Security

FBI Warns Of Destructive Cyber-Attacks Following Sony Pictures Breach

The FBI has issued a warning on a major cyber-attack that leaves hard drives unusable

10 years ago

BAE Systems Recruits Team of Young Cybercrime Fighters

Threat of cyber attacks drives BAE Systems' recruitment drive, with London alone facing 54,000 reports of cyber fraud every year

10 years ago

Kaspersky Lab Extends Real-time Data Protection To Hitachi NAS Platform Systems

Kaspersky Lab joins Hitachi Technology Alliance Program to anticipate tomorrow's security problems

10 years ago

GCHQ Former Boss Issues Smartphone Data Warning

Former boss of British spy agency says smartphone biometric security measures need more control and supervision

10 years ago

Cybercriminals Easily Dupe Online Shoppers On Black Friday And Cyber Monday

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are apparently now a 'thing' in the UK, and criminals are all over it like…

10 years ago

Syrian Electronic Army Returns With Newspaper Hack

The pro-Assad hacker group SEA strikes back with a hack against a number of Western media websites

10 years ago

How Enterprise Mobile Apps Can Improve The Bottom Line

Claire Galbois, director of cloud solutions at Accellion, a developer of enterprise software for mobile file sharing, describes three ways…

10 years ago

Hacker Pays To Avoid 440 Year Prison Sentence

No brainer of the day? A hacker in Texas pays $10,000 to avoid a possible 440-year prison sentence

10 years ago

Vodafone Blames ‘Human Error’ For Handing News UK Phone Records To Police

ICO investigates after Vodafone accidentally sends more than a thousand phone records to the Met who wanted details of just…

10 years ago

UN Resolution Warns of ‘Intrusive’ Digital Spying

Privacy concerns highlighted by UN Committee in wake of mass surveillance and data interception revelations

10 years ago

Attention, Santa! – This Year’s Most ‘Risky Christmas Gift List’ Revealed

Shoppers need to watch out for iPhones, Playstation 4s and Ugg Boots if they want to stay safe this Christmas,…

10 years ago

Sony Pictures Suffers Blackmail Hack

Sony Pictures network breached just days after Sony’s PlayStation Network was allegedly penetrated

10 years ago

The Scary Truth About Credit Cards The Banks Don’t Want You To Know

And 5 top tips on how to use bank cards safely when shopping online this Christmas

10 years ago

London’s Businesses “Facing Daily Data Loss Risks”, Says EMC

Storage provider offers some top tips to make sure your data stays safe

10 years ago

Home Office Set To Introduce New Data Surveillance Plan

Measures to be introduced this week will require ISPs to retain IP address data and make it available to police…

10 years ago

IBM Patents Design for Data Privacy Engine

IBM's newly patented data privacy engine safeguards cloud data shared across borders. This new invention improves upon manual privacy techniques

10 years ago

Egyptian Cyber Group Attacks ISIS

The 'Egyptian Cyber Army' has joined those attacking the Islamic State's online activities

10 years ago

E-Cigarette Malware Could Damage Your Computer’s Health

Chinese cybercriminals reportedly targeting 'Vapers' with malware spread through dodgy USB chargers

10 years ago

183 Million Accounts Compromised In Q3 2014

Large scale attacks against financial firms, retail companies, and consumers’ personal identities and online accounts are dominant trends

10 years ago

Sophisticated ‘State-sponsored’ Regin Spy Tool Discovered

The capabilities of Regin suggest it is one of the main cyber espionage tools used by a nation state

10 years ago

Number Of UK IT Security Jobs Doubles In Past Year

Technojobs survey shows demand is higher than ever before following recent high-profile attacks

10 years ago

IBM Offers Single-User Bluemix For Added Cloud Security

IBM's latest offerings are intended for customers who want to buy into the cloud while keeping a maximum of control…

10 years ago

PlayStation, Windows Live Gamers Hit By New Passwords Leak

Derptrolling attack reveals thousands of usernames and passwords

10 years ago

Thousands Of Facebook Users Fall For ‘Free Audi R8’ Scam

Hackers luring in unwary Facebook users with promise of free sports cars

10 years ago

White House Advisory Group: Governments Have Five Years To Secure IoT

Report identifies limited window of time for all governments to secure Internet of Things

10 years ago

Microsoft Releases Emergency Windows Server Security Fix

Microsoft says vulnerability has been exploited in the wild and can't wait for the next Patch Tuesday

10 years ago

Amnesty International Launches Anti-Spying Tool To Combat State Snooping

Want to know if a government has been spying on your computer? Amnesty offers a detection tool

10 years ago

Hackers ‘Spying On British Webcams And Baby Monitors’

ICO warns on Russian-based website showing live feeds from around the world, and urges consumers to set up password protection

10 years ago

WhatsApp Turns On End-To-End Encrypted Texts

Fully encrypted Whatsapp messages a potential terrorist tool or just protection from GCHQ/NSA spying efforts?

10 years ago

MIT Lands Major Cyber-Security Funding Injection

American academic centres land the largest ever private funding deal for cyber-security research

10 years ago