Skype has been forced to disable a third-party “update” pushed out to users late last week after it sparked fears the popular VoIP service was propagating a worm.
Users took to Skype’s forums after being prompted by the VoIP service to allow an execut…
A computer problem has led to internet banking problems for about 2,000 Lloyds TSB customers, the bank has confirmed.
Many were unable to log on to the internet banking site, with others unable to view all of their account details such as direct debit…
The Australian banking system has been rocked by a mystery security breach which caused the immediate cancellation of over 10,000 cards on Friday. The Commonwealth Bank and the St George Bank initiated the alert via SMS to customers notifying them that…
Honda’s Canadian division has suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of 283,000 customers, according to its website and published media reports.
The purloined data includes the names, addresses and vehicle identification numbers …
Managers be warned: A significant threat to the security of your data may be the very people you pay to keep your secrets safe. That’s the message from a new survey that found more than a third of corporate information technology security profes…
Microsoft today downplayed the threat posed by an unpatched vulnerability in all versions of Internet Explorer (IE) that an Italian researchers has shown can be exploited to hijack people’s online identities.
The bug, which has been only discussed and…
Unknown hackers have broken into the security networks of Lockheed Martin Corp and several other U.S. military contractors, a source with direct knowledge of the attacks told Reuters. They breached security systems designed to keep out intruders by cre…
Bulging tweet: lewd photo leaves politician red-faced
A spokesman for New York Representative Anthony Weiner says a lewd photograph sent from the Democrat’s Twitter account is just “a distraction” perpetrated by a hacker.
Weiner spokesman Dave Arnold told The Associated Press in an email Sunday the Twitt…