Posted January 28, 2013 - 21:46 by Trent Nouveau
Although Google has made security one of the core tenets of Chrome, it freely admits that that no software is perfect, as security bugs have been known to "slip" through even the most thorough review process.
Posted December 18, 2012 - 19:09 by Aharon Etengoff
The UK-based ARM has teamed up with Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) to form a new company known as Trustonic.
Posted December 18, 2012 - 08:12 by Emma Woollacott
The man who hacked into the email accounts of celebrities including Scarlett Johansson and Mila Kunis has been sentenced to ten years behind bars.
Posted December 14, 2012 - 08:32 by Emma Woollacott
Project Blitzkrieg - a hacking attack against US bank customers threatened for early next year - is a genuine danger, according to security researchers at McAfee.
Posted December 11, 2012 - 06:41 by Emma Woollacott
The hacking group Team GhostShell, which is affiliated with Anonymous, has released information online relating to 1.6 million government, military and industry accounts.
Posted December 4, 2012 - 06:16 by Emma Woollacott
Thousands of Tumblr users have been inundated with spam, following a worm launched by hacking group GNAA.
Posted November 28, 2012 - 08:17 by Emma Woollacott
A Texas hotel says that a spate of break-ins were carried out by hackers exploiting a security vulnerability in rooms' electronic locks.
Posted November 26, 2012 - 05:41 by Emma Woollacott
Nearly 300 Pakistani websites were down over the weekend after a hack from a Turkish group called Eboz.
Posted November 23, 2012 - 06:04 by Emma Woollacott
Student Christopher Weatherhead was one of four British hackers to attack PayPal in support of Wikileaks, a court heard yesterday.
Posted November 21, 2012 - 05:43 by Emma Woollacott
A hacker has been convicted of the AT&T security breach in 2010 in which 120,000 iPad owners' email addresses were leaked.
Posted November 20, 2012 - 07:49 by Emma Woollacott
Facebook has rolled out HTTPS security across the site, meaning it may be a little slower - but a lot safer.
Posted November 19, 2012 - 05:14 by Emma Woollacott
Following its assault on Gaza, Israel has become the target of millions of DDoS attempts, with claims that several hundred websites have been brought down.
Posted November 15, 2012 - 06:28 by Emma Woollacott
Adobe has become the latest victim of hackers, suspending its Connectusers.com forum after login details were published online.
Posted November 14, 2012 - 08:11 by Emma Woollacott
Skype has rolled out a fix for a critical security bug.
Posted November 13, 2012 - 08:34 by Kate Taylor
Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee is wanted by police in Belize after the murder of his American neighbor.
Posted November 8, 2012 - 13:40 by Trent Nouveau
Twitter acknowledges unintentionally resetting a significant number of account passwords after an unknown number of users were compromised.
Posted November 5, 2012 - 05:41 by Emma Woollacott
Several NBC sites were hacked over the weekend, in the run-up to Guy Fawkes' Night.
Posted October 26, 2012 - 05:08 by Emma Woollacott
A vulnerability in the system for US domestic airline boarding cards could tell terrorists when it's safe to take unauthorized items on board.
Posted October 25, 2012 - 06:07 by Emma Woollacott
It's probably no surprise that 'password' isn't the cleverest password to choose for, say, your online banking. But if you thought 'Jesus' would save you from being hacked, think again.
Posted October 23, 2012 - 05:18 by Kate Taylor
A web analytics company has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that it used its web-tracking software to collect personal data.
