data breach, this time from a US federal loan…

15 years ago

Facebook To Allow Third-Party Access To User Info

Facebook has announced another update to its privacy policy, allowing some third party applications access to users' information without prior…

15 years ago

Protecting Your Business From Social Networking Suicide

The pros of social networking outweigh the security cons, but the risks to corporate image and data are still significant

15 years ago

Review: YouSendIt Enables Secure File Transfer — Maybe

YouSendIt makes emailing large, sensitive files secure and manageable by avoiding the pain of using FTP clients and servers

15 years ago

MI5 Laying Off ‘Bonds’ To Hire More Techie ‘Qs’

The Security Service has announced plans to lay-off some of its intelligence staff and replace them with more IT-savvy operatives

15 years ago

Data Breach Remains Top Security Worry

The ever-present threat of data breaches is keeping business executives awake at night, according to a new survey from IBM

15 years ago

YouTube Fails – But Not Because of China

A YouTube outage was due to a technical fault, not retaliation by the Chinese government, Google has said

15 years ago

Bletchley Park Gets £250,000 Government Funding

Second world war codebreaking centre Bletchley Park has been given a £250,000 government grant to pay for repairs to the…

15 years ago

Cyber-security Bill Gains Approval From Senate Panel

A bill that promises to introduce tighter cyber-security for the US government has passed its first hurdle in the US…

15 years ago

TJX Hacker Sentenced To 20 Years

The hacker mastermind behind the data breaches of TJX, Barnes & Noble, OfficeMax and other retailers has been sentenced to…

15 years ago