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• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  Apple shares hit 16-month low

  Apple shares have hit a 16-month low due to concerns that the lower than expected phone and tablet sales may cause the company to miss its revenue targets.

• April 17, 2013 17 Apr'13

  New approach blocks all zero-day malware, says Trusteer

  Stateful application control blocks 100% of previously unknown malware, closing the security gap left by traditional AV software, says Trusteer

• April 17, 2013 17 Apr'13

  Oracle releases mega security patch for Java

  Oracle releases major security update for the version of Java that runs inside web browsers in an attempt to halt ongoing hacker attacks

• April 17, 2013 17 Apr'13

  UK government website wins global design award

  The UK government's website, Gov.uk, has beaten off competition from the Shard, the Olympic cauldron and a folding wheel for a wheelchair to win the global 2013 Design of the Year award

• April 17, 2013 17 Apr'13

  Yahoo chief upbeat despite lacklustre results

  Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer has put a positive spin on the lacklustre Q1 results, which saw revenues down 7% from a year ago

• April 16, 2013 16 Apr'13

  Storm pushes website onto Azure infrastructure

  Model agency Storm has migrated its website to Microsoft’s Azure infrastructure as a service

• April 16, 2013 16 Apr'13

  UK firms need to work harder at trust online, survey shows

  UK firms need to work harder to address a serious lack of trust by customers who shop and bank online, a survey has revealed

• April 16, 2013 16 Apr'13

  Mobile malware up 163% in 2012, says NQ Mobile

  Mobile malware threats increased 163% to more than 65,000 in 2012, according to the latest security report from NQ Mobile

• April 16, 2013 16 Apr'13

  Facebook defends mobile ad plans

  Facebook has defended plans to release software that enables firms to send adverts to smartphones even if device is locked

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  Enterprise security moving to the cloud, says Gartner

  By 2015, 10% of IT security enterprise product capabilities will be delivered in the cloud, according to a report by research company Gartner

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  US and China co-operate on cyber security

  The US and China are to set up a working group on cyber security to co-ordinate joint efforts in safeguarding cyberspace

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  Anonymous hacks North Korean websites for a second time

  Members of the Anonymous hacktivist collective claim to have again hacked several prominent North Korean websites

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  Google reaches deal with EU competition authorities

  Google has reportedly reached a deal with European Union (EU) competition authorities over concerns about its business practices

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  mRAT spyware bypasses mobile enterprise controls, research shows

  Mobile remote access Trojan (mRAT) infections are bypassing mobile enterprise security controls, putting businesses at risk of cyber espionage

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  Google has another go at allaying EU competition concerns

  Google has submitted a fresh set of proposals to address European concerns about its business practices and avoid punitive action

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  Real-life disaster recovery boost at video firm with HDS clustered NAS

  Special effects video firm The Mill boosts HDS/BlueArc clustered NAS capacity to cope with HD movies and build disaster recovery site at London’s Docklands

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  Largest Bitcoin exchange reports heavy DDoS attack

  The world’s largest exchange of the digital Bitcoin currency is back online after reporting a “stronger than usual DDoS” attack

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  Bots and web apps among top threats to data security, says Check Point

  Bots, viruses, breaches and attacks are a constant and real threat to the information security of organisations

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  Porn websites pose malware risk, says researcher

  Browsing popular pornography internet sites pose a growing risk of malware infection, according to a security researcher

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  HP chief defends public attack on Autonomy management

  HP CEO Meg Whitman has defended her company’s attack on the former management of Autonomy, which it acquired in 2011 for $11.7bn

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  South Korea accuses North Korea of launching cyber attacks

  South Korea blames North Korea for the cyber attacks that shut down thousands of computers at broadcasters and banks two weeks ago

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  Case study: Playtech bolsters code security with Checkmarx

  Online gaming software supplier Playtech implements automated code review system from Checkmarx to optimise secure development lifecycle

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  UK companies unable to stop employees stealing data, study shows

  Businesses are placing too much trust in their employees when it comes to safeguarding company data, a study from LogRhythm has revealed

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  Google rolls out super-fast broadband to Austin, Texas

  After weeks of media speculation, Google has confirmed that it will be extending its super-fast fibre broadband service to Austin, Texas.

