Security

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

Mozilla Restores Blocked Microsoft Security Add-on

Mozilla has restored a Microsoft security add-on for Firefox, after receiving additional information from Redmond

15 years ago

Can Cloud Bridge The Security Generation Gap?

Individual security professionals are never going to cope with the diversity of their users' behaviour, says Peter Judge. Is there…

15 years ago

Cloud Computing Could Solve Security Skills Crisis

Cloud computing could be the way to address the security skills crisis, if providers can provide the right contractual guarantees,…

15 years ago

NASA Still Insecure Post-McKinnon Report Warns

The US Government Accountability Office reports that NASA has not yet fully implemented key parts of its information security program…

15 years ago

Windows Users Targetted As Botnet Returns

The Gumblar botnet is back, and compromised websites are now being used to host malware that exploits security flaws in…

15 years ago

UK Gives NASA Hacker More Time

The Home Office is considering some new evidence fom Gary McKinnon's lawyers

15 years ago

Mozilla Blocks Microsoft Security Add-ons

Mozilla disables two Microsoft add-ons for Firefox to thwart a vulnerability that allows an attacker to take over Windows machines

15 years ago

Symantec Warns Over Rising Use Of Scareware

Cybercriminals are getting rich with online scare tactics that convince users to hand over money for useless rogue security software,…

15 years ago

Couple Charged With Stealing $23m From Cisco

A husband and wife were arrested by US federal authorities for running a fraud that cost Cisco more than $23…

15 years ago

UK Firms Block Facebook Over Legal Fears

Over 50 percent of UK organisations block access to social media sites, because Facebook data could be required in legal…

15 years ago

Apple Reportedly Ends iPhone Jailbreak Exploit

Apple has reportedly added additional security to prevent the practice of unlocking or 'jailbreaking' its iPhone 3GS handsets, a practise…

15 years ago

Sophos Adds Data Loss Prevention Technology To Endpoint Suite

Security vendor Sophos has launched a major new version of its Endpoint Security and Data Protection product suite that includes…

15 years ago

Join Us At RSA Europe: Hear From FBI And UK Law Enforcement

Next week's RSA Conference Europe features keynotes from the FBI, UK's SOCA and Nick Leeson. Tell us why you want…

15 years ago

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes 34 Vulnerabilities

Redmond has released its largest ever Patch Tuesday update after fixing 34 vulnerabilities in a number of its products, including…

15 years ago

Barracuda Snaps Up Cloud Security Vendor Purewire

In an effort to expand its software-as-a-service credentials, Barracuda Networks has snapped up a start up called Purewire for an…

15 years ago