Cambodian police have arrested one of the founders of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay,which claims 30 million users despite efforts by authorities in Sweden to shut it down and other countries to block access. Gottfrid Svartholm Warg ...
In a new twist, spammers have built a botnet that sends SMS spam through infected Android phones, shifting the potentially pricey cost of sending spam to victims. The trend, spotted by security vendor Cloudmark, poses a new challenge for ...
Tags: botnet, SMS spam, Android phones, victims
A recent Java 7 update allows users to completely prevent Java applications from running inside browsers or to restrict how Web-based Java content is handled by the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) client. These features will benefit ...
EC vice-president and leader of the digital agenda Neelie Kroes says website owners still need to obtain consent to use cookies,even if web users have browsers that offer'do not track'(DNT). Kroes,who is seeking a way for web users to opt ...
Tags: Cookie Law, obtain consent, use cookies
VMware has got eyes for storage.For a couple of years now the server virtualisation giant has incorporated useful features into its hypervisor to help manage shared storage. But now VMware wants more,and it is setting out a vision to ...
Government auctions of oil and natural gas exploration rights in Western Canada have fallen to some of their lowest levels in the last 15 years and hopes of a recovery in 2013 hinge on operators making a breakthrough in new liquids-rich ...
Tags: oil, natural gas, barometer, industry confidence
O2 is the latest UK internet service provider(ISP)to block access to file-sharing site The Pirate Bay in line with a High Court order issued at the beginning of May. The move means customers of Be Broadband,a subsidiary of O2,will also be ...
Tags: O2, latest UK internet service provider, file-sharing site
Attackers can read emails, contacts and other private data from the accounts of Yahoo users who visit a malicious page by abusing a feature present on Yahoo's Developer Network website, says an independent security researcher. A limited ...
Tags: Attackers, emails, private data, Yahoo users
APPLE will likely have to pay a Brazilian company for the right to use the iPhone brand in Latin America's biggest country, a Brazilian telecommunications analyst says. Brazil's Gradiente SA started selling Android smartphones with ...
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The Australian sharemarket has opened higher with traders focusing on late gains made in the US session rather than the fact leaders there are yet to agree on avoiding the looming fiscal cliff. At 1045 AEDT,the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...
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The Australian sharemarket closed higher yesterday as US President Barack Obama cut short his Christmas holiday to return to Washington for talks aimed at avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff. Locally,investors remained optimistic that ...
Tags: Stock, sharemarket, tax, bank
As a part of it’s CSR drive and with a pledge to provide the local people a healthy life, the Essar Steel at Paradeep launched another health care program on 22nd December 2012.The program entitled Healthy Smiles Program aims to ...
Tags: CSR drive, Essar Steel, health care program, Healthy Smiles Program
Three widely deployed payment terminals have vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to steal credit card data and PIN numbers, according to a pair of security researchers from penetration testing firm MWR InfoSecurity in the U.K. The ...
Tags: payment terminals, MWR InfoSecurity, credit card data, PIN numbers
Malware attacks seem to be evolving. The traditional viruses, Trojan horses, botnets and phishing attacks are still a threat, but the next generation malware takes insidious to a whole new level. Thankfully, theres a silver lining as well. ...
Tags: Malware, attacks, traditional viruses, Trojan horses, botnets
A US congressional committee has reported that Chinese telecommunications equipment providers Huawei and ZTE pose a security threat to the US, following a year-long investigation. A draft of the report from the House Intelligence ...
Tags: US, security, Huawei, ZTE, investigation