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  Three UK LulzSec members plead guilty to hacking charges

  Three UK members of LulzSec have pleaded guilty to attempting to break into computers run by the NHS, Sony and News International

• April 09, 2013 09 Apr'13

  Iceland media firm opts for ATA-over-Ethernet archive

  Icelandic media firm 365 Media opts for 600TB Coraid ATA-over-Ethernet storage system after rejecting iSCSI and DIY open source file storage

• April 09, 2013 09 Apr'13

  Check Point CEO Gil Shwed unveils 2013 plans

  Check Point will focus on mobile data, simplifying security management, protecting branch offices and collaborative attack intelligence in 2013

• April 08, 2013 08 Apr'13

  Security updates likely to keep admins busy in April

  Security updates from Microsoft, Oracle and PostGreSQL are likely to keep security administrators busy this month

• April 08, 2013 08 Apr'13

  Windows XP will expose businesses to cyber risk from April 2014

  Businesses that fail to update their OS from Windows XP are putting themselves at increased risk of cyber attack

• April 08, 2013 08 Apr'13

  Israel claims Anonymous cyber attacks caused minimal impact

  Hacker collective Anonymous launched cyber attacks on Israeli websites in a pro-Palestinian campaign, but officials say the damage was minimal

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  Anonymous threatens cyber attack on Israel

  Members of the Anonymous hacktivist have threatened cyber strikes on Israel within days of issuing a similar threat against North Korea

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  UK calls for opt-out of online right to be forgotten

  The UK wants to opt out of the right to be forgotten, enshrined in proposed data privacy regulations for the European Union

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  Hack attacks hit value of Bitcoins

  Online services and exchanges dealing in the Bitcoins have been hit by hack attacks that led to a drop in the value of the digital currency

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  Anonymous claims first strikes against North Korea

  Members of the Anonymous hacktivist collective claim to have launched the first strikes against North Korea as part of its Operation Free Korea

• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  Malware hits businesses 20 to 60 times an hour, say researchers

  Advanced cyber attacks hit businesses 20 times an hour on average, say researchers at security firm FireEye

• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  Researchers discover new Android Trojan

  Cyber threat researchers have discovered a new Android Trojan called Stels which is designed to steal text messages

• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  Facebook phone announcement expected soon

  Facebook is to announce a joint venture with handset maker HTC to capitalise on the increased use of social networking on mobile devices

• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  Fraudsters widen card-skimming operations in Europe

  Criminals using card-skimming devices are targeting not just bank ATMs but transport and parking ticket machines as well, a report has revealed

• April 03, 2013 03 Apr'13

  Case Study: 192business switches to tokenisation to speed up business processes

  Online payment card verification firm 192business uses tokenisation to speed up its processes and protect credit card details from fraud

• April 03, 2013 03 Apr'13

  US Army practises poor data security on mobile devices

  Pentagon inspector general finds smartphones and tablets the US Army buys are not configured to protect sensitive data and allow remote wipe

• April 03, 2013 03 Apr'13

  Anonymous threatens to declare cyber war on North Korea

  Anonymous hacktivist collective has threatened North Korea with cyber war if leader Kim Jong-un does not resign and install free democracy

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  Google closer to action from European privacy regulators

  Google is another step closer to action by privacy regulators across Europe for failing to change the way it manages user data

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  UK CIOs spending more time and money on security, study shows

  On average, UK CIOs are spending almost a quarter of their time managing IT security and 40% have increased spending, a study shows

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  Security incident response below par at most firms, says Guidance Software

  Most organisations are not as prepared as they should be for responding to cyber attacks, says Guidance Software

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  Cyberbunker’s Sven Kamphuis denies unleashing DDoS attacks on Spamhaus

  The internet activist accused of being behind one of the biggest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to date claims he is the victim of an establishment conspiracy.

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  Activists unleash biggest DDoS cyber attack to date

  Activists unleash a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in support of a web hosting firm, Cyberbunker, blacklisted by an anti-spam website

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  Switching cloud services

  If industry hype is anything to go by, everyone should be using services. But what happens when a cloud service is longer available?

