security

Opera Brings Free iOS VPN To iPhone And iPad

iPhone an iPad users can now use a virtual private network (VPN) on Opera's mobile broswer

9 years ago

ICO Fines London NHS Trust For Exposing Patient Details

The regulator fined a sexual health clinic £180,000 after it exposed the naes and email addresses of HIV patients

9 years ago

Skype Spam Installs Trojan Horse

The ongoing malware campaign uses a simple social-engineering trick to draw target systems into a botnet

9 years ago

Government Warns Two-Thirds Of UK Firms Hit By Cyber Attacks

The government urges companies to take basic computer security precautions as incidents soar

9 years ago

Pirate Bay Is Blocked By Chrome, Firefox And Safari As ‘Phishing Risk’

Chrome, Safari and Firefox all now classify Pirate Bay as a ‘phishing site’ that could unleash malware onto users

9 years ago

Online Scams Leave One In Ten Out Of Pocket

Nearly half of consumers targeted by online scams in 2015, with one in ten losing money, Kaspersky report finds

9 years ago

Linux Foundation Advances Security Efforts Via Badging Program

The Linux Foundation Core Infrastructure Initiative's badging program matures, as the first projects to achieve security badges are announced

9 years ago

Ransomware Promises Donation To Children’s Charity

How low can they go? New ransomware scam promises kid charity donation AND tech support for three years

9 years ago

Facebook Blocked From Taking Biometric Data From Users

California court rules that social media giant should not have access to personal details garnered from photographs

9 years ago

Windows 10 Is Now Running On 300 Million PCs, Tablets And Smartphones

But Microsoft warns users to act fast to update, as free Windows 10 upgrade offer ends on 29 July

9 years ago

Microsoft: Brazil Suffers Most Malware Infections In The World

Microsoft reports increase in the number of vulnerabilities affecting Windows systems around the world

9 years ago

Qualcomm Software Flaw Puts Android Devices At Risk

Chipmaker works with FireEye and Mandiant to identify code vulnerability in Android software

9 years ago

DuckDuckGo Stumps Up Cash For Open Source Projects

Anonymous Internet search engine DuckDuckGo announces funding awards for worthy open source projects

9 years ago

Security Experts Cast Doubt On Severity Of ‘Massive’ Email Breach

Cache of Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo email credentials obtained by Hold Security needs to be verified, claims Have I been…

9 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: London Technology

London votes for a new mayor today, but what do you know about the capital's technology sector?

9 years ago

GoDaddy Sites Hijacked By Malvertising Attack

Websites of two US television stations hacked to display malware-ridden ads, Malwarebytes reports

9 years ago

Going Global: How Symantec’s Endpoint Security Keeps Williams F1 On Track

Williams F1 Graeme Hackland tells TechWeekEurope how the team's partnership with Symantec is helping keep its valuable data secured around…

9 years ago

RSA: The World Is Not Ready For IoT

Security specialists at RSA have warned that too many companies have implemented IoT "security through obscurity"

9 years ago

Mayor Of London 2016: UKIP – London Tech Would Benefit From EU Brexit

UKIP's Peter Whittle says he is committed to London's tech scene, and thinks it would be better off if the…

9 years ago

Mayor Of London 2016: Caroline Pidgeon – Tech Success Depends On Staying In EU

Caroline Pidgeon says leaving the EU would damage London as a tech hub as she makes immigration, skills and open…

9 years ago

Mayor Of London 2016: Sadiq Khan Wants London Tech To Overtake Silicon Valley

Labour candidate promises to be most 'pro business' mayor ever and has grand ambitions of over taking New York and…

9 years ago

Millions Of Stolen Microsoft, Google And Yahoo Accounts Found Online

Hold Security finds hacker trying to offload stash of 272.3 million stolen email account credentials

9 years ago

OpenSSL Patched After Being Hit By Two ‘Severe’ Flaws

The bugs could help attackers steal login data or take control of servers

9 years ago

Opera Brings Native Adblocking To Android And Desktop Browsers

Opera Mini gets built-in adblocker for Android that claims to boost page loading speeds by 40 percent, while stable desktop…

9 years ago

Government Misses Gov.uk Verify Go-Live Deadline

The scheme has taken longer than expected to get up to speed as 'no-one's built anything like Gov.uk Verify before'

9 years ago

Google Encrypts All Blogspot Domains With HTTPS

Google switches on Blogspot HTTPS by default, allowing admins and users an opportunity to encrypt their traffic

9 years ago

Mayor Of London 2016: Zac Goldsmith Urges Tech Not To Jeopardise Status Quo

Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith promises to continue Boris Johnson's legacy with pro-tech policies, green tech hub, and broadband in tube…

9 years ago

Mayor Of London 2016: Green Party’s Sian Berry Knows Tech Issues ‘First Hand’

Green Party candidate Sian Berry explains to TechWeekEurope how she would promote the tech sector, diversity within IT and use…

9 years ago

Agreement Gives Google DeepMind Access To Sensitive NHS Data

Google's DeepMind machine-learning business has been granted access to detailed live and historical data from the Royal Free NHS Trust

9 years ago

US Woman Is Forced To Unlock iPhone With Fingerprint

The Los Angeles case highlights the relative lack of legal protection for mobile devices secured with biometric systems

9 years ago