Security

Obama Pressured To Appoint Cyber-security Chief

TechAmerica tells President Obama his promise to appoint a cyber-security coordinator in the White House is growing more urgent by…

15 years ago

Trojan Uses Facebook To Network With Server

Researchers at Symantec find a Trojan that uses Facebook to communicate with a command and control server

15 years ago

Cloud Ushers In New Security Frontier

Widespread adoption of cloud computing is likely to entail a plethora of management and security challenges, warns original Windows NT…

15 years ago

Conficker Infections Reach 7 Million

Despite reports to the contrary, the Conficker worm has not yet turned and has now infected up to 7 million…

15 years ago

Report Reveals Security Threats To Data Centres

Industry association AFCOM finds that 40 percent of all data centres are still using at least one mainframe and also…

15 years ago

Facebook Wins £430 Million Payout Against Spam King

Social networking giant Facebook has won a staggering $711 million (£429 million) in damages against so called 'spam king' Sanford…

15 years ago

Top Reasons Why The Conficker Worm May Strike Back

The Conficker worm affected users nearly one year ago. But now that it has left the headlines, there might be…

15 years ago

Top Ten Security Tips For Employees

As many security systems as an organisation might have, the last line of defense rests with the employees. That's precisely…

15 years ago

Cost Concerns Are Exposing Security Risks, Report Warns

Cost concerns and a lack of security training among SMBs is being cited as reasons why the SMB sector is…

15 years ago

SAP Says Software Future Is In the Clouds And Down to Earth

SAP reports quarterly revenues that fell by 9 percent thanks to a decrease in spending on business software, but increased…

15 years ago

McAfee Warns Smaller Companies To Up Security Spend

McAfee reports on the IT security struggles of midsize businesses

15 years ago

AVG Enhances Business Security On The Cheap

AVG Technologies is looking to cost-conscious businesses with a refresh of its security and anti-virus software solutions

15 years ago

Facebook Users Hit By Password Malware Scam

Researchers at several security firms have uncovered a spam campaign targeting Facebook users

15 years ago

Gizmodo Duped Into Distributing Malware Via Ads

Security protection firm Sophos warns that the Gizmodo gadget blog has inadvertently been distributing adverts corrupted with malware

15 years ago

Trend Micro Moves To Protect The Cloud

Cloud computing "moves servers outside the security perimeter" and needs a strong security response, warns Trend Micro as it updates…

15 years ago

Cisco Spends $183 million To Acquire ScanSafe

Cisco has flexed its financial muscle in a bid to acquire SaaS security vendor ScanSafe for roughly $183 million

15 years ago

Home Secretary “Stops The Clock” on McKinnon Extradition

Home Secretary Alan Johnson has thrown a lifeline for supporters of British hacker Gary McKinnon, allowing time to examine new…

15 years ago

Hackers Steal Half A Million CVs From The Guardian

Half a million users of the Guardian newspaper's recruitment site may have had their details compromised after a hack attack

15 years ago

Microsoft Criticised For UAC Security In Windows 7

The User Account Control feature in Microsoft Windows 7 is irking some in the security community who say Microsoft may…

15 years ago

Dell R710 PowerEdge Review

The Dell R710 PowerEdge, is designed to optimise the data centre for virtualisation tasks, and offers an interesting alternative to…

15 years ago

Rogue Trader Leeson Attacked By Microsoft

Nick Leeson said poor IT practice helped bring down Barings Bank, and faced criticism from Microsoft security advisor and former…

15 years ago

Botnets Blamed For Increase In Click Fraud

A new report has accused botnets of being behind the rise in click fraud, where automated scripts or computer programs…

15 years ago

Security Expert Warns Of Social Networking Data Threat

Gateway data is freely available online and can be used to compromise confidential information warns a Columbia University professor

15 years ago

US Cybersecurity Chief Defends Use Of Hacking Talent

Despite seeking the extradition of UK hacker Gary Mckinnon, the US government is not opposed to using hacking expertise when…

15 years ago

Microsoft Claims Mobile Security Improvements In Windows 7

Microsoft Windows 7 has a number of new security features designed to appeal to enterprises

15 years ago

Europeans Warned Of Security Threat From Privileged Users

Europeans are being warned that lax administration of privileged IT users is threatening the security of their businesses

15 years ago

Shred Easy Destroys Your Hard-Drives On Site

Shred Easy has launched an audited service where it will send a specialist vehicle to a customer's premises in order…

15 years ago

Russian Police And Internet Registry Accused Of Aiding Cybercrime

Internet registry RIPE NCC turned a blind eye to cybercrime, and Russian police corruption helped the perpetrators get away with…

15 years ago

US Asks For Public Cooperation On Cyber-Security

US DHS secretary Janet Napolitano noted in a speech today it will take the combined efforts of vigilant users, government…

15 years ago

RSA Likens Security Threats To Boiling Frog Myth

The rise of consumer devices such as the iPhone and social networking has gradually changed the IT security threats that…

15 years ago