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Ten of the most infamous ‘black hat’ hackers

As British hacker Gary McKinnon fights to avoid extradition to the US, we look at some of the most well known cases of malicious acts online - and...

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 19 Jun 2008 at 12:08

Security/Features

Web 2.0 and virtualisation top poll of IT security priorities

The majority of Black Hat conference attendees point to web services and virtualisation as their key security considerations, along with...

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 14 Aug 2008 at 12:55

Security/News

Website danger as hacker breaks SSL encryption

The Black Hat conference in the US shows that software can be used to steal information from sites you may think are secure.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 19 Feb 2009 at 11:43

Security/News

cyber crime

Cyber baddies using the web to hire

The cyber thieves are hiring and they're using online ads to do so.

By Diane Bartz, Reuters, 3 Feb 2010 at 08:30

Security/News

Week in Review: Barcelona to Washington and back

This week, we saw Mobile World Congress in Barcleona as well as the Black Hat security conference in Washington.<br>

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 20 Feb 2009 at 11:54

Mobile & Telecoms/News

Firefox patches Black Hat SSL encryption vulnerability

Mozilla has updated Firefox, securing one flaw discovered by two well-known security researchers.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 4 Aug 2009 at 11:23

Security/News

DNS researcher claims 35 ways to exploit flaw

Dan Kaminsky has told the Black Hat conference that the DNS security flaw is even worse than expected.

By Matthew Sparkes, 7 Aug 2008 at 12:51

Security/News

Black Hat: It wasn’t just the iPhone that got hacked…

SSL encryption was also found to be vulnerable. So what could this mean when it comes to the sites we have been led to trust?

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 3 Aug 2009 at 13:16

Security/News

Data Theft

Growth in stolen bank data pushes prices down

With cybercrime on the increase, the black market has been flooded with stolen bank and credit card details, forcing criminals to sell the data for...

By Mark Trevelyan, Reuters, 15 Jul 2008 at 09:20

Security/News

Smartphone sales soar

Sales up over 75 per cent but PDA sales barely make it into the black

By Iain Thomson, 9 Oct 2006 at 11:52

Internet/News

CES 2008: Seagate expands secure disk range

External "Black Armor" drive offers full disk encryption.<br/>

By Stephen Pritchard in Las Vegas, 9 Jan 2008 at 10:03

Security/News

Wilfing: The new internet black

Computer users have been furnished with yet another acronym, this time one that describes those who spend time idly surfing the web.<br/>

By David Crookes, 9 May 2007 at 22:18

Internet/Features

hero!

IT PRO’s tech heroes

We look to Sir Tim, Sue Black and other tech leaders for inspiration.

By IT PRO staff, 20 Oct 2009 at 11:32

Industry & Public Sector/Features

UPDATED: Black Tuesday for Vodafone?

Rumours abound that telco Vodafone is set to announce job cuts.<br> <br>

By David Neal, 23 Feb 2009 at 18:07

Careers/News

Businesses missing power black hole

With energy prices rising fast companies are being forced to take conservation seriously to cut costs

By Guy Matthews, 24 Oct 2006 at 11:34

Server/News

Black taxi cab sign

London cabs are ID theft havens

BCS launches black cab campaign to alert Londoners to the issue of data loss

By Tara Sloane, 22 Sep 2009 at 16:12

Security/News

Nokia has given the Tube its official name

Nokia reveals touchscreen 'Tube' phone

Mobile giant takes the new 5800 XpressMusic to the stage with the help of Black Eyed Pea Will.i.am to unveil its new phone and music offering.

By Maggie Holland, 3 Oct 2008 at 11:17

Mobile & Telecoms/News

UK companies throwing £1bn a year into telecoms black hole

Companies are warned that they won't be able to control their communications overheads if they can't measure them.

By Maggie Holland, 13 Mar 2007 at 23:50

Internet/News

shopping crowd

Mobile web surge for Argos on Black Friday

Although a US shopping event, there was a large surge in mobile web traffic to British retailer Argos during Black Friday.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 2 Dec 2009 at 11:30

Industry & Public Sector/News

black screen

Microsoft denies 'black screen' accusations

UPDATED: Microsoft's latest round of patches weren't responsible for the 'black screen of death', with the accusing company making a humbling apology.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 1 Dec 2009 at 10:56

Industry & Public Sector/News

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