Computer Security

Man Plays Angry Birds On Cash Machine

Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK Tech

A team of Russian security experts have hacked a cash machine to play Angry Birds. The Positive Technologies team demonstrated the technique in a v...

Rented Computers 'Recorded Secret Videos Of People Having Sex'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 27.11.2012 | UK Tech

Rented computers have been caught secretly recording people having sex in their homes, authorities in America have said. Seven companies used detec...

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Massive 'Zero Day' Security Hole Leaves A Billion Computers At Critical Risk

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 26.11.2012 | UK Tech

Researchers claim to have found a critical security hole at the heart of computer code used on more than a billion PCs and Macs. The so-called 'zer...

Frankenstein Virus Could Build Itself From Safe Computer Code

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 22.10.2012 | UK Tech

A new form of computer virus which can build itself out of discarded pieces of benign computer code has been resented at a conference in Texas. The...

Internet 'Doomsday' Feared As FBI Pulls Plug On Fraud Gang's Servers

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 04.09.2012 | UK Tech

A virus which spread almost a year ago could cripple 20,000 UK computers on Monday, as the FBI switches off a fraud gang's servers which were commande...

Internet 'Doomsday' Could Kick Thousands Offline On 9 July

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 04.09.2012 | UK Tech

A virus which spread almost a year ago could cripple 20,000 UK computers on Monday, experts have warned. The purpose of the virus was to change vic...