World News
Our pick of the news from around the world
Buzz Lightyear was first on the moon say 1 in 10 schoolchildren
13 March 2010
Toy Story hero Buzz Lightyear was the first man on the Moon, according to one in ten schoolchildren. Many pupils thought the animated character - not American astronaut Neil Armstrong - was the first to take one small step for man in 1969.
Estonian DDoS revenge worm crafter jailed
11 March 2010
An Estonian virus writer has been jailed for two and a half years for creating a Windows worm family that launched denial of service attacks on the websites of a local insurance firm and ISP.
Twitter begins screening links for phishing
10 March 2010
Twitter launched a new link-screening service on Tuesday aimed at preventing phishing and other malicious attacks against users of the popular microblogging service.
FA launches security probe after England team bugged
09 March 2010
Reported attempts to sell recordings of conversations between England squad players and coaches have sparked a security breach investigation at the FA.
Hard drive evolution could hit Microsoft XP users
09 March 2010
Hard drives are about to undergo one of the biggest format shifts in 30 years. By early 2011 all hard drives will use an "advanced format" that changes how they go about saving the data people store on them.
Weak security ID questions put e-mail at risk
08 March 2010
Questions used as security checks need to be replaced by much better tests to see who someone is, say researchers. A study has shown how easy it is to guess the answer to many commonly-asked questions, such as someone's mother's maiden name.
eBay Golf Kit scammer gets 4 years
04 March 2010
The leader of a UK-based gang who made millions selling counterfeit luxury golf kit and other knock-off goods through auction site eBay has been jailed for four years.
Spanish police smash massive botnet
03 March 2010
Spanish police have revealed that they have arrested three men responsible for one of the world's biggest networks of virus-infected computers. All are Spanish citizens with no criminal records and limited hacking skills.
Britain all atweet over Twitter phishing attack
26 February 2010
The latest phishing attack on Twitter users swept the U.K. overnight claiming several prominent users. The result was evident on Friday morning when users woke up to find messages on compromised accounts that read, "hey, i've been having better sex and longer with this here," followed by a link to a Web site selling sexual-performance drugs.
