Security

Oracle Fixes 253 Security Flaws In October Update

Oracle's latest Critical Patch Update, which fixes 253 vulnerabilities, is the company's second-largest CPU ever.

8 years ago

Red Hat Discovers Dirty COW Archaic Linux Kernel Flaw Exploited In The Wild

The bug affects most versions of Linux potentially exposing huge numbers of machines to hackers

8 years ago

Adult FriendFinder Sex And Dating Website Allegedly Hacked Again

Surely not? Hackers claim to have penetrated (ahem) online sex and swinger website yet again

8 years ago

Yahoo Calls For US Intelligence To Declassify Email Surveillance Order

UPDATED: The email giant wants the US government to publish the order so it can accurately respond to claims it…

8 years ago

VMware Urges Businesses To Stay Secure In An IoT-Enabled Virtual World

VMWORLD 2016: Digital transformation is exciting for many businesses, but VMware has made sure that security plays an integral role

8 years ago

Malwarebytes Snaps-Up French Startup AdwCleaner

The acquisition gives Malwarebytes access to the startup's adware an unwanted programe fighting tool

8 years ago

Thousands Of London Police Get Wearable Video Cameras

The body-worn video cameras are to be rolled out to 22,000 officers across London's 32 boroughs

8 years ago

London City Bankers Under Fire From Ransomware Cyber Attacks

The City experiences more ransomware attacks than the rest of the UK combined

8 years ago

Ghost Push Dominates Android Malware

Malware makes up at least one percent of all daily Android app installs, finds study

8 years ago

Facebook Awards $5m As Bug Bounty Scheme Turns Five

The programme has paid more than $5m to 900 researchers since 2011

8 years ago

US Legislators Demand Briefing On Yahoo Email Scan

Lawmakers want to judge the legality of intelligence services' access to Yahoo Mail

8 years ago

Selfie Stealing Android Trojan Discovered By McAfee Labs

Tweaked Acecard trojan aims to trick gullible Android users into sending selfies and photos of their IDs

8 years ago

Banks ‘Under-Reporting Cyber Attacks’ Say Security Firms

Banks are not providing enough details on cyber-attacks in order to downplay security fears, say insiders

8 years ago

United Flights Disrupted By Computer Breakdown

The incident disabled United's online systems and led to long delays around the world

8 years ago

Foxconn Firmware Flaw Leaves Android Devices Vulnerable To USB Hack

Dubbed Pork Explosion the flaw allows Android security protocols to be bypassed

8 years ago

Yahoo Hack: Verizon Could Withdraw From $4.83 Billion Acquisition Deal

Verizon believes Yahoo's massive data breach by hackers does give it reason to walk away from its acquisition

8 years ago

Thousands Of Online Stores Fail To Protect Payment Details From Hackers

Shop shock. Hackers have compromised nearly 6,000 online shops to skim payment card data. And the problem is getting worse

8 years ago

Symantec Spots Student Scam Powered By Ascesso Trojan

Scammers are trying to trick students into paying for application to the US student loan forgiveness programme

8 years ago

What New Update Process For Windows 7 And 8.1 Means for Enterprises

ANALYSIS: Beginning this week, all updates will be roll-ups, with complete cumulative updates to begin in 2017, eliminating the ability…

8 years ago

Facebook Twitter & Instagram Ban Data Monitoring App Geofeedia

New privacy row as social networking sites halt access by data gathering app used by law enforcement

8 years ago

US Military Looks To Blockchain To Secure Weapon Data And Nukes

Is Blockchain a possible solution for securing weapons data for the US military, including its nuclear capabilities?

8 years ago

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Tackles Multiple Zero-Day Flaws

Internet Explorer among usual suspects to get updates, that includes a fix for AdGholas malvertising campaign

8 years ago

Nearly Three Quarters Of UK Police Websites Are Insecure

The Centre for Public Safety highlighted the police are putting the public at unnecessary risk of cyber crime

8 years ago

‘Foreign Intelligence Service’ Hacked Aussie Weather Computer

Official report blames 'foreign intelligence service' for hack on Aussie weather supercomputer

8 years ago

Cyber Criminals Using Odinaff Trojan To Infiltrate Bank Systems

Symantec has discovered a trojan capable of hiding in the networks of financial institutions

8 years ago

World Economic Forum Opens Tech-Focused San Francisco Office

The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution is intended to help guide public policy and regulation in the face of…

8 years ago

Yahoo ‘Temporarily’ Disables Email Forwarding As Users Seek To Flee

The change makes it more difficult for email users to switch away from the embattled company

8 years ago

US Officially Blames Russia For Democratic Party Hack

US intelligence officials say they are 'confident' the hack was authorised by 'Russia's senior-most officials'

8 years ago

Apple Watch Banned From Cabinet Meetings Over Spy Fears

Prime minister fears Russians may hack Apple's smart watch and listen in on sensitive meetings

8 years ago

Turkey Bans Cloud Storage Sites Amidst Email Furore

Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and GitHub were all reportedly made inaccessible over the weekend

8 years ago