Security

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

Data Loss Companies Risk £500,000 Fine As Fraud Soars

British companies are facing fines of up to half a million pounds for data losses, as experts warn that fraud…

15 years ago

Facebook And Google: Who’s The Good Guy?

Google gets praise for standing up to China, while Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has unleashed a storm of protest over privacy.…

15 years ago

IBM Plans To Share Patent Plans With Customers

IBM, which once again was the top patent producer in the industry in 2009, is now ready to share its…

15 years ago

Google Considering Exit From China Following Gmail Hack

Google says it is no longer willing to censor search results in China, and is considering closing its offices due…

15 years ago

Absolute Teams Up With Intel To ‘Brick’ Stolen Laptops

Absolute Software has added Intel technology to its anti-theft software, which can at the touch of a button turn a…

15 years ago

Security Researchers Crack 768-bit RSA Encryption

A group of academic security researchers have cracked the 768-bit RSA encryption, used for protecting sensitive data in transit

15 years ago

Spammers Flocking To Free Web Hosting Sites

Security vendor McAfee has warned in a new report that spammers are increasingly turning to free-hosting websites to provide spam…

15 years ago

Twitter Hiring Push Focuses On Security And Products

In a sign of Twitter's increasing commercial focus, the micro-blogging site has announced it is to hire 27 new employees…

15 years ago

Facebook’s Zuckerberg Questions Privacy Expectations

Privacy is no longer a social norm, according to the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg commenting on the rise of…

15 years ago

Visa Receives £37m Over Data Breach Incident

Heartland Payment Systems agrees to pay as much as $60 million (£37m) to Visa to address losses by credit and…

15 years ago

Microsoft Issues First Security Patch Of 2010

Microsoft is planning to plug a Windows security hole rated critical for Windows 2000 systems, in the company's first Patch…

15 years ago

Cisco Acquires Security Start-up Rohati Systems

Cisco says it has bought Rohati Systems, a company specialising in agentless transaction networking systems

15 years ago

Iomega Offers Virtual PC Clones

Storage provider Iomega is now offering technology that will allow users to keep a virtual copy of their computer in…

15 years ago

Social Networking Suicide Can Be Painful

Security expert condones Facebook's decison to block Web 2.0 Suicide Machine, which deletes profiles from the social networking site

15 years ago

Review: IBM’s Proventia Management SiteProtector

IBM's Rational AppScan and ISS Proventia IPS GX5108 combine proactive application vulnerability scanning with live IPS attack reports to provide…

15 years ago