Security

MoD Secrets Revealed on Facebook

The Ministry of Defence has admitted that staff have leaked secrets on social networking websites, including Facebook and Twitter

15 years ago

MP3 Developers Launch Digital File Successor

Updated: The team which created the MP3 file format has unveiled a new file format that enables the inclusion of…

15 years ago

Hospital Trust Criticised Over Data Record Theft

More than 33,000 unencrypted patient records have been stolen from an unattended hospital vehicle, including details about diabetes and results…

15 years ago

China Unmoved By Rhetoric From Google And US

Beijing's apparent indifference to Google's threat to pull out of China and Hillary Clinton's call for Internet global freedoms underscores…

15 years ago

Music Industry Threatens Civil Action Against Oink Founder

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is threatening civil proceedings against Alan Ellis, who raised £185,000 through BitTorrent tracker…

15 years ago

Microsoft Patches IE Security Vulnerability

Microsoft has issued a patch to close a security hole in Internet Explorer linked to the recent attacks on Google…

15 years ago

Clinton Touts Cyber-Security Following Google Hack

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for cooperation in defending against cyber-attacks, but remains cautious in her comments…

15 years ago

Microsoft Calls For Stronger Cloud Computing Laws

Concerns over privacy, security and transparency in the cloud prompt Microsoft to call for upgrades in the Electronic Communications Privacy…

15 years ago

Microsoft To Release IE Cyber-Attack Patch

Microsoft is releasing a patch to plug the Internet Explorer security hole exploited in a spate of cyber-attacks against Google…

15 years ago

Microsoft Planning IE Patch Following Google Attack

Microsoft is planning an out-of-band patch for the Internet Explorer vulnerability attackers exploited to hit Google and other companies

15 years ago

US Government To Protest Over Chinese Google Attacks

The US Government is expected to issue a formal complaint to Beijing over cyber attacks on Google and other foreign…

15 years ago

Stay Calm Over Internet Explorer Security

The moves by governments to boycott Microsoft's Internet Explorer sound like a kneejerk reaction. Peter Judge says security settings are…

15 years ago

UK Government Rejects IE Boycott

The British government will not issue a warning against the use of Internet Explorer, despite France and Germany both boycotting…

15 years ago

Career Threat To Twitter Bomb Joker

The joke tweet which got a man arrested as a possible terrorist could ruin his career, he tells reporters.

15 years ago

Conservatives Pledge Investment In Cyber Security

The Conservative party has published a green paper outlining its strategy to tackle cyber attacks, as part of a wider…

15 years ago

IBM Looks To Filter Noise From Social Networks

With Project Vulcan, IBM is looking to filter out the noise associated with social networking across the IBM Lotus messaging…

15 years ago

Gmail Accounts Of Foreign Journalists In China Attacked

The Foreign Correspondents' Club of China said correspondents working in bureaus in Beijing had their Google Gmail accounts hijacked

15 years ago

Google Investigates Insider Threat After China Hack

Google is reportedly investigating claims of insider involvement in the security breach that prompted its confrontation with the Chinese Government

15 years ago

France Jumps On IE Boycott Bandwagon

The French government has issued an advisory warning Internet users to change from Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, after the discovery…

15 years ago

First UK File-Sharing Trial Ends In Acquittal

The founder of large-scale pirate music website, Oink's Pink Palace, has been cleared of defrauding thousands of pounds from record…

15 years ago

Twitter Bomb Joker Arrested And Suspended

A Doncaster man's joke about blowing up a snow-bound airport led to arrest under the Terrorism Act and suspension from…

15 years ago

China Google Attack Code Circulating On Internet

Attack code linked to the Internet Explorer vulnerability exploited by hackers in recent cyber-attacks against dozens of companies is circulating…

15 years ago

DarkMarket Mastermind Jailed After Pleading Guilty

A former London pizza delivery man, who admitted to orchestrating the notorious DarkMarket crime forum, is now in prison after…

15 years ago

China Warns Google To Follow The Law

The Chinese government won't comment on the cyber-attacks, but it isn't keen on Google's threat to stop censoring its searches

15 years ago

Internet Security Unchanged By Chinese Attack, Says Microsoft’s Ballmer

Microsoft's email services were not affected, and the Chinese cyber-attack on Google is business as usual, said Microsoft CEO Steve…

15 years ago

IETF Finds Fix For SSL Security Vulnerability

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has been given the green light for a fix that addresses a security vulnerability…

15 years ago

Chinese Cyber-Attacks Came Through New IE Flaw

Security vendor McAfee says the attack that prompted Google's threat to leave China, actually used a new zero-day Internet Explorer…

15 years ago

New Judicial Review May Block McKinnon Extradition

Hacker Gary McKinnon has been granted a High Court review of the Home Secretary's decision not to block his extradition…

15 years ago

Cisco Warns Enterprises To Control Facebook And Twitter Usage

In a new study Cisco has warned that Facebook and Twitter use in enterprises requires much greater governance and oversight

15 years ago

Facebook Fugitive Arrested And Facing Porridge

An escaped prisoner who used Facebook to taunt British police over the Christmas period has been arrested

15 years ago