Security

California Anti-Encryption Bill Targets Smartphones

Like a recent New York State bill, the law seeks to ban the sale of mobile devices that can't be…

9 years ago

Will Avast’s New Headquarters Help It Level Up In The Antivirus Game?

The most successful tech company in the Czech Republic aims to improve its service by bringing Silicon Valley to Prague

9 years ago

Irish Government Websites Taken Down By DDoS Attacks

DDoS attack knocks Irish government websites offline, soon after major cyberattack on Irish lottery

9 years ago

GCHQ Developed Encryption Software ‘Has Backdoor’

Do we believe them? GCHQ denies software it developed to encrypt VoIP calls has a backdoor

9 years ago

Symantec Partner Scares Web Users Into Buying Overpriced Software

Researchers find a member of Symantec's partner program was offering bogus tech support and overpriced software to web users

9 years ago

Dridex Trojan Evolves To Continue Banking System Spree

Dridex redeveloped by its gang, as it continues to loot bank accounts around the world, IBM researchers warn

9 years ago

Irish Lottery Hit By DDoS Attack

Customers left unable to buy tickets for two hours following attack from unknown criminals

9 years ago

EU Regulators Keen To Restrict US Data Transfers

Europe plays hardball with America as the two side rush to agree new data transfer deal, before deadline

9 years ago

Apple Issues First OS X, iOS Security Updates For 2016

Apple's Mac OS X 10.11.3 and iOS 9.2.1 debut with patches to help improve protection against potentially exploitable vulnerabilities

9 years ago

NHS Cyber Security ‘Far Weaker Than Thought’

Remote and mobile working practices putting the NHS at great risk, Sophos survey finds

9 years ago

Facebook For Android Adds Tor Option For Anonymity

Tired of been tracked? Android users can browse Facebook using the anonymity service Tor

9 years ago

Linux Trojan Takes Screenshots And Captures Audio

Linux.Ekoms.1 takes a screenshot every 30 seconds but audio capture function remains dormant for now

9 years ago

Data Breaches And Inside Jobs Head UK Firms’ Fraud Risk Fears

EY says British firms are looking to protect against fraud at all levels

9 years ago

Asda Website Flaw Exposes Shoppers For Almost Two Years

A vulnerability in Asda's website found by a security consultant in March 2014 was left unchecked, but Asda claims no…

9 years ago

Only Half Of Companies Are Confident In Their Cyber-Security

Cisco report finds worrying security shortcomings in many industry sectors

9 years ago

Government Urged To Adopt ‘Block Chain’ Technology

The government's scientific adviser has recommended an active approach to developing distributed ledgers for service delivery

9 years ago

It’s Official – We Are All Still Rubbish At Passwords

“123456” and “Password” hold on to top spots as most-popular passwords, SplashData survey finds

9 years ago

NSA Releases Surveillance Transparency Report

The NSA maintains its reformed telephone surveillance programme meets new legal standards

9 years ago

‘LostPass’ Phishing Scam Can Steal LastPass Credentials

Security researcher devises method of stealing LastPass login details using browser notifications and API

9 years ago

Researchers Aim To Prevent Smartphone Location Data Leaks

Researchers said their smartphone app aims to block location-sensitive data from being collected and misused by third parties

9 years ago

Phishing Scams Cost UK Consumers £174m In 2015

British consumers hit by 21 percent rise in phishing attacks over 2015, GetSafeOnline report finds

9 years ago

Casino Operator Sues IT Security Firm Over ‘Inadequate’ Breach Investigation

Affinity Gaming alleges Trustwave failed to detect the attack was ongoing during and after its investigation

9 years ago

Security Firm Finds Zero-Day Flaw By Turning Users Into Honeypots

Kaspersky turned details of a Silverlight flaw into detection rules. When an attacker exploited the vulnerability, it had enough information…

9 years ago

250 Hotels Impacted By 2015 Hyatt Data Breach

Hyatt reveals hotels in the UK affected by malware attack last year, which took place over several months

9 years ago

Gartner: Security And ‘Over Running’ Projects Could Threaten IoT Adoption

Gartner says IoT will be incorporated in half of all new business processes by 2020, but fears still persist

9 years ago

Anonymous DDoS Attack Targets Nissan

Nissan suspends main websites after Anonymous targets Japanese carmaker over hunting of whales and dolphins

9 years ago

Mozilla Discontinues Persona Password Security Service

Two years after giving it up to be a community project, Mozilla is now shutting its Persona Web authentication operations…

9 years ago

Clean Clothes A Data Loss Risk As 22,000 USB Sticks Lost At Dry Cleaners In 2015

More than 22,000 USB sticks and mobile phones forgotten as security precautions get taken to the cleaners

9 years ago

Trend Micro Patches Password-Leaking Software Flaw

Google security researcher reveals vulnerability in Trend Micro security software

9 years ago

Companies Prepared To Pay Up £690,000 Ransom To Avoid Cyberattack

Are you nuts? Nearly a quarter of companies willing to pay ransom to prevent cyber attack, new survey reveals

9 years ago