iPod proof of concept virus
Security software vendor Kaspersky Labs claims to have discovered the first virus designed to infect iPods. Kaspersky has named it Podloso.
Security software vendor Kaspersky Labs claims to have discovered the first virus designed to infect iPods. Kaspersky has named it Podloso.
The Supreme Court has dismissed a request by Wikileaks head Julian Assange to reopen his appeal against extradition to Sweden to face questioning over sex crimes.Seven Supreme Court judges found that the reasoning of Assange's defence in making the application was "without merit", the court said in a statement on Thursday.
A slew of security companies have banded together to tackle what they claim are falling standards in the testing of anti-malware applications.
The Mozilla browser is attracting more users every day, but some experts feel it may have reached its peak
At last month's Government UK IT Summit, Andy Burn, head of information management and technology planning for Connecting for Health, made an astonishing statement:"[Government IT projects] have a reputation gained from what's happened in the past. That reputation is deserved.
The antivirus vendor has waded into the debate over the merits of open and closed code, while Linux vendor Red Hat takes a cautious approach
UK government employees were tricked into downloading the Zeus information-stealing Trojan in December, according to foreign secretary William Hague
Gary McKinnon's legal team will seek a judicial review of the decision by home secretary Alan Johnson not to intervene to halt the hacker's extradition
Intelligence-tech supplier Detica has said government plans to force ISPs to identify unlawful file-sharers are 'not necessary or proportionate'
German malware researchers Erik Tews and Martin Beck are due to give a presentation next week at the PacSec conference on a crack of WPA, a wireless encryption protocol.The crack comes out of the researchers' work on hacking WEP, a protocol now famed for being a bit rubbish.