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Java and Flash vulnerabilities being exploited by cyber spies
Cyber spies have planted Java- and Flash-exploiting malware on websites focused on human rights, defense and foreign policy.
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Security services among top employers IT students want to work for
MI5 and GCHQ are among the top 10 employers that IT students would like to work for, although the likes of Google and Apple still lead in the work popularity stakes.
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Megaupload files motion to delay civil suit while criminal case is on
Megaupload filed a motion in federal court on Thursday asking to delay a civil suit filed against the file-sharing site while it prepares a defense for its criminal case.
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Viewing child porn on the Web is not a crime in New York, court rules
Just viewing child pornography on the Web is not necessarily a crime according to New York law, the state's Court of Appeals decided Tuesday, but upheld the conviction of the appellant by a county court on other counts of storage of images and video of child pornography on his hard disk.
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Judge refuses to eject Google's 'fair use' defense from Android trial
Oracle was dealt a minor setback in its lawsuit against Google when a judge denied its motion to toss out one of Google's key defences against copyright infringement.
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Android infringes Oracle Java copyright, jury rules
A jury has found that Google infringed Oracle's Java copyrights in Android but could not decide unanimously if the infringement was protected by "fair use".
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Moore's Law is collapsing, physicist Michio Kaku says
Moore's Law is collapsing, according to theoretical physicist Michio Kaku.
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IBM launches new crime-fighting Big Data analytics security package
IBM today came out with its first iteration of the analytics software package that it expects will help law enforcement, government agencies and private businesses wade through the massive amounts of data they collect to help them predict, disrupt and prevent criminal, terrorist and fraudulent activities.
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Religious and ideological sites carry more malware than porn sites
Religious and ideological websites can carry three times more malware threats than pornography sites, according to research from security firm Symantec. The firm?s annual Internet Security Threat Report also found that threats to mobile devices continue to grow, almost exclusively for Google?s Android mobile OS.
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FBI and SOCA take down websites selling stolen bank account details
Thirty-six websites used to sell stolen bank account details have been taken down following an investigation by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).
