Data breach calculations fail to pay off
Comment Agonising over the potential cost of data breaches is a distraction and a pointless exercise, says Anders Pettersson [30 Oct 2009]
Gov't stands firm on web-monitoring plans
News The government has said it wants ISPs and telecoms companies to retain records of all internet communications, despite fierce criticism in a consultation paper [10 Nov 2009]
Apple update tackles domain spoofing, other attacks
News The security update for Mac OS X addresses 43 specific issues, including holes that could allow an attacker to take over the computer [10 Nov 2009]
Google fixes risky Chrome bugs
News A flaw in Gears could allow a malicious website to take control of a user's system, according to Google [09 Nov 2009]
Rickroll virus attacks iPhones
News The 'ikee' worm replaces the infected device's background picture with an image of Rick Astley [09 Nov 2009]
Government curbs councils' Ripa powers
News Local councils will need authorisation from senior executives, rather than junior managers, to conduct surveillance on citizens [04 Nov 2009]
Microsoft releases unscheduled fix for IE update
News The software maker has released a fix that addresses problems introduced by its last scheduled update for the Internet Explorer browser [04 Nov 2009]
Online bank fraud targeting corporate accounts
News Small and medium-sized businesses, governments and school districts are targets of online fraud involving malicious emails, key loggers and money mules, FBI says [04 Nov 2009]
Google: Data is more secure in the cloud
News A Google Apps exec compares storing data in the cloud to keeping money in a bank rather than stashing it nearby [03 Nov 2009]
Pirate Bay closure sparks rise in P2P sites
News The temporary shutdown of the popular file-sharing site in August saw an increase in alternative torrent trackers, according to security company McAfee [03 Nov 2009]
Former YouSendIt chief accused of DoS attack
News Khalid Shaikh has been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly launching four denial-of-service attacks against his ex-employer [02 Nov 2009]
Wi-Fi firms put onus on users for hotspot security
News Hotspot operators say it is up to customers to use encryption, after the BBC's Watchdog programme hacks into emails sent over public Wi-Fi [02 Nov 2009]
Icann gives green light to non-Latin URLs
News The domain-name body has voted to allow the use of non-Latin characters in web extensions, allowing URLs to be written in languages such as Arabic and Hebrew [30 Oct 2009]
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Facebook checks where you're logging in from
Blog Here's something I didn't know: Facebook keeps track of where you normally log in from, and uses this information to increase the security of your account. If you try to log in from an unusual... [30 Oct 2009]
'Krab Krawler' tool detects malware in Twitter links
News Kaspersky has unveiled a tool that looks at Twitter posts, extracts any URLs in them, and analyses the web page they lead to [30 Oct 2009]
UK failed to protect privacy over Phorm, says EC
News The European Commission is pursuing privacy-infringement proceedings against the government, saying UK privacy law does not comply with European legislation [29 Oct 2009]
Mid-sized firms see rise in security threats
News Despits the rise, smaller companies are making cutbacks in security spending, which adds to the risks, according to a new study from security vendor McAfee [29 Oct 2009]
Facebook users targeted by Zeus banking Trojan
News A researcher warns that users of the social networking site are being tricked into giving up their passwords and downloading a Trojan that steals financial data [29 Oct 2009]
Spike seen in web-based malware infections
News Nearly six million web pages are infected with malware, double previous estimates earlier in the year, Dasient says [28 Oct 2009]
BlackBerry PhoneSnoop app can spy on calls
News US-Cert has warned users about the PhoneSnoop program, which could be used to remotely eavesdrop on BlackBerry calls [28 Oct 2009]
Trend Micro to protect cloud servers
News An updated version of Deep Security includes features aimed at virtualised servers hosted in third-party datacentres, including support for VMware's VMsafe API [27 Oct 2009]
Guardian UK Jobs site hacked, user data breached
Blog The Guardian Jobs website has come under attack from a 'sophisticated and deliberate hack' that has exposed sensitive data, according to an email sent to affected users on Saturday. The breach... [25 Oct 2009]
Natwest systems failure causes outage
Blog Natwest's computer systems experienced problems that lead to service outages, according to reports by bloggers and Twitter users. Dan Stuchbury, a developer who lives in Wiltshire, blogged on... [23 Oct 2009]
RSA: Resistance is futile
Blog Companies need to embrace consumer and Web 2.0 technologies, rather than ban them, according to security vendor RSA. Christopher Young, RSA senior vice president of products, told an audience at... [20 Oct 2009]
CIA-backed firm invests in social media monitoring
Blog A CIA-sponsored investment company called In-Q-Tel has bought into Visible Technologies, a company that provides a social media monitoring technology called truCast. TruCast powers services that... [20 Oct 2009]
Kaspersky: Security not part of Microsoft's identity
Blog Eugene Kaspersky, co-founder and CEO of anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab, has criticised Microsoft's brand image after the launch of its Security Essentials. In an interview with ZDNet Asia on Friday,... [19 Oct 2009]
NASA Hacker McKinnon gets appeal extension
Blog Home Secretary Alan Johnson has agreed to delay the final deadline on Gary McKinnon's fight against extradition, after being presented with new medical evidence on McKinnon's psychiatric condition.... [18 Oct 2009]
Geany unresponsive
Blog One of the features I love the best in Ubuntu linux is the Connect to Server... option, which allows you to mount an FTP server so that it appears as a normal folder on your desktop. ... [14 Oct 2009]
Businesses unaware of dangers of online crime
Blog A report published by CIFAS on Monday has revealed that one in five businesses has been a victim of an internet scam. According to the report, a recent survey of 44 UK businesses carried out by... [13 Oct 2009]
Wales to adopt mobile average-speed cameras
Blog The Welsh government is moving towards adopting the use of mobile average speed cameras, according to Kable. The cameras, which use automatic numberplate recognition (ANPR) to gauge the average... [02 Oct 2009]
