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When Cybersecurity And Geopolitics CollideWhen Cybersecurity And Geopolitics Collide

When Cybersecurity And Geopolitics Collide

High-Tech Bridge's CEO, Ilia Kolochenko wrote, examines the relationship between growing security spending and the increase in hacking attacks globally

10 years ago
Banks, Media Firms Targeted By Cyber Extortionists DD4BCBanks, Media Firms Targeted By Cyber Extortionists DD4BC

Banks, Media Firms Targeted By Cyber Extortionists DD4BC

DD4BC gang threatens businesses with DDoS attack unless they cough up £8,000 worth of Bitcoins

10 years ago
Lloyds Customer Data Stolen From Insurance Firm RSALloyds Customer Data Stolen From Insurance Firm RSA

Lloyds Customer Data Stolen From Insurance Firm RSA

Lloyds admits theft after customer data left on a storage device was taken

10 years ago
Cisco Warns Of Appliance VulnerabilitiesCisco Warns Of Appliance Vulnerabilities

Cisco Warns Of Appliance Vulnerabilities

Cisco warns customers of potential denial of service and DNS vulnerabilities in its kit

10 years ago
Most Data Breaches Are Result Of Identity TheftMost Data Breaches Are Result Of Identity Theft

Most Data Breaches Are Result Of Identity Theft

Identity theft takes top spot in breach study, accounting for 53 percent of data breaches

10 years ago
Russian Hackers Piggyback Satellites To Steal DataRussian Hackers Piggyback Satellites To Steal Data

Russian Hackers Piggyback Satellites To Steal Data

Kaspersky may have discovered Russian government spies using satellites

10 years ago
Higher Costs Dampen Palo Alto Networks’ Bumper RevenueHigher Costs Dampen Palo Alto Networks’ Bumper Revenue

Higher Costs Dampen Palo Alto Networks’ Bumper Revenue

Palo Alto Networks eyes rise to the top with 2015 billings growing 58 percent year-over-year

10 years ago
Business Cyber Insurance To Rise In Face Of Evolving ThreatsBusiness Cyber Insurance To Rise In Face Of Evolving Threats

Business Cyber Insurance To Rise In Face Of Evolving Threats

Business take-up of cyber insurance set to rise dramatically as next generation threats present fresh challenges

10 years ago
The UK ‘Is Still Holding Back’ On Mobile PaymentsThe UK ‘Is Still Holding Back’ On Mobile Payments

The UK ‘Is Still Holding Back’ On Mobile Payments

Lack of knowledge is a big factor, but banks could be the key to getting consumers on board, VocaLink study…

10 years ago
Businesses Warned Against Virtual Drive Ransomware AttacksBusinesses Warned Against Virtual Drive Ransomware Attacks

Businesses Warned Against Virtual Drive Ransomware Attacks

Engineers report significant spike in enquiries about data recovery following ransomware attacks on virtual drives

10 years ago
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes Edge Browser, AgainMicrosoft Patch Tuesday Fixes Edge Browser, Again

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes Edge Browser, Again

Vulnerabilities patched for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, as well as the new Edge browser

10 years ago
Microsoft Continues To Resist Drug Email HandoverMicrosoft Continues To Resist Drug Email Handover

Microsoft Continues To Resist Drug Email Handover

Redmond's Cloud data sovereignty fight with the US government continues, as the two sides return to court

10 years ago
MasterCard Is Taking Contactless Payments To The Next LevelMasterCard Is Taking Contactless Payments To The Next Level

MasterCard Is Taking Contactless Payments To The Next Level

Payment provider announces plans to streamline tokenisation and to allow 'high-value' contactless payments across all European terminals by 2017

10 years ago
Microsoft Acquires Adallom To Boost Cloud Data SecurityMicrosoft Acquires Adallom To Boost Cloud Data Security

Microsoft Acquires Adallom To Boost Cloud Data Security

The rumblings were true. Microsoft snaps up the security startup to safeguard enterprise data on third-party clouds

10 years ago
WhatsApp Web Flaw Leaves 200m Users At RiskWhatsApp Web Flaw Leaves 200m Users At Risk

WhatsApp Web Flaw Leaves 200m Users At Risk

Security vulnerability means malware can be installed on WhatsApp Web user PCs, Check Point warns

10 years ago

Self-Driving Cars ‘Can Be Hacked Using A Homemade Laser Pointer’

Fooling laser sensors can lead to cars swerving to avoid imaginary obstacles, researchers warn

10 years ago

Seagate Hard Drives Shipped With Security Flaw

Wireless hard drives from Seagate vulnerable to attack due to default password vulnerability, researchers discover

10 years ago

IT Life: Safe And Sound

RiskIQ's Ben Harknett talks security, Elon Musk, tennis and more in our look at his IT Life

10 years ago

Mozilla Blames Bugzilla Hack For Firefox Attack

Bug reporting system compromised by hackers and used to attack on Firefox users, Mozilla admits

10 years ago

Android Porn App Secretly Photos Users Before Demanding Ransom

Adult Player app was really part of ransomware scam, Zscaler warns

10 years ago

Fiat Chrysler Recalls Hacked Cars Amid Response Criticism

Car firm posts USB stick with patch for wireless hack flaw and recalls another 8,000 cars

10 years ago

Toshiba Loses £209m After Accounting Scandal

Fallout from accounting scandal continues to rock Japanese firm after it posts annual loss of £209m

10 years ago

‘Major’ Flaws Found In Kaspersky, FireEye Security Products

Renegade researchers uncover significant vulnerabilities in offerings from leading security vendors

10 years ago

US Tightens Mobile Phone Tracking Rules

End of the free-for-all? Search warrant now required for devices that track mobile phone locations

10 years ago

Greater Manchester Police Website Suffers DoS Attack

Police website knocked offline for several hours following denial-of-service attack

10 years ago

Check Point Takes Aim At Zero-Days With SandBlast

Check Point's new technology makes use of sandboxing and emulation to help mitigate security risks. It is available both on-premises…

10 years ago

Match.Com Users Hit By Malvertising Attack

Around five million Match.com users could be at risk of malware infection, dating site warns

10 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Data Breaches Of 2015

How much do you know about this year's big data breaches? Take our quiz to find out...

10 years ago

Industry Experts Meet To Tackle Online Child Abuse

Companies meeting in London to discuss ways to tackle online child sexual exploitation

10 years ago

IT Life: Always Alert

Lookout's Gert-Jan Schenk tells us why he loves Tesla, his electric toothbrush, and how cybercriminals help keep him on his…

10 years ago