Windows XP less infected than newer versions during the last three months, but that doesn't mean it's any more secure
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Microsoft Fixes Two Critical Flaws In Non-XP Patch Tuesday
A fairly lightweight Patch Tuesday arrives in May, but there are critical fixes for Internet Explorer
Bitly: Offsite Backup Hack To Blame For Breach
Bitly employee credentials stolen from a source code repository - and then used to hit the site's backup
‘Police’ Ransomware Koler.A Demands $300 From Android Users
Android ransomware scam shames porn users into accepting extortion demands by pretending to have encrypted their phones
UK Firms Hit By More Frequent And Costly DDoS Attacks
New research reveals that 32 percent of firms have suffered DDoS attacks costing £240,000 a day
Orange France Hack Affects 1.3 Million
Telecoms giant warns customers about potential for dangerous phishing attacks
Why Anti-Virus Is Not Dead (Again)
If even anti-virus detractors like FireEye use the technology, it must be very much alive. Tom Brewster takes its temperature
Emails Reveal Google’s Close Working Relationship With NSA
NSA coordinated meetings with Google and other tech titans on mobile security
Dropbox Scrambles To Block Leaks Of Shared Data
Dropbox and Box users are leaking private data through Google Analytics and Adwords, a competitor has revealed
Target CEO Leaves Following Epic Breach
Retail giant announces Gregg Steinhafel is stepping down as CEO to lead the company forward after its epic hack
Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft Boost Data Request Disclosure Rules
Several major IT companies are reportedly moving to automatically notify users of government data requests
Warning Over Widespread Web Authentication Vulnerabilities
OpenID and OAuth vulnerabilities could allow for abuse of website redirection to get at user data
Eircom Restores Webmail Service After ‘Intrusion’
Irish ISP urges users to change their passwords but says there is no evidence of data breach following shut down
Traffic Systems Vulnerable To Hackers Wanting To Cause Road Chaos
Systems across the UK could be abused by hackers to cause delays or even accidents, claims researcher
France Getting Battered By DDoS Attacks
France is seeing massive amounts of DDoS traffic going through its networks, thanks to sizeable hits on the country's popular hosting providers
Businesses Should Get Ethical With Security
Organisations care way too much about money and not enough about ethics when it comes to people's security, says Tom Brewster
Class Action Plaintiffs Back Mt. Gox Rescue Plan
Former Mt. Gox customers have agreed to settle two class-action lawsuits in exchange for a stake in a revived exchange under new ownership
Mozilla Offers $10,000 Bounty For Bugs In New SSL Certificate Library
In the wake of the discovery of Heartbleed bug, Mozilla is stepping up its certificate validation efforts
Android Wallpaper Apps Secretly Mine Bitcoins
Google has removed five smartphone wallpaper applications that used handset computing power to produce digital currency
US Judge Orders Microsoft To Hand Over Dublin Data To Cops
Microsoft tries to fight US government attempts to get data held on foreign soil, but fails
Alert Logic Chooses Cardiff For EMEA Security Operations Hub
The Houston-based security services firm is to hire more than 100 staff and establish a security monitoring centre and data centre in the Cardiff area
Fresh Internet Explorer Zero-Day Used In Targeted Attacks
'Operation Clandestine Fox' attacks take advantage of a fresh Internet Explorer vulnerability
Industry Leaders Respond To ‘Heartbleed’ Crisis With Infrastructure Drive
Companies including Amazon, Cisco and Google are contributing to an initiative that will target underfunded open source projects such as OpenSSL
Cyber Crime Thought To Be Behind Fraud Jump In UK
Violent crime is going down as fraud continues to rise, with digital crime likely to blame
Police Warn Of Scam Email From ‘Euromillions Winner’
City of London Police say scammers pretending to be Neil Trotter, winner of £107.9m on the Euromillions
Cisco Announces Managed Security Service
Cisco's Managed Threat Defence service will remotely monitor enterprise networks and identify threats based on Hadoop 2.0-based predictive analytics
China Looks To Protect XP Systems
The Chinese government is investigating security tools for its Windows XP systems, while it negotiates with Microsoft over upgrade pricing
Android Users Downloaded 220m Apps Containing Heartbleed Bug
Updates have reduced the number of vulnerable apps, but millions still running flawed software on Android
NIST Stops Recommending Controversial Random Number Generator
Dual_EC_DRBG removed from recommended list following reports of NSA-funded backdoors
Heartbleed: Websites Are Patched, But VPNs Still At Risk
The Heartbleed OpenSSL flaw is fixed on websites - but security firms have spotted attacks on SSL VPNs, warns Sean Michael Kerner