Security

Pirate Bay: Four Found Guilty

A Swedish Court has sentenced the four owners of The Pirate Bay to a year's prison and a £2.4 million…

16 years ago

Jericho Forum Targets Cloud Security

The security organisation founded by end-user chief security officers is focusing its attention on secure approaches to cloud computing

16 years ago

Phorm Controversy Rains On Brown’s Digital Britain Parade

The UK government launched a campaign to use new technology to help beat the recession - amid a legal dispute…

16 years ago

Lenovo Launches Hardware Password Manager

Lenovo is encouraging the end of passwords taped to PCs, with its Hardware Password Manager, a server solution that enables…

16 years ago

Is The iPhone Ready For Business Yet?

The Apple iPhone 3.0 finally addresses security and emerges as a serious business smartphone, even if the BlackBerry is still…

16 years ago

Whether OOXML Wins Or Not, Older MS Docs Aren’t Safe

Microsoft's OOXML formats are controversial - but the older Office formats will be a danger as security holes go unpatched,…

16 years ago

Criminal Gangs Step Up Database Attacks

Employing sophisticated tools such as memory-scraping malware and unique packet sniffers, organised crime led a record assault on databases in…

16 years ago

Stealthy Mebroot Rootkit Drills Into Windows

The new variant hooks itself deep within Windows to thwart efforts at spotting it

16 years ago

RSA Conference Offers Help To Jobless

In a nod to the economic climate, the conference offered laid-off security pros scholarships to attend the event in 2009,…

16 years ago

EC To Sue UK For Inaction Over Phorm

The UK Government failed to respond to privacy issues raised by BT's secret trials of the Phorm behavioural ad targetting…

16 years ago

Microsoft Tries To Patch Hacker Holes

The latest security bulletins address issues being targeted by hackers in the wild, including vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel and…

16 years ago

Report Shows Spam’s Massive Carbon Footprint

Spam wastes enough energy to run 2.4 million homes, says a report designed to give more ammunition to anti-spam action

16 years ago

Job Cuts – The Biggest Security Risk Of All?

The recession is creating an army of disaffected ex-employees - many of whom will still have access to their former…

16 years ago

Twitter Worm Evolves Over Four Attacks

A 17-year old hacker is reportedly backing off after exposing vulnerabilties on the microblogging site

16 years ago

Trend Aims To Simplify Endpoint Security

New Endpoint Platform and Client-Server suite should take out some of the legwork, company promises

16 years ago

Amazon Rejects Hacker Glitch Claims

An Amazon.com glitch reduced the sales rankings of 57,000 titles - but something isn't right about the story of the…

16 years ago

Adobe Is Web Hackers’ Top Target

Adobe's Flash player and Acrobat software were the top targets for hackers attempting to install malware on Europe's PCs during…

16 years ago

IT Security Must Enable Business, Not Disable It

Security professionals should try to add value to business and make new business models possible, instead of focusing on restricting…

16 years ago

US Power Grid Hack “No Surprise”

Experts contend the simple ability to map the electrical infrastructure is not the same as knowing how the system is…

16 years ago

Microsoft Infringed Patents – In The Name Of Anti-Piracy!

A court has ruled that Microsoft's piracy-busting Product Activation system used technology patented by someone else. Meanwhile it was fined…

16 years ago

Conficker Worm May Have Finally Turned

The hackers behind the infamous Conficker worm are making their move, roughly a week after many people expected

16 years ago

Symantec’s New Boss: Stop Buying Storage

Storing and securing data more efficiently is the way IT managers are going to have to go during the recession

16 years ago

US Power Grid Hacked: Is The Smart Grid Safe?

Foreign spies placed malware on the US electricity grid. Where does this leave government security, and the Green Grid?

16 years ago

Microsoft’s XP Support Still Beats The Competition

From next week, Microsoft Windows XP and Office 2003 support and fixes will cost money. But that is much better…

16 years ago

Start-up Takes On Virtualisation Security

The HyTrust Appliance is designed to give IT administrators greater control over their virtual environments and ensure greater security and…

16 years ago

UK Reveals £650m ID Card Contracts

The government has awarded contracts to CSC and IBM to upgrade biometric passports and other systems that will pave the…

16 years ago

Sun Targets Growing Healthcare Sector

Creating a more efficient and secure way to exchange such medical information will lead to better patient treatment and improved…

16 years ago

Hackers Target PowerPoint Vulnerability

If successfully exploited, the PowerPoint bug could enable hackers to take control of the victim's computer

16 years ago

Security Expert To Demo SQL Injection At Black Hat

If successfully exploited, the attacks give the hacker complete control over the database server operating system, file system and the…

16 years ago

More Wi-Fi In Smartphones = A Security Risk

Wi-Fi has become an essential feature of smartphones, and more apps are using it. But they may not be secure,…

16 years ago