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  Demos urges police to gather intelligence from social media

  Think tank Demos urges UK police forces to appoint a senior officer to take charge of gathering intelligence from social media

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  UK government launches cyber threat data-sharing partnership

  The UK government has announced a partnership with industry to share information and intelligence on cyber security threats

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  UK government sets up cyber security fusion cell

  A cyber security “fusion cell” for cross-sector threat data sharing aims to put government, industry and information security analysts side-by-side

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Employees ignore security rules, say infosec pros

  Most information security professionals believe corporate employees wilfully ignore security rules, survey at RSA Conference 2013 reveals

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Yahoo buys UK teenager’s app for £18m

  Yahoo has acquired Summly – an app created by a UK teenager – for £18m, making him one of the world’s youngest self-made millionaires

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Cloud security still top concern for UK CIOs, survey shows

  Data security in the cloud is still a top concern for UK companies, a survey of 250 IT decision makers has revealed

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Web and FTP top malware risks, study finds

  Study finds traditional antivirus solutions not identifying the majority of malware infecting networks via real-time applications such as browsing

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Hackers used stolen credentials to attack South Korea, say researchers

  Cyber attacks that shut down computers at banks and broadcasters in South Korea used stolen user IDs and passwords, say researchers

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Malware in counterfeit software to cost business $114bn in 2013

  Dealing with malware in counterfeit software will cost global enterprises an estimated $114bn in 2013, says research firm IDC

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  Six security issues to tackle before encrypting cloud data

  Concern about security and privacy is likely to drive adoption of cloud encryption, but there are six security issues businesses should tackle

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  Millions of vulnerable devices on the internet, researcher reveals

  A scan of the internet by an anonymous security researcher has revealed millions of IP-enabled devices protected only by default passwords.

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  BBC Twitter feeds breached

  The BBC is the latest high-profile organisation to have its Twitter feed breached

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  Apple debuts two-factor authentication to protect against hackers

  Apple is introducing two-factor authentication (2FA) for iCloud and other services to protect users from hackers trying to access their accounts

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  ICO calls for action on future funding

  Sorting out an acceptable system for funding the UK’s privacy watchdog needs to be tackled now, says UK information commissioner

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  Click fraud botnet costs advertisers £3.9m a month

  Security researchers find a botnet costing online display advertising £3.9m a month by simulating 14 billion clicks on at least 200 websites

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  South Korea says cyber attack came from IP address in China

  South Korea says a cyber attack that shut down thousands of computers at several major broadcasters and banks came from an IP address China

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  IT security professionals break USB stick virus rules

  Most IT security professionals polled at RSA Conference 2013 admitted to picking up and plugging in USB flash drives they found lying around

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  IDL activates ‘cat-signal’ to protest against Cispa

  Activists use an internet signalling system to co-ordinate protests against the proposed US Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (Cispa)

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  Retailers to consult former cyber criminal on e-retail fraud

  UK retailers are to consult former cyber criminal Tony Sales on how to prevent fraud carried out against their online operations

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  Cyber attacks must avoid civilian targets, says Nato manual

  State-sponsored cyber attacks must avoid sensitive civilian targets such as hospitals, dams and nuclear power stations, according to an advisory manual on cyber warfare compiled for Nato

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  US hacker jailed for 3.5 years over AT&T breach

  US hacker Andrew Auernheimer has been imprisoned for obtaining the email addresses of iPad users from AT&T's website

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  Norway’s Telenor hit by cyber espionage campaign

  Attackers stole files and emails from unnamed executives at Norwegian telecoms provider Telenor

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  John Riccitiello steps down as Electronic Arts chief

  Games developer Electronic Arts (EA) is looking for a new CEO after John Riccitiello announced he will step down at the end of March 2013

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  Nominet to join new government cyber crime reduction partnership

  Nominet, which runs the .uk registry is to join the government’s recently announced Cyber Crime Reduction Partnership.

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  Reuters journalist charged with Anonymous hacking professes innocence

  A Reuters journalist charged with helping Anonymous hack the LA Times website maintains he is innocent

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  Court rules FBI access to private data unconstitutional

  A US court has ruled that “national security letters” to obtain citizens’ private data are a breach of the constitution’s first amendment

• March 15, 2013 15 Mar'13

  Reuters journalist charged in Anonymous hacking

  Reuters journalist charged with conspiring to help members of the Anonymous hacktivist collective to break into LA Times' website in 2010

• March 15, 2013 15 Mar'13

  Terror groups lack cyber skills to disrupt critical services, says academic

  Terror groups do not currently have the expertise required to disrupt key public services such as water and electricity, an academic has told MPs

