Security

Beware – Duqu Has Returned, Kaspersky Reveals

‘Highly sophisticated’ Duqu 2.0 threat infects nuclear discussions and even attacked Kaspersky’s own systems, firm admits

9 years ago

Patch Tuesday Update Sees Critical Repair To IE

Surprisingly light Patch Tuesday update brings critical fixes for Microsoft's outgoing web browser

9 years ago

US Tech Firms Warn Obama To Back Off Encryption

Open letter to President Obama highlights tech opposition to efforts to weaken encryption systems

9 years ago

Ransomware, Phishing And Spam Attacks Hit New Highs In Q1 2015

Six trillion spam messages sent worldwide in the first three months of 2015, McAfee Labs report finds

9 years ago

US Army Disables Site Following Hack

Pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for the hack and defacement of the Army's portal

9 years ago

Dropbox For Business Updates Boost File Security, Management

Dropbox debuts a new API and an Active Directory connector, both aimed at helping enterprises better secure and manage their…

9 years ago

How Securing Blood & Organ Donor Data Became A Minor Operation

Check Point Endpoint Security helps protect 1,400 NHS Blood and Transplant computers

9 years ago

What Can We Learn From The Largest US Government Data Theft?

China has been blamed for a hack in which huge amounts of US Government officials' data was stolen. China has…

9 years ago

Cybercriminals Could Use iOS Vulnerability To Hack Apple Pay

Apple Pay could be hijacked by criminals using fake login page, Wandera warns

9 years ago

China Denies Hack Of US Government Personnel Records

China denies it was behind massive breach of US government data and employee records

9 years ago

Pole Position: How Kaspersky Helps Ferrari Stay Secure From Factory To Racetrack

Security firm helps build ‘the most secure house in the world’ to keep Ferrari safe

9 years ago

Troldesh Ransomware Hacker Agrees To Halve Fee After Negotiations

Can you bargain with a Russian hacker over the ransom fee to unlock your computer? Yes says one researcher

9 years ago

Knowledge Is Power To The Hacker

SecurEnvoy's Steve Watts tells us how hackers are gaining more and more power through unsecured knowledge access points

9 years ago

Symantec Releases Cloud Security Offering Following Revenue Decline

Cloud security tool 'Data Loss Prevention 14' will feature Box cloud storage integration and Office 365 compatibility

9 years ago

Dyre Banking Malware Surges In Europe

The malware is part of a wider campaign targeting the spread of online banking, according to researchers

9 years ago

BAE Systems Offers Up Cloud Security Suite

BAE Systems Applied Intelligence announces cloud-based cyber security tools for commercial organisations

9 years ago

Security Experts Urge Users To Uninstall ‘Unfixable’ Hola VPN

The Hola VPN service exposes users to security, privacy and legal issues, security researchers have claimed

9 years ago

FoI Requests Show Businesses Are Vastly Under-Reporting Stolen Devices To The ICO

Freedom of Information (FoI) requests submitted to ICO and UK police show just 1 in 10 stolen devices with personal…

9 years ago

Google Gives Users More Control With Privacy And Security Hub

Google admits users feel they don't have enough control over how their information is used to power its services

9 years ago

40 Percent Of Companies Risking Cyber Security Catastrophe

Too many European firms are nowhere near ready for a data breach, with no incident response plans in place

9 years ago

Hackers Strike Japan Pension Service

Attackers access the personal details of more than one million individuals

9 years ago

NSA Hit As Broadest Patriot Act Surveillance Powers Expire

The US Senate failed to reach a compromise in time to save key Patriot Act surveillance powers

9 years ago

Silk Road’s Ulbricht Gets Life Sentence

The judge argued Silk Road was run as a profitable criminal enterprise that expanded the market for dangerous drugs

9 years ago

Protecting People Is Key To Protecting Data In The Public Sector

Iron Mountain's Phil Greenwood explains how protecting people is vital to protecting vulnerable data within the public sector

9 years ago

North Korean Hackers Can Kill, Claims Defector

North Korea spends up to 20 percent of its military budget honing its cyber-attack capabilities

9 years ago

Queen’s Speech Confirms Return Of Snoopers’ Charter

Government confirms sweeping new powers for the security services in fresh blow to privacy campaigners

9 years ago

The Digital Art Of Secure Access

How UserLock enables the School of Engineering & Digital Arts, University of Kent, to provide secure 24-hour access to computer…

9 years ago

15,000 Spam Emails Hit Android Devices With FBI Porn Warning

Ukranian ransomware demands up to $1,500 to unlock victims' devices

9 years ago

Government Online Porn Policy Faces European Hurdle

British measures to block porn on computers and mobile devices by default faces European challenge

9 years ago

iOS Bug Crashes Your iPhone With One Text

iPhones will restart following SMS containing Arabic text, user reports say

9 years ago