Another iOS 6 issue has been discovered and this one allows someone to access the dialler app, full contact list and call history from the lock screen by following a few simple steps.
14.Feb.2013 15:29
Brian Honan of BH Consulting has been shortlisted for ‘Information Security Person of the Year’ in the prestigious SC Magazine awards.
13.Feb.2013 17:00
New guidelines on staying secure when using e-commerce and cloud services have been published by an open forum for developing payment card security standards.
13.Feb.2013 14:44
US President Barack Obama has signed an executive order that will bolster America’s cyber security defences through partnership with critical infrastructure providers.
13.Feb.2013 12:18
Cyber-criminals will be taking advantage of this Valentine’s Day to trick internet users with fake files, links and e-cards designed to extract users’ personal data, warns the anti-malware laboratory of Panda Security PandaLabs.
13.Feb.2013 06:00
A TV station in Montana became the subject of the latest hacker hoax when hackers broke into its emergency alert system and issued a warning to thousands of TV viewers that the dead were rising from their graves and attacking the living.
12.Feb.2013 12:52
It may sound incredible to the ears of recession-weary citizens of a country paying a higher price than their neighbours for Europe’s debt mountain, but an Irish Government department has actually been cited by an international report as an example of how the public-sector organisations can accelerate modernisation and reform.
12.Feb.2013 06:35
More than 75pc of mid-size to large businesses are implementing big data-related solutions within the next year, with customer care, marketing and sales departments increasingly fuelling demand, new Microsoft research suggests.
12.Feb.2013 06:00
Sage Ireland’s head of R&D Brian McIntyre on why it’s better to be Agile when building a product to deliver good customer experience, and the challenge on moving from a technical to a business role.
08.Feb.2013 06:00
Microsoft and Symantec have taken down the command and control servers used by a cyber fraud ring that netted criminals stg£700,000 (US$1bn) a year via a threat called Trojan.Bamital.
07.Feb.2013 12:40
Of all computers scanned around the world, 31.98pc of them contained malware, PandaLab’s 2012 Annual Security Report reveals. PandaLabs researchers estimate at least 27m new strains of malware were created in 2012 alone.
06.Feb.2013 15:14
Nearly all (94pc) of adults in the US believe their data and revealing photos are safe with their partners, but 13pc of adults have had their personal content leaked to others without their permission, a new survey suggests.
04.Feb.2013 16:30
It emerged over the weekend that as many as 250,000 Twitter accounts may have been compromised in a hacker attack. Twitter joins a growing array of major sites to be attacked in recent days, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post.
03.Feb.2013 12:05
Proper systems and processes will enable IT to move beyond a firefighting role and to drive business improvement, argues Dara Keher, IT director at technology services and consulting firm Version 1.
01.Feb.2013 10:56
One of the most costly viruses ever unleashed has been discovered and has already impacted more than 600,000 Android devices in China. The malware, which threatens to go global, takes control of contact lists, internet connections, and dialing and text functions, and can be used to collect personal information and engage in SMS spamming.
31.Jan.2013 15:58
The New York Times has claimed that hackers based in China managed to infiltrate its computer network and access employee emails.
31.Jan.2013 15:38
