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Article | 28/10/2010 Consumer smartphones to get remote wipes and SIM swap alerts
Consumer smartphone users could soon be given access a range of advanced security features previously offered only to large corporates, after equipmen...
Article | 27/10/2010 Google traffic rise shows search giant's Internet domination
Microsoft makes more money and Apple is worth more on the stock market but when it comes to Internet traffic only one name counts and that is Google.
Article | 22/10/2010 Gene Simmons battles Anonymous group after new DDoS attacks
Kiss bassist Gene Simmons has started an unwise war of words with the shadowy anti-copyright group believed to be behind a recent spate of DDoS attack...
Article | 22/10/2010 Mac users warned of growing virus threat
Attacks on the Mac are now significant enough to warrant Apple users investing in an anti-virus product, security company Panda Security said as it la...
Article | 20/10/2010 UK lags world in new broadband league table
The UK is falling slowly but surely down the global league table for broadband, and is particularly weak in improving upload performance, a new Cisco-...
Article | 20/10/2010 Global survey predicts 'death of the office'
The office workplace that has dominated business since the 19th Century is dying and most employees would be quite happy not to work in it, a global s...
Article | 14/10/2010 Security chief warns of global cyberthreat
Once hailed as an economic saviour, the Internet is now in danger of becoming a threat to the future prosperity of the UK and its allies, the head of ...
Article | 13/10/2010 Kensington reinvents laptop lock with new tether
Laptop lock maker Kensington claims it has solved the riddle of how to make more people tether their expensive portables to deter theft - make it easi...
Article | 13/10/2010 Zeus not the only bank Trojan threat, users warned
Online bank account users should not ignore the threat posed by obscure data-theft Trojans such as 'Bugat', 'SpyEye', and 'Carberp', security company ...
Article | 12/10/2010 Researchers: Criminals could launch 'social reality' attack
Malware could soon become sophisticated enough to launch social engineering attacks based on analysis of a victim's behavioural patterns and social in...
Article | 8/10/2010 Adobe rewrites PDF Reader to bolster security
Adobe has offered more details of the 'sandbox' security feature it plans to implement to secure its hugely popular but often-attacked PDF Reader soft...
Article | 8/10/2010 Ubuntu 10.10 Linux shows new consumer features
Canonical has redoubled its efforts to lure consumers to its Ubuntu desktop Linux OS, revising the user interface for netbooks and tweaking services t...
Article | 7/10/2010 Hackers break into Cryptome whistleblowing site
The Cryptome whistleblowing website was hacked last weekend in an attack that could have compromised sensitive data, possibly including the email addr...
Article | 6/10/2010 Piracy group threatens more DDoS attacks
The self-styled campaigners who launched DDoS attacks on a range of prominent copyright and anti-piracy organisations last week has threatened further...
Article | 6/10/2010 Facebook hit by new iPhone spam attack
Facebook users are being warned about a new spam scam that tries to tempt users into visiting a website with the promise of a free Apple iPhone.