Security

Researcher Discovers ‘Multiple’ Exploitable Vulnerabilities In 7-Zip

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

9 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

9 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

9 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

9 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

9 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…

9 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…

9 years ago

Mobile Security Update Probe Launched By US Authorities

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

9 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

9 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

9 years ago

Skype Spam Installs Trojan Horse

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

9 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

9 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

9 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

9 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

9 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

9 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

9 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

9 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

9 years ago

Qualcomm Software Flaw Puts Android Devices At Risk

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

9 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…

9 years ago

GoDaddy Sites Hijacked By Malvertising Attack

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

9 years ago

Going Global: How Symantec’s Endpoint Security Keeps Williams F1 On Track

Williams F1 Graeme Hackland tells TechWeekEurope how the team's partnership with Symantec is helping keep its valuable data secured around…

9 years ago

RSA: The World Is Not Ready For IoT

Security specialists at RSA have warned that too many companies have implemented IoT "security through obscurity"

9 years ago

Millions Of Stolen Microsoft, Google And Yahoo Accounts Found Online

Hold Security finds hacker trying to offload stash of 272.3 million stolen email account credentials

9 years ago

OpenSSL Patched After Being Hit By Two ‘Severe’ Flaws

The bugs could help attackers steal login data or take control of servers

9 years ago

Government Misses Gov.uk Verify Go-Live Deadline

The scheme has taken longer than expected to get up to speed as 'no-one's built anything like Gov.uk Verify before'

9 years ago

Google Encrypts All Blogspot Domains With HTTPS

Google switches on Blogspot HTTPS by default, allowing admins and users an opportunity to encrypt their traffic

9 years ago

Agreement Gives Google DeepMind Access To Sensitive NHS Data

Google's DeepMind machine-learning business has been granted access to detailed live and historical data from the Royal Free NHS Trust

9 years ago

US Woman Is Forced To Unlock iPhone With Fingerprint

The Los Angeles case highlights the relative lack of legal protection for mobile devices secured with biometric systems

9 years ago