Security
FreeBSD bug gives untrusted root accessDodgy Avast update classifies multiple legit files as malign
Initiates needless Chicken Little-style panic
Malware 7 Dec 11:17
Germans devise attacks on Windows BitLocker
Industrial espionage drive decryption
Security 5 Dec 06:02
Accused phone thief snared after phone sends pic to victim
(Self)-portrait of the suspect as a dumb man
Crime 4 Dec 22:07
Zero-day Adobe bug overshadows impending Flash fix
Illustrator illin'
Enterprise Security 4 Dec 15:41
Cisco and Juniper 'clientless' VPNs expose netizens
Web service automates WordPress password crackingPayPal mistakes own email for phishing attack
'You're right, it does look suspicious'
Crime 4 Dec 13:32
Zero-day IE fix stars in last Patch Tuesday of the decade
Critical Office and Win updates also lined up
Enterprise Security 4 Dec 10:49
Two US men charged with running phony Cisco biz
Fake serial numbers in alleged $1m haul
Crime 4 Dec 07:02
MS honeypot research sheds light on brute-force hacks
An idiot's guide to stronger passwords
Security 3 Dec 18:01
UK police take down fake designer goods sites
Del Boys swept out of .co.uk domains
Crime 3 Dec 14:51
Malware derails Indian business school admission tests
Politician wade in as exams for 8,000 applicants postponed
Enterprise Security 3 Dec 13:02
Cameroon leapfrogs Hong Kong in malware hosting blocklist
One in three .cm domains booby-trapped, warns McAfee
Malware 2 Dec 12:55
PrevX U-turn on Windows update Black screen of Death claim
Updated Paint IT black
Malware 2 Dec 11:43
UK mulls extension of McKinnon judicial review period
Refusal to step in branded 'spineless'
Security 2 Dec 07:02
Russian ransomware blocks net access
New social engineering wheeze appears in east
Malware 1 Dec 20:27
Anti-spammers urged to gang up
Test suggests collaboration is the way to fight the wrong'uns
Spam 1 Dec 15:56
Extra spam and malware security for bit.ly
Sophos, VeriSign and Websense to provide belt and braces
Enterprise Security 1 Dec 11:24
Prevx blames Microsoft for black hawk screen down
Patches bestow chocolate teapot status on Windows PCs
Enterprise Security 30 Nov 13:50
Gervais pic used in amusingly rubbish failed bank fraud
Berks borrowed Brent's boatrace but blew it
ID 30 Nov 12:47
Notts County Council sprays £82k on PC smut trawl
Funding gap plugging boob
Enterprise Security 30 Nov 12:36
IBM poised to acquire database security start-up for $225m
Guardium makes Big Blue sweat before signing
Enterprise Security 30 Nov 11:22
Web host Daily recovers after Tux-themed defacement
Lock-down follows cartoon penguin attack
Enterprise Security 27 Nov 15:56
Toshiba worker arrested for selling copy limit busting SW
You can't do that in Japan
Crime 27 Nov 11:38
McKinnon family 'devastated' by Home Sec's latest knock-back
Options running out for 'suicidal' Pentagon hacker
Enterprise Security 27 Nov 11:22
Gov net disconnections could breach EU law
May scupper free Wi-Fi too
Enterprise Security 27 Nov 10:15
Johnson refuses to intervene in McKinnon extradition
'No discretion' says Home Sec
Enterprise Security 26 Nov 22:23
Facebook swipes user's vanity URL
Analysis I am not a number, I am a squaresheep! Or not
ID 26 Nov 13:23
US Military cyber forces on the defensive in network battle
Operation Screaming Whimpering Fist
Enterprise Security 26 Nov 11:31
iPhone anti-malware stuck in state of denial
Not needed, says Apple. Won't run, say developers
Malware 25 Nov 14:53
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