Cyberattackers hit Japanese defense giant with Trojan
Japan's biggest defense contractor Mitsubishi Heavy has admitted that it was targeted by a major cyberattack last month in which at least 83 of its computers were infected with malware.
View ArticleUsers warned after YapBrowser returns from the dead
YapBrowser, a replacement web browser once promoted by controversial spyware company Zango, has made a sudden return, GFI Software security researcher Chris Boyd has reported.
View ArticleBlackBerry shunned by app developers as Windows Phone 7 booms
App developers are rapidly losing interest in RIM's BlackBerry platform and setting their sights on the new big three, Apple, Android and Windows 7, a survey has found.
View ArticleWindows 8 to tame storage hassle with 'Spaces' technology
Windows 8 will tame data loss and storage bloat on PCs by offering a simple form of the thin provisioning and virtualisation technology more commonly found in data centres, Microsoft has said.
View ArticleNokia shocks tech world with 41 megapixel smartphone
After days of teasing in advance of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), Nokia has announced the 808 PureView, the first smartphone to feature a sensor capable of snapping images up to the extraordinary...
View ArticleAndroid users targeted by premium-rate SMS malware
In a clear warning to mobile users in developed markets, Russian cybercriminals have started distributing a wave of premium rate malware from rogue marketplaces, including one example disguised as an...
View Article'Melted' Samsung S III phone had been put in microwave
A Samsung S III smartphone said to have overheated after a malfunction probably sustained the damage after being deliberately put inside a microwave oven, an independent investigation has concluded.
View ArticleMicrosoft Surface tablet set for 26 October launch
Microsoft will start selling the cheaper of its Surface tablet computers on Windows 8 launch day, 26 October, the company has said after sneaking the information into its annual report to the...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi resurrects UK computer industry with new jobs
The Raspberry Pi computer is designed in the UK and now it will be made here as well in a deal that will make the tiny board the first all-British personal computer for nearly two decades.
View ArticleUltrabooks get affordable McAfee anti-theft syetem
Worried about losing that expensive new Ultrabook and the data contained on it? McAfee hopes the latest version of the company’s Anti-Theft device-tracking security will tempt more consumers buying a...
View ArticleGoogle head grovels after users vent fury at Nexus 4 shortages
Google’s UK managing director Dan Cobley has blamed LG for shortages of the Nexus 4 smartphone after angry customers mugged his upbeat 2012 review blog with a string of complaints about non-delivery.
View ArticleTargeted APT attacks experienced by one in five security professionals
Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) could be more of a mainstream security problem than previously thought after a survey of high-level security professionals found that an alarming one in five worked...
View ArticleMalwarebytes pounces on exploit-blocking rival ZeroVulnerabilityLabs
Rising antivirus star Malwarebytes has bought putative security startup ZeroVulnerabilityLabs in an effort to broaden its appeal from simply fixing malware infections to blocking them before they occur.
View ArticleCarberp malware source code offered for sale with $50,000 price tag
The source code for the once-mighty Carberp bank Trojan is being offered for sale at an asking price of $50,000 (£33,000) on a criminal forum security firm Trusteer has reported.
View ArticleAndroid or Windows Phone? How about both on every smartphone Microsoft tells HTC
Microsoft has been trying to persuade Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC to load the Windows Phone OS jointly with Android on future smartphones, it has been reported.
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