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Google to boost speed, cut data use on mobile devices
Google has shown off new features that can reduce data consumption and improve Web performance on Android-powered mobile devices, drawing partly from capabilities already supported in the Chrome desktop OS.
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Highly critical vulnerability fixed in Nginx Web server software
The development team behind the popular Nginx open-source Web server software released security updates on Tuesday to address a highly critical vulnerability that could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on susceptible servers.
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Shylock bank Trojan upgraded with new capabilities, says Symantec
The prodigious Shylock man-in-the-browser (MitB) banking Trojan is still being upgraded as part of a campaign to migrate from its traditional targets in UK financial services to foreign ones, Symantec has reported.
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Juniper security products use device-fingerprinting as way to detect, block attacks
Juniper Networks today rolled out a battalion of security products and services to protect corporate networks, stating that when it comes to defensive measures, security attacks can be better prevented by determining device-fingerprinting rather than blocking attacks based on IP address.
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Microsoft patches critical flaws in Windows 8, Windows RT
Microsoft has patched 19 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer 9, Excel and the .Net development framework, including four flaws in the just-released Windows 8 and its tablet spin-off Windows RT.
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The Pirate Bay sails away into the cloud by virtualising its servers
The Pirate Bay has hit on a down-to-earth, but still Cloud-based plan to outwit the authorities. Instead of operating on proxy servers on flying drones, as it suggested back in March, the controversial BitTorrent website will transfer most of its operation to cloud providers.
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Malware-infected computers rented out as proxy servers on the black market
Cybercriminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels potentially malicious traffic through them, according to security researchers from Symantec.
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Yandex debuts Chromium-based web browser with security extras
Russian Internet services and web search company Yandex released its own browser on Monday, following a similar move by competitor Mail.ru last week.
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Pirate Bay founder to be deported from Cambodia
Cambodian police have confirmed that they plan to deport Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, the Swedish co-founder of The Pirate Bay file-sharing website, who was arrested on Monday.
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Amazon makes S3 Simple Storage Service more web friendly
Amazon is adding a Cross-Origin Resource Sharing capability to its S3 Simple Storage Service, allowing developers to more easily build web applications that access data stored in the company's cloud.
