Ransom Trojans spreading beyond Russian heartland
Ransom malware has moved out of its traditional Russian market and is starting to become a measurable problem in countries such as the US and Germany, figures from Trend Micro have confirmed.
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The Open Group previews O-TTPS security standard for supply chains
The influential Open Group has published the first preview of a new document it hopes will turn into a global standard for protecting against "counterfeit and tainted" software and parts entering technology supply chains.
IBM streams Linux and Windows desktop through USB stick
IBM has taken the secure USB stick concept to its logical extreme, announcing a pilot service capable of streaming an enterprise user's entire Linux or Windows desktop to a remote PC through a virtual machine running from a flash drive.
ICO cracks down on ambulance-chasing SMS spam firm
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has carried out its second raid in three months on SMS spammers, confiscating 20,000 SIMs allegedly used by a Manchester firm to bombard mobile users with ambulance-chasing claims messages.
UK Government plans database of citizens' email, phone and web use
The UK Government will require ISP, phone and mobile companies to store details of all subscriber phone calls, emails, texts and websites visited for a year under plans designed to aid the police and intelligence services.
Software vendors fail to stem tide of security flaws, report shows
Many of the software industry's top vendors are still struggling to reduce the number of vulnerabilities across all classes of products, an analysis of 2011's flaw figures by research company Secunia has revealed.
Oyster Card accounts regularly accessed by police, TfL admits
The Metropolitan Police now routinely requests access to Transport for London's (TfL) Oyster Card database in search of personal information on its users, The Guardian has reported.
DDoS attacks motivated by politics not criminality, Arbor Networks finds
Large Internet organisations believe ideological and political motivations have become the single commonest motivation behind the <a href="http://ddos.arbornetworks.com/2012/02/ddos-attack-tools-a-visual-guide/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+asert+%28DDoS+and+Security+Reports+|+Arbor+Networks+Security+Blog%29">DDoS attacks hitting their networks</a>, a survey of major Internet firms by has found.
O2 caught sending mobile phone numbers to websites
UK network O2 has found itself at the centre of an embarrassing data privacy storm after it emerged that it allows websites to see the mobile numbers of all subscribers that browse the Internet using its 3G data service.
Microsoft accuses Russian of masterminding Kelihos botnet
Microsoft's determined campaign against the Kelihos botnet has seen the company file a lawsuit against the Russian man it now believes to be responsible for its operations.
Google Chrome finally gets malware download protection
Nine months after first being put into testing, the new version of Chrome will at last included filtering against inadvertently downloading malware executables, Google has announced.
O2 starts building free London WiFi network
Mobile network O2 has announced a plan to install free WiFi access across the London boroughs of Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster in time for the Olympics in July.
Phishing gang stole £1 million from students, police say
Police have busted a phishing gang believed to have stolen £1 million ($1.54 million) from UK students by tricking them into revealing details of their educational loans.
Printing mixup lands Council with £130,000 ICO fine
A print job mixup has left a Welsh council nursing the largest fine ever to be levied by the Information Commissioner for a breach of the Data Protection Act.
BSA red-faced as Kaspersky quits over SOPA support
Kaspersky Lab has unexpectedly quit the Business Software Alliance (BSA) anti-piracy organisation over its tacit support for the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) legislation currently being debated in the US House of Representatives.