Security

Hackers Are Using Consumer IoT Devices To Launch DDoS Attacks

Lax IoT security is allowing cyber criminals to syphon bandwidth to launch attacks on big businesses

8 years ago

Hack Attacks On Satellites Pose ‘Catastrophic’ Risk To The World

Chatham House researchers warn space assets are ripe targets for cyber criminals, hackers and terrorists

8 years ago

Apple macOS Sierra Fixes 68 Vulnerabilities

macOS Sierra isn't just a pretty face. Apple has patched quite a few security flaws, including one that affects Docker

8 years ago

Malicious Android Apps Due To Increase By 400 Percent In 2016

Webroot's threat intelligence data identifies Asian countries as a hotbed of malicious IP addresses

8 years ago

BT Issues Patch For Wi-Fi Extender Security Vulnerability

Patch that firmware now BT urges, after researchers uncover security issues with Wi-Fi extender device

8 years ago

Hackers Seize Control Of Tesla Model S From 12 Miles Away

Keen Security Lab researchers discover a cyber vulnerability in Tesla's connected car

8 years ago

Android Scam Call And SMS Security Is Undone By HTML Exploiting Malware

Android's built-in protection which flags warnings about apps trying to send premium rate messages without user consent can be manipulated…

8 years ago

SWIFT Offers Daily Reports To Help Tackle Bank Fraud

Customers to receive 'anti-fraud reports' as security clampdown continues for banking messaging system

8 years ago

Apple iPhone 5C Password Lock ‘Defeated’ With £75 Hardware Hack

A Cambridge computer scientist claims has achieved an iPhone 5C hack the FBI struggled to do with $1 million

8 years ago

Bank Of England To Rewrite Core Payment Tech By 2020

The update to the 20-year-old bank-to-bank settlement service is to take into account new technologies such as blockchain ledgers

8 years ago

Microsoft Isn’t Patching ‘Significant’ Windows Safe Mode Flaw

Researchers say Windows 10 Safe Mode flaw is easy to exploit but Microsoft doesn't acknowledge it as a primary threat

8 years ago

Google Pulls Four Overseer Spyware Infected Apps From The Play Store

The spyware harvested user and device data from infected Android smartphones

8 years ago

FBI: Ransomware Targeting Business Servers

Ransomware attacks have quadrupled in frequency since last year, US officials say

8 years ago

Financial Regulator Publishes Final Cloud Rules

The recommendations approve cloud services but recommend clear policies around where data is held

8 years ago

Bugs Found In ‘Secure’ Signal Messaging Service

Attackers could use the bugs to block attachments sent using the Edward Snowden-recommended service

8 years ago

US Congress Report On Snowden ‘Aggressively Dishonest’

A report describing Edward Snowden as a 'disgruntled employee' distorts facts in an act of 'bad faith', Snowden responds

8 years ago

Tesla Lambasted By Former Partner Mobileye Over Approach To Safety

Mobileye accuses Tesla's Autopilot of 'pushing the envelope in terms of safety'

8 years ago

Google Play ‘Tracking Android Users 24/7’

Users may be surprised to know that Google is tracking users' every move - even if Google Maps is switched…

8 years ago

Emergency Services Network Plan ‘High Risk’, NAO Warns

The plan for a new emergency-services communications network relies on an approach as yet untested anywhere in the world, the…

8 years ago

EU Telecoms Proposals Stir Fierce Debate

The draft text could mean better broadband infrastructure, while clamping down on online copyright and encrypted communications

8 years ago

Bruce Schneier: ‘Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet’

Security expert Bruce Schneier suspects state-sponsored DDoS attacks are being levied at major internet infrastructure providers to test cyber defences

8 years ago

Adobe Flash Hit By Dozens Of Critical Flaws

The latest scores of vulnerabilities could allow attackers to take over a system or steal information, says Adobe

8 years ago

Ransomware Forces Hospitals To Payout $100,000 To Cyber Criminals

Intel Security cyber threat data idetifies the legacy IT of hospital as vulnerable to hackers

8 years ago

Hacker Jailed For Stealing £88,000 In Gold Bullion

The hacker used data from a bullion trading company's systems to intercept packages

8 years ago

Government Plans ‘Active’ Cyber Security Approach

Government plans to show more cyber-security initiative, says head of new National Cyber Security Centre, as NAO describes cabinet IT…

8 years ago

Russian Hackers Release US Athletes’ Doping Data

Anti-doping officials confirm hackers accessed sensitive medical records related to Rio 2016

8 years ago

Hackers Breach US Government, Sell Attack Source Code

Two linked hackers are selling tools used to breach US government and military networks along with a trove of 33,000…

8 years ago

MoJ Struggling To Attract ‘Cooler’ Cyber Security Staff

Government is losing top talent because ethical hackers don't want to work for it, writes a senior recruiter

8 years ago