Security

White House Breach Blamed On Russian Hackers

The White House network breach was carried out by hackers “likely working” for the Russian government

10 years ago

Google Chrome Extension Sends ‘Millions’ Of Users’ Information To IP In US

Researchers discover secret habits of 'Webpage Screenshot' as Google Chrome extensions come under scrutiny

10 years ago

Expired Certificate Causes Global Gmail Glitch

Google neglected to renew a key certificate, causing error messages for the 'majority' of Gmail users over the weekend

10 years ago

Conservatives Promise Age Checks For Online Porn

Sites based either in the UK or abroad would be blocked if they don't impement such controls, according to the…

10 years ago

‘Dyre Wolf’ Bank Transfer Scam Nets Criminals $1bn To Date

Sophisticated bank transfer cyber scam uses 'advanced social engineering' to fleece US companies

10 years ago

China Outrage At Google Digital Certificate Rejection

Chinese administrator labels Google's rejection of its digital certificates as "unacceptable"

10 years ago

US Sanctions To Tackle Cyber Hacker Scourge

Hackers outside US will be financially punished after United States launches a cyber sanctions program

10 years ago

Lebanese Hackers Behind Volatile Cedar Spy Campaign

Hackers linked to Lebanese political group are behind a 'well managed' espionage campaign, warns researcher

10 years ago

5 DNS Attack Vectors You Need To Be Wary Of – And How To Defend Against Them

Chris Marrison, consulting solutions architect, Infoblox, explains how to protect your organisation against some of the most sneaky and damaging…

10 years ago

China ‘Carried Out GitHub DDoS Attack’

The Chinese government allegedly used its own official Internet filters to carry out a massive denial-of-service attack against GitHub, say…

10 years ago

Microsoft Azure Cloud Apps Get Key Deployment Service

Thales goes forth with Bring Your Own Key package for Azure cloud apps

10 years ago

Silk Road Agents Charged With Stealing Bitcoin

Two former US federal investigators involved in the Silk Road probe have been charged with stealing funds during the investigation

10 years ago

Europol Chief Criticises Online Encryption

Messaging and smartphone encryption have created a 'capability gap' for law enforcement and security organisations, according to Rob Wainwright

10 years ago

Australian Immigration Email Exposes G20 Leaders’ Personal Information

Australian government accidentally sends G20 leaders' information to Asian Cup organisers but decides not to tell anyone

10 years ago

Insecure Passwords Or Insecure People?

Richard Walters, GM & VP of Identity and Access Management at Intermedia, discusses the best way to manage passwords

10 years ago

British Airways Loyalty Accounts Hacked

The airline has confirmed that tens of thousands of user accounts were accessed by hackers using credentials from other websites

10 years ago

Sketchy Checkout: How PoS Malware Could Be Putting Your Card Data At Risk

Retailers beware, your PoS terminals could be opening you up to a world of malware, Trustwave tells TechWeekEurope

10 years ago

Australia Passes Mandatory Data Retention Laws

Communications metadata can now be accessed by Australian government without need of a search warrant

10 years ago

Huawei Poses ‘No Threat’ To UK Security, Says Advisory Board

Oversight board gives Huawei the all clear in report to the UK national security advisor

10 years ago

Router Hack Inserts Ads And Porn Into Websites

Fraud scheme uses router hack to intercept Google Analytics tags and replace them with smut and adverts

10 years ago

Threat-Sharing Cybersecurity Bill Gets Public Airing

Proposed law to allow American companies to share cybersecurity threats with government, without being sued

10 years ago

Top European Court Mulls Over Facebook Data Sharing Case

June will see the decision by the top European court on the data sharing agreement between the US and Europe

10 years ago

Record-Breaking: How Comic Relief Handles Your Donations

Meet the technology companies behind this year’s fundraising efforts

10 years ago

Avast: Here’s Why Smartphone Security Really Matters

Around 50 million Android users were hit by some form of security issue last year, firm tells TechWeekEurope

10 years ago

Amazon’s Twitch Hit By Password Hack

The site has reset passwords after a hack compromised an undisclosed number of users

10 years ago

Illegal Marketplace ‘Evolution’ Disappears With £8m In Bitcoins

Evolution, one of the largest 'dark web' sites of its kind, has gone offline in what appears to be a…

10 years ago

Google Warns Of Unauthorised Security Certificates In Latest Breach

False certificates were issued by a Cairo-based company in the latest incident affecting SSL

10 years ago

PoSeidon Malware Attacks Credit Card Transactions

PoS terminals in high-street stores are being put at risk, Cisco researchers find

10 years ago

Cisco IP Phones Vulnerable To Eavesdropping Attack

An unpatched firmware flaw means attackers can listen to users' conversations from anywhere in the world

10 years ago

Only Two Percent Of UK Big Businesses Have Insurance Against Cyber-Attacks

Government report says the UK should aim to be a global centre for cyber security insurance

10 years ago