Cybersecurity

Iran Claims Flame Caused ‘Massive’ Data Loss

Iran says Flame caused significant data loss as the UN puts out a warning for member states

12 years ago

Anonymous Attacks DWP Website Over Privacy Breaches

The DWP becomes the next target of Anonymous splinter cell, the ATeam

13 years ago

WikiLeaks Down After ‘72-Hour DDoS’

WikiLeaks sees its website go down, claiming a DDoS has been smashing the site for three days

13 years ago

Pirate Bay DDoS: Anonymous Not To Blame

The Pirate Bay is back online after a big DDoS hit, saying Anonymous is not to blame

13 years ago

US House Of Representatives Passes CISPA Cybersecurity Bill

Controversial measures will face scrutiny at the US Senate after House votes 248 to 168 in favour

13 years ago

Agency Officials Say Spies Have ‘Penetrated’ US Networks

Security experts warn Senate to assume that federal networks have been compromised by spies

13 years ago

UK Government To Demand Data On Every Call And Email

Plans could force ISPs and phone operators to hand over records on all phone calls, emails, Tweets and Facebook messages

13 years ago

Public And Private Sectors To Share More Customer Data In Fraud Clampdown

The government is expected to announce plans for more efficient data sharing to prevent £21 billion fraud each year

13 years ago

Anonymous Targets Brazilian Banks In Fight Against ‘Inequality’

Some of Brazil's biggest banks have been hit by DDoS Attacks, although customer accounts are believed to be unaffected

13 years ago

MPs Call For Cybercrime Awareness Campaign

The Commons Science and Technology Committee urges the government to not "scare people", but advise them on cybersecurity

13 years ago

UK Cyber Defences Bolstered For Olympics

The Olympics are now only seven months away and will reportedly enjoy 'unprecedented' cyber security

13 years ago

City University Forms Unit To Combat Cyber Threats

City University London has created a research unit to tackle growing threats of cyber terrorism and crime

13 years ago

Black Hat Organiser Touts Increased Cyber Awareness

Organisations are more aware of cyber security thanks to researchers exposing vulnerabilities

13 years ago

Huawei Hires John Suffolk, Former Government CIO

Chinese networking giant Huawei has appointed the former Government CIO as its cyber security boss

13 years ago

Korean Social Network Suffers Massive Breach

Three quarters of the South Korean population may have had their personal details hacked

13 years ago

American Cyber-Security Boss Abruptly Steps Down

The boss of the American cyber security division has unexpected handed in his resignation

13 years ago

GCHQ Boss Complains Of Cyber Brain Drain

GCHQ is losing cyber security 'whizz kids' to the likes of Google because it cannot match corporate salaries

13 years ago

Government ICT Strategy Slated For Lack Of Targets

A Public Accounts Committee report said the Government's new ICT strategy has 'insufficient' details

13 years ago

DARPA’s Resilient Cloud Will Withstand Cyber-Attacks

US Department of Defense plans a resilient cloud infrastructure that keeps running while under cyber-attack

14 years ago

EU Agency Report Targets Botnets

Cyber security agency ENISA has made recommendations on tackling criminal networks

14 years ago

RSA: Cyber War Mass Hysteria Is Hindering Security

Cyber-war stories from the defence industry may be a distraction, pundits told the RSA conference

14 years ago

London Stock Exchange Moves To Linux Platform

Falling behind and under potential cyber-attack, LSE has made a move to Novell's open source SuSE Linux

14 years ago

Cyber Security Challenge Won By Actor

A jobbing actor with 'intellectual curiosity' about computer security has won the first competition in the 2010 UK Cyber Security…

14 years ago

Huawei Establishes UK Cyber Security Centre

Amid ongoing national cyber security concerns, Huawei has announced the creation of a cyber security centre in the UK

14 years ago

Defence Minister To Outline National Cyber Battle Plan

The Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey is to use a speech today to outline the threat being posed to the…

14 years ago

FBI Cracks Rogue Antivirus Scam

The FBI claims to have shut down a rogue antivirus operation that sold more than 1 million fake products

14 years ago