Public sector apparently suffers most from idle P2Pers John Leyden Theres high degree of correlation between organisations with P2P activity and system compromises via malware infections, according to a new…
Year: 2015
Java plug-in malware alert to be issued by Oracle
According to the FTC’s complaint, Oracle was aware of security issues in the Java SE (standard edition) plug-in when it bought the technology’s creator Sun in 2010. By Leo Kelion,…
Iranian hackers 'targeted' New York dam
Iranian hackers penetrated the computers controlling a dam near New York, reveals the Wall Street Journal. The 2013 attack did no damage but revealed information about how computers running the…
Cyber security warning after National Crime Agency website targeted
Website has experienced nearly 90 million intrusion detection sensor events since October 2013. By Press Association The chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee has called for improved cyber security…
Hello Kitty, Goodbye Privacy as 3M+ Users Hit by Breach
Unsalted SHA-1 password hashes were also usedparticularly bad information security practice. Phil Muncaster The personal information of over three million Hello Kitty customers has been found online by security researchers…
revealed the identity of HIV-positive patients
A health clinic that mistakenly revealed the identity of HIV-positive patients in a group email has been fined £250 by the UK’s data watchdog. By Chris Foxx, Technology reporter The…