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Researchers: Cryptolocker ‘Took In Millions Of Pounds’

Dell Secureworks has estimated that the Cryptolocker botnet infected at least 200,000 systems in its first 100 days and is…

11 years ago

Target Reassures Customers Over Security Following Massive Breach

US retailer Target has disclosed that the credit card PIN numbers taken in the breach were encrypted

11 years ago

NSA ‘Intercepted PC Shipments To Install Malware’

Spy agency said to have diverted targets' PC orders to "load stations"

11 years ago

BBC Suffers Christmas Server Breach

Access to BBC ftp server said to have been sold on underground forums

11 years ago

Google Secures Gmail Images

Gmail users will no longer have to click to display images in emails, due to a new security feature

11 years ago

Relax – Credit Cards Cover Commerce Breaches

Check your Christmas credit card bills, don't be scared of security breaches, says Sean Michael Kerner

11 years ago

ZeroAccess Fraudsters Fly ‘White Flag’

The cyber-crime group behind the ZeroAccess botnet appears to have given up on resuming control of its 1.3 million compromised…

11 years ago

ICO Publishes Privacy Guidelines For App Developers

Have a clear privacy policy or risk alienating users, warns the data protection watchdog

11 years ago

US Retailer Target Investigating Massive Credit Card Breach

As many as 40 million credit cards potentially compromised as Target brings in law enforcement

11 years ago

NSA Slapped By Courts, IT Firms And Obama’s Advisors

The US government will ignore much that Obama's advisors ask for, says Wayne Rash, but some things will change

11 years ago

Washington Post Hackers Steal Passwords

Washington Post gets hacked again and China is the chief suspect

11 years ago

Tech Titans Meet Obama To Urge NSA Surveillance Reform

Obama faces the dream team of Marissa Mayer, Sheryl Sandberg, Eric Schmidt and Tim Cook

11 years ago

Cisco: Snowden Leak Hit Chinese Sales ‘Unfairly’

Questions about Cisco's role in NSA surveillance have hit Cisco's sales unfairly, the UK director of security tells TechWeek

11 years ago

Big Android Botnet Sends SMS Messages To China

South Korean phones send stolen messages to Chinese email addresses

11 years ago

French Intelligence Granted More Snooping Powers Than NSA

France complains of NSA surveillance - but has given French intelligence services more powers to monitor calls and emails

11 years ago

Cloud Databases: Another Worrying Attack Vector

Cloud databases are worrying things from a security perspective, warns Tom Brewster

11 years ago

Phishing Crook Jailed Over Attempts To Steal £1.5m From Students

Man sentenced to three years and nine months after he tried to steal vast sums from hundreds of victims

11 years ago

Google Seeks To Throw Out UK Safari Tracking Lawsuit

Google will argue in a jurisdiction hearing today that privacy lawsuits over alleged tracking of mobile and desktop users' browsing…

11 years ago

Financial Group Targets IT Security Risks

A group of financial organisations has highlighted the IT security risks that come with the use of third-party suppliers

11 years ago

CSA, SAFECode Publish Cloud App Security Guidance

The new guidance is aimed at helping developers secure their cloud deployments in a constantly changing threat landscape

11 years ago

Microsoft Predicts US Government Will Erode IT Industry Security Efforts

Government activities, cloud disruptions and the World Cup are to be major sources of security problems in 2015, according to…

11 years ago

IBM Invention Protects Mobile Devices

IBM's patent improves the security of cloud applications for mobile devices

11 years ago

NSA Follows You With Google’s Cookie Trail

The NSA is tracking you with Google cookies. Sean Michael Kerner is not surprised

11 years ago

Pro Poker Player Left Irate After Laptop Infected With Trojan

Jens Kyllönen furious at lack of police action after his laptop mysteriously gets infected during the European Poker Tour in…

11 years ago

Government Announces Schemes To Secure Cyber Supply Chain

Maude says security kitemark to be mandated across government when procuring, whilst a new scheme will give suppliers a boost…

11 years ago

Advanced Android Malware Seen Calling Premium Rate Numbers

New malware strain is capable of calling premium rate numbers, rather than just texting them

11 years ago

European Foreign Ministries Breached By Chinese Hackers

Attackers used information on the Syrian crisis as bait around the time of the G20 meeting in Russia

11 years ago

CyanogenMod’s 10m Users Get Encrypted Text

Moxie Marlinspike's Whisper Systems brings user-friendly, end-to-end text encryption to the open source mobile OS

11 years ago

Microsoft Patch Tuesday: 11 Fixes, One Gap

Microsoft's latest patch bundle closes some serious gaps - while one zero-day flaw remains open

11 years ago

Privacy Pros Delight At International Surveillance Malware Pact

Digital surveillance and state-sponsored malware are added to the Wassenaar Arrangement on controlling exports

11 years ago