Security

Opera Investigates After Sync Server Data Breach

Opera admits breach of its servers and warns accounts and passwords could have been compromised

8 years ago

Iran Removes Malware From Petrochemical Plants – Report

Iran takes 'necessary defensive measures' after malware is discovered at two of its petrochemical plants

8 years ago

Apple Patches iPhone Spyware Vulnerabilities With iOS 9.3.5

I spy with my little iPhone! Apple rushes out iPhone patch after discovery of government spying hack

8 years ago

Researchers Warn Of ‘Epidemic’ Money-Flipping Malware On Instagram

Bank followers on Instagram beware of money-flipping 'epidemic', but photo-sharing platform says scams are "low volume"

8 years ago

HP Unveils Laptops With Integrated Privacy Screen

Stop visual hackers and shoulder snoopers in their tracks with HP's 3M-collaborated built-in privacy screen

8 years ago

Universities Plagued By Ransomware Attacks

Yet only one university contacted the police about their attack, as criminals demand as much as £2,200

8 years ago

Security Researchers Discover First Twitter-Controlled Botnet

Twitoor, uncovered by ESET, can plague Android devices with malicious malware

8 years ago

French Submarines Spring A Leak In Indian Data Breach

Secret documents on Indian submarines built by French contractor DCNS have been leaked, according to Australian media

8 years ago

UK Continues To Be Battered By DDoS Attacks

DDoS attacks increase by over 200 percent, with the UK the second most targeted nation

8 years ago

Snoopers Charter Powers Offer ‘Vital’ Tool, Review Concludes

'Independent' review of controversial surveillance legislation concludes spies can continue bulk data collection

8 years ago

Security Teams Not Keeping Up With Exponential Cloud Server Growth

Black Hat survey finds enterprises are increasing their attackable surface area by 100 times with a move to cloud infrastructure…

8 years ago

Twitter Pulls The Plug On More Terrorist Accounts

Twitter suspends 360,000 accounts for 'promotion of terrorism', but warns there is no magic algorithm to ID suspects

8 years ago

Linux Foundation Offering New Online Security Course

The Linux Foundation's new online Linux security training program will cover a broad range of topics, from application security to…

8 years ago

Sage Employee Arrested At Heathrow Airport

Just days after damaging data breach at Sage, police confirm arrest of staffer at Heathrow airport

8 years ago

Government Identity Assurance Head Latest To Step Down

Janet Hughes' departure from the Government Digital Service is part of a wider Whitehall digital shakeup

8 years ago

Britain’s BullGuard Acquires Israel-Based IoT Security Startup

BullGuard buys into Internet of Things security space with smart home device acquisition

8 years ago

EU ‘Seeks To Limit Digital Comms Encryption’

The EU wants to force WhatsApp, iMessage and other Internet-based tools to abide by tougher data-protection rules, leaked documents say

8 years ago

Hacker Group Releases ‘NSA Spy Tools’

The code appears to be that used by the NSA to carry out spy operations

8 years ago

Linux Bug ‘Lets Attackers Target Billions Of Android Devices’

About 80 percent of all Android gadgets are vulnerable, say experts

8 years ago

More Hotels Hit By Latest Payment Systems Breach

Hundreds of thousands of transactions may have been compromised in the latest hack

8 years ago

Sage Confirms Customer Data Breach

The company said personal data on employees at hundreds of UK customer businesses was accessed

8 years ago

Linux Networking Flaw Allows Attacker To Trick Safety Mechanism

A feature designed to make Linux-based networks harder to infiltrate has done the opposite. But can it really affect Tor?

8 years ago

Microsoft Extends Windows 7, 8.1 Support Deadlines

But Redmond insists enterprise customers are moving to Windows 10 faster than any version of Windows

8 years ago

Tor Network Makes ‘Do No Harm’ Pact With Users In Social Contract

Keeping it open source baby. Tor Social Contract promises no backdoors and complete honesty with its users

8 years ago

Linux Trojan Written In Go Mines For Cryptocurrencies

'Linux.Lday.1' exploits unprotected Redis servers and infects PC with cryptocurrency mining software

8 years ago

Instagram Hack Promotes Porn Spam And Adult Dating

Symantec warns of Instagram profile hack that uses compromised accounts to promote adult dating websites

8 years ago

Patch Tuesday: Desktop Focus As Microsoft Tackles Office And Edge Flaws

Patch Tuesday: Admin tasks return to usual following recent Black Hat security conference, with patches for Office and browser flaws

8 years ago

Ransomware Spammers Turn To Ads For Cash

This year's biggest Trojan malware has turned from spreading ransomware to spreading an ad-clicking backdoor

8 years ago

Spy Attacks ‘Went Unnoticed For Five Years’

'Project Sauron' has been stealing data from groups in 30 countries since at least 2011, experts say

8 years ago

Oracle Retail Systems Division Suffers Breach

The attack affected servers at Oracle's MICROS retail division and may also have allowed access to point-of-sale systems

8 years ago