A little under two weeks ago, a three-year investigation into the botnet Rustock came to a milestone: private sector investigators obtained orders to raid premises and seize computers. But the targets were not the estimated one million of home a...
Internet: online child abuse network tracked - 70,000 members
The UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre was at the leading edge of an international investigation co-ordinated by Europol which has identified as many as 70,000 users of the "boylover.net" website run from servers in t...
Internet: US pressure group tries to stifle internet privacy legislation
A US pressure group, NetChoice, says that it "protects Internet commerce-driven competition and battles rules that hinder consumer choice and hurt small businesses." Actually, it wants to prevent consumers having control over the data...
IT Security: IDrive goes unlimited for less than USD5/month
IDrive (note it's not a small i) has been a leader in online data storage and back up for some years, but it has always had a capacity-limited system. But, by removing some of the features of its premium "pro" pack, the company behind...
IT Security: Google deploys Andriod "Kill Switch"
Google has announced that it has deployed its "kill switch" technology against 50 pieces of software that it has removed from the Android Market having identified them as, intern alia, carrying trojan malware DroidDream (or DroiDream).
Xoom Corporation of California claims exclusive rights in the word "xoom" for on-line offerings. There's just one slight problem: they...
Internet: EU issues warnings over cookies
The EU's 'cyber security' Agency ENISA has published a paper on the security and privacy concerns regarding new types of online 'cookies" es...
Comms: MS / Nokia tie-up - smart phones but not a smart decision
So, Microsoft and Nokia are to get into bed and, in doing so, think that they will prove to be a third force in computer-phone convergence. But...
IT Security: Irish recruitment site hacked: email addresses accessed
The website of Irish recruitment company RecruitIreland.Com is back on line after hackers broke into their site and stole names and e-mail addres...
IT security: Sophos warns of Facebook Valentines' Day scams
That lovey-dovey message inviting you to post a poem to a "friend's" "wall" might just be the way to your own heart - the hea...