• March 15, 2013 15 Mar'13

  UK government announces Cyber Crime Reduction Partnership

  Government announces another initiative of the national cyber security strategy, to co-ordinate the efforts of police, experts and academics

• March 14, 2013 14 Mar'13

  Google removes ad-blockers from Google Play

  Google has removed ad-blockers from its online app store – including AdBlock Plus, Adfree Android and Adaway – for violating terms of service

• March 14, 2013 14 Mar'13

  eBay study highlights big problem for search advertising

  A study by online auction company eBay has revealed that paying for keywords to boost rankings by search engines has little effect on sales

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  PayPal CISO Michael Barrett bullish on password alternative standard

  An alliance of technology firms, including PayPal and Lenovo, says it can provide alternatives to passwords to authenticate users for online services.

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  UK start-ups lack government support, say MPs

  The government is failing to secure financial funding for UK start-up companies, warns the Science and Technology Select Committee

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  Google Android OS tablet sales will overtake iPads in 2013, says IDC

  Sales of Google Android operating system (OS) tablets will overtake Apple iPad sales for the first time in 2013, says research company IDC

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  US authorities investigate hack of Michelle Obama and other high-profile people

  US authorities are investigating hackers who allegedly stole financial information belonging to US first lady Michelle Obama

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  Google to pay $7m fine for harvesting wireless data in the US

  Google has agreed to pay a $7m fine in the US for intercepting private Wi-Fi data without authoritsation using its Street View vehicles.

• March 12, 2013 12 Mar'13

  UK’s million missing laptops a data time bomb, says report

  The million laptops that have gone missing in past year are a business data time bomb, says Sony’s VAIO Digital Business report 2013

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Phishing emails sent in pairs to lend authenticity, says training company

  Phishing emails are now being deployed in pairs to create the illusion of authenticity, says security awareness training company PhishMe

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Microsoft releases four critical security updates

  Microsoft is to release four “critical” patches in its monthly Patch Tuesday security update, according to the advance notice.

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Bank fraud claims over four million victims in UK

  Nearly 4.6 million people in the UK have had their personal details stolen and their bank accounts used to buy goods or services

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  UK consumers want better personal data security, survey shows

  Banks top the list of organisations people trust least with their personal data, according to a survey of 2,000 UK consumers

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Reserve Bank of Australia admits targeted attack

  Staff at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) were targeted by emails linking to a malicious payload in November 2011, the bank has admitted

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Pharma chemist crowned 2013 UK cyber security champion

  A 28-year-old pharmaceutical chemist has won the 2013 UK Cyber Security Challenge

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  Half of all companies lose devices with important data

  Recent survey shows half of all firms have lost devices with important data, with security implications for more than 20% of those businesses

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  RSA reports security shift toward monitoring and response capabilities

  A big shift in security spending has begun with increasing investment in monitoring and response capabilities, says RSA's Tom Heiser

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  Aspirant UK cyber security champions prepare for battle in Bristol

  The final of the current UK national Cyber Security Challenge takes place in Bristol this weekend

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  Samsung loses UK patent battle with Apple

  Samsung has lost its UK patent battle with Apple, days after announcing it would seek further cuts to the damages awarded to Apple in the US

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  Google’s Motorola Mobility to cut 10% of workforce

  Google’s Motorola Mobility is to cut 1,200 jobs – 10% of its global workforce.

• March 07, 2013 07 Mar'13

  EU states likely to force changes to proposed data protection rules

  A group of EU member states is likely to force the European Commission to soften proposals for tough new data protection regulations

• March 07, 2013 07 Mar'13

  UK laxity on BYOD raises data loss risk, says ICO

  YouGov survey reveals many UK employers are not providing guidance on the usage of own devices at work, putting personal information at risk

• March 07, 2013 07 Mar'13

  Apple iPhone growth outstrips Android OS smartphones in the US

  Apple's iPhone has overtaken Google Android operating system (OS) mobiles, which had a second slow month in a row in December 2012

• March 07, 2013 07 Mar'13

  Dell board seeks alternative to founder’s $24bn offer

  The board of manufacturer Dell is looking for rival bids for the company amid shareholder anger over founder Michael Dell's $24bn offer

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  What is RSA's build, buy, partner strategy?

  Computer Weekly takes a closer look at RSA's build, buy, partner strategy