Nasa hacker petition presented to Number 10
Blog Sting's wife Trudie Styler and Janis Sharp have presented a petition to Number 10 calling for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon not to be extradited to the US. Styler, and Sharp, who is McKinnon's... [03 Jul 2009]
Apple readies patch for iPhone SMS flaw
News A vulnerability in the way iPhones handle text messages could be used to track the location of the handset, turn on the microphone, or turn the phone into botnet zombie [03 Jul 2009]
Botnets lead way in spam charge
News Over 83 percent of spam in June was sent from botnets, says a new report, while instant messages with malicious links and web-based malware are also on the rise [01 Jul 2009]
G20 protesters hit gov't with email attacks
News The government was subjected to targeted email attacks during the G20 protests in April, according to official email provider MessageLabs [29 Jun 2009]
UK cybersecurity push to pull in SMEs
News One priority of the UK's new cybersecurity strategy will be to get small businesses involved in the collaboration between government and industry [26 Jun 2009]
Green Dam exploit in the wild
News A buffer overflow exploit for the Chinese censorware is circulating online, as university researchers warn the software remains vulnerable to a flaw [25 Jun 2009]
UK launches dedicated cybersecurity agency
News A new government agency will coordinate national IT security defence and response, including launching DDoS attacks and cyber-espionage [25 Jun 2009]
Microsoft releases beta of Morro antivirus
News The company has posted a beta of its free antivirus software, Microsoft Security Essentials, for testers in the US, China, Israel, and Brazil [24 Jun 2009]
UK to appoint cyber-sec tsar?
Blog The UK is to appoint a cyber security tsar along the lines of the US, according to a story in the Telegraph this morning. The story is similar to one that appeared in the Guardian ten days ago.... [24 Jun 2009]
Mitnick: From 'computer terrorist' to consultant
Q&A Kevin Mitnick describes his transformation from notorious hacker to security consultant [23 Jun 2009]
Nokia Siemens denies Iran web snoop
Blog Nokia Siemens has denied providing deep packet inspection capabilities to the Iranian authorities, following an article in the Wall Street Journal on Monday. The WSJ published the article which... [22 Jun 2009]
Schneier: Security neglected in economic gloom
News While it may seem logical to downgrade security, Bruce Schneier argues that security should be maintained or boosted, as systems become more business critical in a recession [22 Jun 2009]
Experts: Don't clamp down on social media
News Iranian news leaking out via Twitter shows that people will get around communication roadblocks, and experts have say businesses can learn lessons from this [19 Jun 2009]
Company tells PC makers: Halt China censorware
News Solid Oak Software, which claims the Green Dam program has stolen its code, has written to Dell, HP and Gateway demanding they stop shipping computers loaded with the software [19 Jun 2009]
Microsoft readies free anti-malware beta for launch
News The service, which is replacing Microsoft's subscription-based suite, will be available for public beta on Tuesday [19 Jun 2009]
Apple stamps out 46 iPhone bugs
News Many of the long list of flaws in iPhone and iPod could have let an attacker run code on the handset, and some have been rated 'highly critical' [18 Jun 2009]
Date set for Nasa hacker high court hearing
News The high court will hear Gary McKinnon's application for a judicial review of a CPS decision not to prosecute him in the UK [16 Jun 2009]
China orders plug for hole in Green Dam
News The Chinese government has ordered the makers of Green Dam censorware to rush out a patch, after researchers discovered gaping security flaws in the program [16 Jun 2009]
Apple fixes months-old Java bug
News The Mac OS X patch fixes a serious Java vulnerability that was made public six months ago and that has already been remedied by most other operating-system vendors [16 Jun 2009]
Nasa hacker petition tops 4,000
Blog Over 4,000 people have now signed a petition that people with Asperger's Syndrome should not be extradited, directed at the Prime Minister's Office. The petition directly refers to Gary... [15 Jun 2009]
Chinese censorware has stolen code, says US firm
News A California company wants to prevent further shipment to China of computers using Green Dam anti-pornography software, which it says contains parts of its code [15 Jun 2009]
Experts: Chinese censorware carries botnet risk
News The Green Dam blocking software has errors that could be used to build a botnet and allow uploading of programs by an outsider, according to University of Michigan researchers [12 Jun 2009]
Video malware targets Mac users
News Malware hidden in code on an adult video site targets Macs as well as PCs, a sign Apple fans should no longer consider their systems safe from attack, according to experts [11 Jun 2009]
Judges delay decision in Nasa hacker case
News The high court has finished its hearing into whether the home secretary was right in law to deny Gary McKinnon's appeal against extradition, but has reserved judgement for another day [11 Jun 2009]
BSA launches two-month crackdown
Blog The Business Software Alliance is to launch a two-month campaign against businesses in London that haven't paid software licence fees. BSA will be phoning 1,000 businesses at random, to ask them... [03 Jun 2009]
Reports: Smith to resign as home secretary
Blog There are various reports that Jacqui Smith is to resign as home secretary in the wake of the MPs expenses scandal. Smith, who has presided over Home Office-led IT projects, including the plan... [02 Jun 2009]
Google: People will get used to Street View
Blog Google's privacy counsel Peter Fleischer has told ZDNet UK that people "will get used" to Street View. Last month, villagers in the Buckinghamshire town of Broughton surrounded a Street View car... [15 May 2009]
Infections, Conficker and preventative medicine
Blog We hear from the US that inertia in government has prevented medical devices infected with the Conficker virus from being cured of their malady. That's missing the point entirely — which... [08 May 2009]
Spooks get cagey over DPI
Blog The government's eavesdropping service, after a brief bout of garrulousness, has lapsed back into silence. After getting all hot under the collar and denying plans to monitor UK citizen's... [05 May 2009]
Vista, a Denial of Access Attack?
Blog Logged onto the Visaster desktop at my office this morning. After a couple of minutes of reading email, I notice that the Windows Update icon is trying to get my attention. Open up the window and... [02 May 2009]
