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Germany Investigating Data Breach Affecting 18 Million

Three million of the affected people are in Germany, meaning many others are likely impacted

11 years ago

Report: US Agency Created ‘Cuban Twitter’ To Foster Dissent

USAID has admitted secretly creating a Twitter-like social network in Cuba, but denies the project was specifically aimed at helping…

11 years ago

Apple Patches Severe Safari Vulnerabilities

Apple patches 27 bugs in Safari that could have allowed hackers to target users via specially-crafted sites

11 years ago

Yahoo Launches Post-Snowden Security Boost

Yahoo's new CISO promises more after encryption drive

11 years ago

Games Maker Blizzard Suffers From European DDoS Attack

DDoS attack in Europe inadvertently hits games maker

11 years ago

LinkedIn Fights To Shut Email Revealing Add-On

LinkedIn says it is doing everything it can to shut down a service called Sell Hack which shares email addresses,…

11 years ago

Another NSA Tool ‘Exposes Weaknesses Of RSA Encryption’

Another NSA-ordained tool makes cracking data protected over BSAFE 65,000 faster, researchers claim

11 years ago

Black Markets Broaden Access To Cutting-Edge Malware Tools

Two studies have found an increasing level of sophistication in the black markets for selling cyber-crime tools and services

11 years ago

Tesla ‘Hack’ Can Unlock Car Doors

Researcher warns of attacks on Tesla apps and the manufacturer's website

11 years ago

Trustwave Gets Sued: Who Is Next?

Banks claim security firm Trustwave left US retailer Target open to credit card security breaches. Sean Michael Kerner thinks this…

11 years ago

Francis Maude Launches UK CERT Cyber-Response Centre

CERT-UK is officially launched and will provide a single coordination point for handling national cyber-incidents

11 years ago

Cloud Security Needs To Get Virtual

A virtual layer inside the hypervisor could solve cloud security. But the industry isn't moving fast enough to impress Wayne…

11 years ago

Turkish ISPs Set Up Fake Google DNS Servers

Google concerned over fake Domain Name System servers apparently set up by Turkish ISPs, amidst various forms of web censorship…

11 years ago

Top Media Organisations ‘Hit Hard By Government Hackers’

Hackers, likely sponsored by governments, are hitting news organisations hard, according to research from two Google engineers

11 years ago

Plextor Adds Full-Disk Encryption To Solid-State Drives

Plextor's M6M mSATA and M6S SSDs support full-disk encryption using the 256-bit AES standard

11 years ago

Warning Over Fake WordPress ‘Patched’ Plugins

Dodgy add-ons masquerading as patched versions of plug-ins

11 years ago

Mobile Botnets Start Mining Dogecoin

Mobile hackers love Dogecoin... so scarce, much mine

11 years ago

Obama To Propose NSA Stops Storing Phone Records

US President will make proposal to Congress following major public outcry at NSA mass surveillance

11 years ago

Cyber Crime Industry Runs Its Own Marketing, Recruitment And Customer Service

Hackers are able to earn more money than drug dealers, claims new research into cyber criminal habits sponsored by Juniper…

11 years ago

Facebook Shows Off Epic ThreatData Security Platform

Facebook super proud of its threat detection and remediationis

11 years ago

Banks Sue Trustwave Over Target Breach

Banks claim security firm failed to identify weaknesses at the retailer

11 years ago

The White House Is Testing Android, But Obama Will Keep His BlackBerry

Even if his staff check the security of Android, no one will make President Obama give up his BlackBerry, says…

11 years ago

European Cops ‘Dismantle’ eBay Fraudsters Who Sent Bricks And Fruit

Fraudsters said to have sent bricks and vegetables instead of the products their victims had paid for

11 years ago

Attackers Hit Microsoft Word Through Unpatched Flaw

A fresh attack on Microsoft Word uses an unpatched flaw to bypass protections and install backdoors on victims' systems

11 years ago

ATM Attack Uses SMS To Dispense Cash

A newly detected malware variant allows cyber-criminals to control infected ATMs via remote text message

11 years ago

Google To Encrypt All Gmail Messages

Google has promised to encrypt all Gmail messages with HTTPS in order to protect messages from government surveillance

11 years ago

Secure Domain Foundation Targets Domain-Based Security Issues

Backed by Facebook, Verisign and others, the SDF plans to develop tools to help battle Internet domain-based security threats

11 years ago

Panda Warns Over Malware Variant Threat

As the number of malware variants soars, Panda Security has warned that companies must learn from attacks on other firms

11 years ago

Microsoft Promises To Take Legal Advice Before Reading Hotmail Accounts

New rules come after the company allegedly read the email account of an ex-employee suspected of leaking Microsoft secrets

11 years ago

Android Update Vulnerabilities Could Allow Data Thieves On Phones

Microsoft and Indiana University find "pileup" flaws could allow for nasty apps on Android phones following an OS update

11 years ago