Security

Apple Wants ‘Appearance Of Security’ After iOS Anti-Hack App Is Removed

Stefan Esser, who developed the app, has accused Apple of covering up possible security weaknesses by withdrawing his application

8 years ago

Rio 2016: Criminals Go For Gold With Olympic Ticket Scams

Kaspersky Lab report warns against Olympic tickets that seem too good to be true

8 years ago

How Fuzzing Can Make A Large Open Source Project More Secure

Emily Ratliff of the Linux Foundation explains the considerations to take when planning to fuzz your open source project

8 years ago

Jigsaw Ransomware Adds Pornographic Twist

The Jigsaw malware deletes files for every hour that passes until a ransom is paid

8 years ago

Google To Disable Flash In Chrome This Autumn

The search giant is looking to phase out Adobe's Flash in favour of HTML5 amid battery and security fears

8 years ago

Spam Emails Getting Nastier, Kaspersky Lab Warns

Spam levels are falling, but Kaspersky Lab says that malicious emails are increasingly becoming malicious and criminalised

8 years ago

Facebook Open-Sources Its Capture The Flag Competition Platform

Security gamification technology has already been used for hundreds of contests, helping to improve the state of security education

8 years ago

SWIFT Warns Of Malware Attack On Second Bank

SWIFT continues to deny compromise of its systems, but warns of fresh attack on an unnamed bank

8 years ago

Researcher Discovers ‘Multiple’ Exploitable Vulnerabilities In 7-Zip

Update now. Flaw in popular open source compression tool uncovered by Cisco researcher

8 years ago

US Government Warns Hackers Have Exploited SAP Flaw For Six Years

The importance of applying patches in a timely manner highlighted after warning of a SAP flaw fixed in 2010

8 years ago

Pornhub Launches Bug Bounty Programme For Security Researchers

PornHub offers up to £17,300 to anyone who discovers security flaws on the site

8 years ago

How Linux Kernel Development Impacts Security

At CoreOS Fest, Greg Kroah-Hartman, maintainer of the Linux kernel, declares that almost all bugs can be security issues

8 years ago

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Update Tackles Exploited Flash And IE Flaws

“Critical” patches for zero-day vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Adobe Flash, and Windows

8 years ago

Business Apps Remain Corporate Security ‘Blindspot’

Popular business apps used across many enterprises are leaky and present security risks, warns Wandera, but it won't say which…

8 years ago

VirusTotal Policy Change Sparks Battle Between Security’s ‘Old Guard’ And New Generation

Google-owned VirusTotal says everyone needs to contribute to security threat information sharing, blocks access to latest threat information to companies…

8 years ago

Mobile Security Update Probe Launched By US Authorities

Patchy mobile patching process? FCC and FTC begin smartphone security update investigation

8 years ago

Parenting Retailer Kiddicare Hit By Data Breach

794,000 customers contacted to warn about their details potentially being leaked in Kiddicare data breach

8 years ago

ICO Fines London NHS Trust For Exposing Patient Details

The regulator fined a sexual health clinic £180,000 after it exposed the naes and email addresses of HIV patients

8 years ago

Skype Spam Installs Trojan Horse

The ongoing malware campaign uses a simple social-engineering trick to draw target systems into a botnet

8 years ago

Government Warns Two-Thirds Of UK Firms Hit By Cyber Attacks

The government urges companies to take basic computer security precautions as incidents soar

8 years ago

Pirate Bay Is Blocked By Chrome, Firefox And Safari As ‘Phishing Risk’

Chrome, Safari and Firefox all now classify Pirate Bay as a ‘phishing site’ that could unleash malware onto users

8 years ago

Online Scams Leave One In Ten Out Of Pocket

Nearly half of consumers targeted by online scams in 2015, with one in ten losing money, Kaspersky report finds

8 years ago

Apple Boss Tim Cook Set To Visit China

Apple CEO set to meet Chinese government officials amid concern over the company's Far East prospects, report claims

8 years ago

Linux Foundation Advances Security Efforts Via Badging Program

The Linux Foundation Core Infrastructure Initiative's badging program matures, as the first projects to achieve security badges are announced

8 years ago

Ransomware Promises Donation To Children’s Charity

How low can they go? New ransomware scam promises kid charity donation AND tech support for three years

8 years ago

Facebook Blocked From Taking Biometric Data From Users

California court rules that social media giant should not have access to personal details garnered from photographs

8 years ago

Microsoft: Brazil Suffers Most Malware Infections In The World

Microsoft reports increase in the number of vulnerabilities affecting Windows systems around the world

8 years ago

Qualcomm Software Flaw Puts Android Devices At Risk

Chipmaker works with FireEye and Mandiant to identify code vulnerability in Android software

8 years ago

Security Experts Cast Doubt On Severity Of ‘Massive’ Email Breach

Cache of Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo email credentials obtained by Hold Security needs to be verified, claims Have I been…

8 years ago

GoDaddy Sites Hijacked By Malvertising Attack

Websites of two US television stations hacked to display malware-ridden ads, Malwarebytes reports

8 years ago