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Intel needs to rethink security to profit from McAfee buy
Analysis Intel's surprise $7.76bn acquisition of McAfee is not only the biggest pure-play security deal in history, but the most significant statement of intent by an IT superpower since Microsoft launched its Trustworthy Computing initiative back in 2002.…
Online sales hit £5bn a month
Online retail sales hit £5bn in the month of July thanks mainly to rubbish UK weather pushing people onto the internet to book last-minute holidays.…
Researcher: Code-execution bug affects 200 Windows apps
About 200 Windows applications are vulnerable to remote code-execution attacks that exploit a bug in the way the programs load binary files for the Microsoft operating system, a security researcher said Thursday.…
Researcher: Code-execution bug affects 200 Windows apps
About 200 Windows applications are vulnerable to remote code-execution attacks that exploit a bug in the way the programs load binary files for the Microsoft operating system, a security researcher said Thursday.…
Researcher: Code-execution bug affects 200 Windows apps
About 200 Windows applications are vulnerable to remote code-execution attacks that exploit a bug in the way the programs load binary files for the Microsoft operating system, a security researcher said Thursday.…
Fear as motivator: why Intel acquired McAfee
Analysis Intel and McAfee made a surprise announcement early Thursday that the chip megamaker plans to acquire the security-software giant in a $7.68bn all-cash deal, and across the technical and financial communities, the response was a nearly unanimous "WTF?"…
Unhackable PS3 finally jailbroken, video claims
An Australian seller of videogame modchips claims Sony's PlayStation 3 console has been jailbroken by a hack that allows users to run backup and home-brewed copies of games — not to mention titles that have been pirated.…
Linux kernel purged of five-year-old root access bug
The Linux kernel has finally been purged of a privilege-escalation vulnerability that for at least half a decade allowed untrusted local users to gain unfettered rights to the operating system's most secure locations.…
ECJ ruling puts VAT on salary sacrifice schemes
Drugs giant Astra Zeneca should pay VAT on retail vouchers given to staff that form part of a salary sacrifice scheme, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said. The ruling could derail some similar schemes.…
Intel snaps up McAfee in $7.68bn deal
Intel has bought information security specialist McAfee in a surprise deal valued at $7.68bn.…
Exiting workers more likely to steal data than stationery
Many workers have confessed they would be prepared to swipe data from their ex-employers when they changed jobs.…
Iranian activists deface UK genetics website
The UK's Human Genetics Commission website was hit by politically-motivated hackers on Tuesday, who defaced the site with a protest marking a Western plot to overthrow a post-WWII democratically elected leader in Iran.…
New code-execution bug found in Windows and 40 apps
Microsoft Windows and about 40 applications that run on it are vulnerable to remote-code execution attacks that are "trivial" to carry out, a noted security researcher warned Wednesday.…
New code-execution bug found in Windows and 40 apps
Microsoft Windows and about 40 applications that run on it are vulnerable to remote-code execution attacks that are "trivial" to carry out, a noted security researcher warned Wednesday.…
New code-execution bug found in Windows and 40 apps
Microsoft Windows and about 40 applications that run on it are vulnerable to remote-code execution attacks that are "trivial" to carry out, a noted security researcher warned Wednesday.…
Woman sues to force exposure of YouTube bullies
A business consultant is seeking a court order forcing Google to turn over the names of YouTube commentards who called her a whore and posted unauthorized videos of her.…
Facebook login page <i>still</i> leaks sensitive info
Facebook's login system continues to spill information that can be helpful to phishers, social engineers and other miscreants attempting to scam the more than 500 million active users of the social networking site.…
<em>Jackal</em> novelist blames NSA for wife's laptop hack
Novelist Frederick Forsyth has accused heavy handed US cyber-spies of destroying his wife's computer in an attempt to tap into copy he was filling for the Daily Express from West Africa.…
Clickjacking threat punts Facebook survey scam
Miscreants have unleashed a new type of clickjacking worm onto Facebook.…
Clickjacking threat punts Facebook survey scam
Miscreants have unleashed a new type of clickjacking worm onto Facebook.…