Recent articles by Dan Raywood

Google Street View banned from taking images in Greece

Google Street View banned from taking images in Greece

Google has been banned from taking images for its Street View tool in Athens over privacy concerns.
Dan Raywood May 13 2009 10:36AM Security
Swine Flu spam continues to spread with cybercriminals using celebrity names

Swine Flu spam continues to spread with cybercriminals using celebrity names

Spammers have moved to using celebrity names alongside swine flu terms to spread malicious links.
Dan Raywood May 12 2009 10:46AM Security
Facebook to reveal family member details

Facebook to reveal family member details

Facebook may be hit by more privacy questions after it changed the personal details section of its site to allow family members to be specified.
Dan Raywood May 12 2009 10:38AM Security
Google to patch vulnerabilities in Chrome

Google to patch vulnerabilities in Chrome

Google Chrome's Stable channel has been updated to version 1.0.154.64 to fix two security issues that were discovered by internal Google testing.
Dan Raywood May 11 2009 10:44AM Security
Missile plans, banking details and health records found on old hard drives

Missile plans, banking details and health records found on old hard drives

Information for missile defence, banking details and NHS records have been found on old hard drives.
Dan Raywood May 8 2009 10:30AM Security
Facebook users duped into revealing personal details

Facebook users duped into revealing personal details

Users of popular social networking sites have been tricked into divulging personal information, according to the Q1 2009 email threat report from Cyberoam.
Dan Raywood May 7 2009 11:17AM Security
Safari and Opera browsers criticised over security updates

Safari and Opera browsers criticised over security updates

Users of Apple's Safari and the Opera browser are most likely to be using unpatched versions.
Dan Raywood May 7 2009 11:12AM Security
North Korea recruits hackers

North Korea recruits hackers

North Korea has strengthened its cyber warfare unit with the recruitment of 100 hackers.
Dan Raywood May 7 2009 11:03AM Security
Consultant accesses company's data room in social engineering 'attack'

Consultant accesses company's data room in social engineering 'attack'

A company has been hit by a mystery shopper attack where it was the victim of a 'social engineering' exercise.
Dan Raywood May 7 2009 10:56AM Security
Image spam levels reach 19-month high

Image spam levels reach 19-month high

Levels of image spam have reached a 19-month high that is getting harder to detect.
Dan Raywood May 6 2009 10:30AM Security
Malicious swine flu PDF file spreads password stealer

Malicious swine flu PDF file spreads password stealer

Symantec has reported that an email with a PDF attachment that promises to answer all questions about the swine flu virus contains a password stealer.
Dan Raywood May 6 2009 10:23AM Security
Security professionals put collaboration plans for social networking on hold

Security professionals put collaboration plans for social networking on hold

Half of information security professionals are intending to put plans for collaboration on hold over security concerns, according to a survey by Webroot.
Dan Raywood Apr 30 2009 10:29AM Security
Conficker now expected to spread email spam and host spyware

Conficker now expected to spread email spam and host spyware

The Conficker worm is expected to see malware being spread by the infected botnet.
Dan Raywood Apr 28 2009 11:15AM Security
Facebook opts for change in terms of use despite low number of votes received

Facebook opts for change in terms of use despite low number of votes received

Facebook is likely to adopt the new Principles and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities over the existing Terms of Use.
Dan Raywood Apr 27 2009 10:55AM Security
UK's Information Commissioner rejects Privacy International claims over Google Street View

UK's Information Commissioner rejects Privacy International claims over Google Street View

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has rejected a complaint from Privacy International that Google's Street View tool breached the Data Protection Act.
Dan Raywood Apr 27 2009 10:52AM Security
Facebook asks for votes on changes to terms of use

Facebook asks for votes on changes to terms of use

Voting has begun on changes to be made to Facebook's site governance that will determine the new principles and terms of use.
Dan Raywood Apr 20 2009 1:23PM Security
Mac botnet claims criticised for being out of date and will not be widespread

Mac botnet claims criticised for being out of date and will not be widespread

Claims that a botnet that was created using Apple Macs has been knocked back by McAfee.
Dan Raywood Apr 20 2009 1:11PM Security
Conficker E set to become dormant on May 3

Conficker E set to become dormant on May 3

Shavlik Technologies has predicted that the E variant of the Conficker worm will be killed off on the 3rd of May.
Dan Raywood Apr 17 2009 10:08AM Security
Microsoft welcomed for patches that many claim are overdue

Microsoft welcomed for patches that many claim are overdue

The latest patches from Microsoft have been welcomed despite many of the vulnerabilities having been reported several years ago.
Dan Raywood Apr 17 2009 10:03AM Security
Cybercriminals begin to use Twitter 'Mikeyy' worm to spread fake anti-virus

Cybercriminals begin to use Twitter 'Mikeyy' worm to spread fake anti-virus

The Mikeyy worm has allowed spammers to spread fake anti-virus products via malicious links.
Dan Raywood Apr 16 2009 11:15AM Security

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