Security

Google Changes Up Play Store App Rating System

Android developers will not longer be able to self certify the age rating of their apps as part of an…

9 years ago

NSA Tests Smartphone Handwriting ID Tech

Fact or fiction? Can your smartphone identify you just by the way you type on the keyboard?

9 years ago

UK Government Ends Extended Support For Windows XP

Government opts not to renew extended support agreement for Windows XP, as migration continues

9 years ago

Three Security Problems The IoT Will Create — And How To Solve Them

Arxan Technology director Jonathan Carter explains how you can protect against IoT threats

9 years ago

Top 5 Tips For Keeping Hackers At Bay

Wherever you are, be safer from hackers with these top tips from Sophos

9 years ago

Fake Minecraft Scam Apps Downloaded Up To 2.8m Times

Researchers find more than 30 'Minecraft cheat' apps that attempt to trick users into subscribing to premium rate SMS services

9 years ago

Android Smartphone Factory Resets Leave Data Exposed

A new Cambridge study has found that user data is routinely retrievable from second-hand Android devices that have been wiped…

9 years ago

Adult FriendFinder User Details Hacked

Adult FriendFinder has called in police after being informed of the leak of millions of users' personal details, including those…

9 years ago

Criminals Target Windows Live ID Accounts

New scam uses Windows Live ID as bait to catch personal information stored in user profiles on services like Xbox…

9 years ago

Consumer Trust Meltdown With Businesses Over Personal Data

Porkie pie time...study finds consumers deliberately provide wrong information when businesses ask for personal details

9 years ago

Sophos – IT Skills Gap Is ‘Leaving The Door Open’ For Criminals

Sophos’ John Shaw tells TechWeekEurope why government agencies need to sharpen up their defences

9 years ago

LogJam Vulnerability Exposes Encryption Fears

Not again! Another legacy encryption flaw could explain how the NSA and co cracked encrypted communications

9 years ago

IBM Boosts Cyber Defence With Threat-Sharing Initiative

It's good to talk - IBM initiative aims to help companies share their cyber security experiences

9 years ago

Mspy Admits Blackmail Attack, Denies Data Breach

Child monitoring firm denies massive data leak but admits that it was approached by blackmailers

10 years ago

DDoS Attacks Double In A Year As Akamai Warns Of Future IPv6 Threat

Akamai says attackers are changing tactics with DDoS now lasting longer but using less bandwidth

10 years ago

NetUSB Flaw Exposes Millions Of Routers

Newly uncovered legacy vulnerability could put millions of routers at risk

10 years ago

Managing The Threat Of Privileged Account Misuse

Employee training and accountability are two of the most important tools in decreasing internal risk, says Zoltán Györkő, CEO at…

10 years ago

Telstra, Pacnet Hack Like ‘Crashing New Car’

Telstra executives were only told about Pacnet security breach after their purchase of the firm was complete

10 years ago

Financial Firms ‘Take Up To Three Months’ To Detect Cybersecurity Threats

Retailers fare even worse, taking up to six months to identify threats, Arbor Networks survey finds

10 years ago

Security System Cons Hackers By Dishing Out Fake Passwords

The ErsatzPasswords system lets you know when an attempted hack takes place - and tells you what the attacker was…

10 years ago

Look Out – Cybercriminals Are Getting Smarter, Says Trend Micro

Hackers launching a increasing mix of old and new style attacks, Trend Micro survey finds

10 years ago

One In Ten Brits Watch Porn At Work

Blue Coat study finds employees taking cyber security risks that put their company in danger

10 years ago

ICO Fines South Wales Police Over Sex Abuse Evidence Loss

DVDs containing an interview with a victim went missing from a desk, and the loss was unreported for two years

10 years ago

FBI: Hacker ‘Changed Course Of Plane In Flight’

A researcher allegedly told the FBI he briefly took control of a passenger plane in mid-flight

10 years ago

What Can We Learn From Our Cyber Security Mistakes?

Carl Leonard, principal security analyst at Websense, explains how cyber attacks in the past year have affected businesses

10 years ago

Hackers Target Oil Tankers With ‘Catastrophic Phantom Menace’

PandaLabs exposes devastating cyber-attacks in the maritime oil sector

10 years ago

Naikon Hackers Take Aim At Asia-Pacific Nations, Warns Kaspersky

New hacker collective is snooping on government, civil and military targets in a number of Asian countries

10 years ago

United Airlines Offers Airmiles For Bug Bounty Hackers

Hack our website, but please not our aeroplanes – the invite from United Airlines to friendly hackers

10 years ago

Two Arrested Over Naked Selfies App

Two men behind an app that trawls through private photo albums looking for naked selfies face prison sentences

10 years ago

Venom Virtualisation Vulnerability Could Impact Cloud, Data Centre Security

11-year-old Venom could impact thousands of organisations and 'millions' of users - but will it be as bad as Heartbleed?

10 years ago