Security

EU Pushes IoT Security Regulations

The move comes amidst rapidly increasing exploitation of connected devices by criminals

8 years ago

NHS Hit By ‘Dozens’ Of Ransomware Attacks

At least 28 NHS trusts in England have been affected by ransomware in the past year, researchers find

8 years ago

Persistent Warnings Are Causing ‘Security Fatigue’

People are becoming weary of constant security advice and businesses could pay the price for poor decisions, a report has…

8 years ago

Spotify: Malware Pop-ups Affected ‘Small Numbers’

Music service fixes the problem that displayed virus laden websites for “small numbers of users”

8 years ago

Android Security Bulletin Patches 78 Vulnerabilities

Busy month for Google as it patches multiple vulnerabilities with the Android operating system

8 years ago

IoT And The Enterprise World Must Put Cyber Security At The Forefront Warn Experts

IP Expo 2016: Sophos, Kaspersky and Trend Micro talk future threats from IoT, Hired cyber criminals, and security education

8 years ago

Signal Disclosed User Data To US Government

Signal's parent company provided data on a user to US authorities - but there wasn't much to hand over

8 years ago

TalkTalk’s Cyber Security Negligence Gets It Hit With £400,000 ICO Fine

The Information Commissioner said TalkTalk’s security was found wanting

8 years ago

Linux ‘Vulnerable To Tweet-Sized Attack’

The short command could allow any user to crash most Linux systems, claims a developer

8 years ago

Turkey, Italy And Hungary Riddled With Botnets Finds Norton Research

Botnets hop on high-speed city infrastructure to fire malware, spam and other threats across the Internet

8 years ago

DressCode Malware Infects Hundreds Of Google Play Apps

The malware could allow hackers to bypass corporate firewalls, according to Trend Micro

8 years ago

Shellshock Bug Back And Stronger Than Ever

IBM Managed Security Services identifies poor server patching as the reason for the bug's survival

8 years ago

Federal Agencies Working With States to Guard Voter Data Security

Federal authorities saying they are investigating attempts to breach voter registration data and responding to state requests for assistance in…

8 years ago

Weak Device Security Turns IoT Into Powerful Weapon In DDoS Attacks

ANALYSIS: More than a million security cameras, video recorders and other devices were used in attacks on a U.S. security…

8 years ago

Hacker Releases IoT Botnet Source Code

The 'Mirai' family of botnets hijacks Internet-connected devices and uses them to launch large-scale attacks

8 years ago

UK’s National Cyber Security Centre Open Doors To Defend Britain From Hackers

The National Cyber Security Centre will focus on boosting the UK's cyber defense rather than offensive capabilities

8 years ago

Energy Sector Is A ‘Prime Target’ For Cyber Attacks

Cyber attacks against energy companies have risen massively, with the industry a prime target for attackers

8 years ago

Yahoo Hack: Eastern European Blackhats Responsible For The Massive Data Breach

Cyber security firm InfoArmor says criminal hackers for hire are to blame for the Yahoo hack in 2014

8 years ago

Apple Harvests iMessage Logs And Could Share Them With The Police

Questions are raised over how private Apple's services really are.

8 years ago

Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer Slammed By US Senators Over ‘Unacceptable’ Delay To Handling Data Leak

The fallout from the hack of Yahoo continues, with US senators lambasting firm's handling of incident

8 years ago

Yahoo Certificate Security Is ‘Still Poor’ Despite Hack

Research finds that Yahoo has still not taken steps to improve its certificate security and encryption, despite massive data breach

8 years ago

MarsJoke Ransomware Targets US Government And Education Institutions

Cyber criminals are using the Kelihos botnet to extort Bitcoin payments out of the ransomware's victims

8 years ago

Apple iOS 10 Flaw Makes It Easier To Hack iPhone Backups

Researchers uncover “major security flaw” in Apple's iOS 10 backup protection for iTunes as iOS 10.0.2 fixes unrelated headphone issue

8 years ago

DDoS Attacks Heading Toward 1-Terabit Record

ANALYSIS: Although a 665Gbps attack is considered an outlier today, there will likely come a day when it is not…

8 years ago

Snooping Becomes Legal In Switzerland To Combat Terrorism

Swiss voters have approved a law that allows security services to conduct surveillance operations

8 years ago

Yahoo, LinkedIn, Apple iCloud: 10 Big Data Breaches

Data breaches from hack attacks continue to get bigger and bolder but which of these do you remember?

8 years ago

What Should You Do After Massive Yahoo Hack?

ANALYSIS: Hackers have stolen details of 500m Yahoo accounts. Here's what you should do and what businesses should do next

8 years ago

Sky And BT Email Users Are Caught Up In Yahoo Password Hack

Sky and BT email users on the Yahoo Mail platform are urged to reset their passwords following data breach

8 years ago

Latest iOS 10 Security Features Help Apple’s Business Case

ANALYSIS: Integration with partners such as Cisco and centrally managed restrictions make iOS 10 a more secure enterprise platform, according…

8 years ago