Security

Government Warned Over “Ill Defined” File-Sharing Response

Parliament's select committee warns that the government's strategy for tackling illegal file-sharing may be too heavy-handed

15 years ago

US Senate Condemns Chinese Attacks on Google

The US Senate has condemned the cyber-attacks on Google and other tech companies in China, and has called on the…

15 years ago

Prisoner Boasts Of Drinking And Games On Facebook

A convicted arsonist has used a smuggled mobile phone to boast on Facebook about getting drunk whilst in jail and…

15 years ago

Google Turns To NSA For China Hack Help

Send in the spooks! Google is reportedly working with the NSA to analyse the Chinese cyber-attack and to help prevent…

15 years ago

No IE Fix In Massive Microsoft Security Update

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday update for February will fix several long-running problems in Windows but won't address the IE flaw revealed…

15 years ago

Google Offers Admin Control For Smartphone Apps

In an effort to broaden its appeal to the business community, Google is to allow administrators to control staff access…

15 years ago

Netgear Looks To SMBs With ProSecure UTM5 Solution

Netgear is looking to target small to medium businesses (SMBs) or SoHo users, with its gateway security appliance, the ProSecure…

15 years ago

Fraudsters Net £2.6m In Carbon Phishing Scam

EU registries have been duped out of more than €3 million (£2.6m), after a phishing scam resulted in hackers stealing…

15 years ago

Google Hack Fallout Continues With Senate Hearing

Following the Google hack in China, the US Senate is planning a hearing concerning business practises with countries that restrict…

15 years ago

Microsoft Admits New IE Vulnerability Could Open Files

Microsoft has published an advisory of a new vulnerability which could allow hackers to open files on PCs running Windows…

15 years ago

Home Office Site To Combat Terrorism And Hate Crimes

The Home Office has created a website that allows citizens to report any illegal terrorist, violent extremist, or hate crime…

15 years ago

Stolen Twitter Credentials Worth Big Bucks To Criminals

The price of stolen user credentials varies depending on the popularity of the Internet service or application for which they…

15 years ago

Twitter Reveals Phishing Attack Details

Officials at Twitter reset users passwords after malicious Torrent sites and "get followers fast schemes" caused a surge in followers…

15 years ago

PGP To Offer Trusted Cloud ID With TrustCenter Buy

As part of its strategy to offer trusted identity management services from the cloud, PGP is to acquire privately-held TC…

15 years ago

Manchester Police Nabbed By Conficker Worm

Greater Manchester Police has quarantined its network after discovering it had been infected by the notorious Conficker worm

15 years ago

Twitter Phishing Attack Makes Users Change Passwords

An alleged phishing attack on micro-blogging site Twitter has led to some users being advised to change their passwords via…

15 years ago

MWC: Researchers Warn Of Femtocell Security Flaws

Two security consultants have uncovered serious vulnerabilities in femtocell devices and will present their findings at a hacker convention

15 years ago

Facebook Poses Biggest Security Risk, Sophos Finds

The majority of businesses consider Facebook the riskiest social networking site, according to new findings from Sophos

15 years ago

NHS Staff Told To Abandon IE6

The Department of Health is advising NHS organisations to abandon Internet Explorer 6, despite the government's decision to ignore security…

15 years ago

Google To Phase Out Support For Internet Explorer 6

Google plans to cease supporting Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 for its Google Docs and Google Sites applications, in a move…

15 years ago

TalkTalk Boss Steps Up Opposition To Digital Economy Bill

Charles Dunstone has pledged to go to court to fight against the government's Digital Economy Bill, and said he would…

15 years ago

Body Scanners No Match For Good Data Argues EU

Better data management is more effective than new body scanning technology in airports, according to European experts

15 years ago

Man Pleads Guilty To Church of Scientology DDOS Attack

Tom Cruise beware. A man has coughed up to his role in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the…

15 years ago

Hundreds Wrongly Accused Of Illegal File-Sharing

More than 150 people have come forward, claiming to have been wrongly targeted in the government's crackdown on illegal file-sharing

15 years ago

Companies Warned To Come Clean On Data Breaches

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) reveals that more than 800 data breaches have been reported in two years

15 years ago

Social Networking Boosting Haiti Aid Efforts

Large numbers of Facebook users have donated money, food or clothing to help the disaster relief efforts in Haiti

15 years ago

EU To Assess Virgin Media Surveillance Software

The European Commission is to assess the legality of software being used by Virgin Media to analyse file-sharing in the…

15 years ago

Government Makes ID Cards Available In London

The governement's controversial ID card scheme is rolling on, despite opposition party plans to scrap it all together if they…

15 years ago

Don’t Be Too Hasty Following Data Breaches Warns Analyst

Acting too quickly after a data breach can cost companies even more money, the Ponemon Institute reports

15 years ago

Chinese Government Denies Link to Cyber Attacks

The Chinese government has refuted accusations that it was involved in cyber-attacks against western companies, including Google

15 years ago