Security

MWC 2014 Video: Avast Detects Over 1800 New Strains Of Mobile Malware Daily

Daniel Cheng from Avast says people underestimate the dangers they are facing online

11 years ago

US Government Accuses Operator Sprint Of Overcharging For Surveillance

US telco Sprint overcharged the US government £13m for facilitating spying operations such as wiretaps, according to a US Justice…

11 years ago

NHS Under Fire Over Third-Party Handling Of Patient Data

NHS data sharing initiatives cause upset again after two third parties take down files that indicate they shared public data…

11 years ago

Microsoft Offers Free Data Transfer Tools Ahead Of Windows XP Deadline

Microsoft offers tools, notifications and even a website to tell you if you're running Windows XP

11 years ago

Network Of 300k Hacked Routers Uncovered

Epic attack allows hackers to send victims to any IP address they choose

11 years ago

Cisco To Pay £190,000 In Prizes To IoT Security Contest Winners

Cisco is looking to bolster interest in Internet of Things security technologies with a contest announced at the RSA conference

11 years ago

Mt Gox Finally Admits It Lost $500,000,000 In Bitcoin

The exchange has launched a dedicated call centre to handle furious investors after admitting that it lost 750,000 bitcoins belonging…

11 years ago

Russians Suspected In ‘Uroburos’ Digital Espionage Attacks

Russian intelligence linked to super-sophisticated rootkit targeting high-profile organisations and nation states

11 years ago

RSA 2014: US Government Warns Smart Device Makers Over Security

Device manufacturers face US government action if they do not improve on basic security efforts, according to the FTC

11 years ago

Apple May Be Ending Snow Leopard Updates

Apple's five-year-old Snow Leopard operating system has been left out of recent security updates, which may mean support for the…

11 years ago

Thousands Of RBS, Natwest, Barclays Customers Hit By Mobile Banking App Outage

Customers left unable to access mobile accounts due to outage caused by major traffic surge

11 years ago

GCHQ Could Have Been Watching Your Webcam Feed

Snowden documents suggest GCHQ was collecting millions of images of law-abiding citizens obtained directly from their webcams during online chats…

11 years ago

RSA’s Call to End Digital Wars Is Either Cynical Or Naive

RSA has turned digital peacenik, but Tom Brewster thinks its call to end the digital arms race is ajust a…

11 years ago

Openness Of Android Is What Makes It Safe – Google

Android chief Sundar Pichai looks to reassure users on the security of Google's mobile software

11 years ago

RSA 2014: RSA Conference App Leaks Data On Thousands Of Users

Irony alert for RSA as its conference app found to leak data on users and is open to potential man-in-the-middle…

11 years ago

iOS Vulnerability Leaves iPhones Open To ‘Invisible Malicious Profiles’

Apple has not yet patched a flaw that allows for the installation of invisible malicious configuration files, which could be…

11 years ago

MWC 2014 Video: Why Did CA Technologies Buy Layer 7?

Dmitri Sirota from CA thinks good API security results in happier developers

11 years ago

Boeing Announces “Self-Destructing” Phone

Aircraft engineering experts target security-conscious governments and organisations with Boeing Black smartphone

11 years ago

MWC 2014: Kaspersky Launches Phishing-Resistant Browser For Windows Phone

Kaspersky Safe Browser monitors the database of all known phishing websites in real-time

11 years ago

Microsoft Rolls Out Office 2013 Service Pack 1

Redmond delivers bug fixes and enhancements for Microsoft Office 2013 and promises greater stability

11 years ago

MWC 2014: BlackBerry Launches BES 12 And BBM For Enterprises

BES 12 adds Windows Phone support while BBM Protect offers secure instant messaging for enterprises

11 years ago

Kaspersky Labs To Fight Online Fraud With New Product Suite

Kaspersky Fraud Prevention platform includes server-side tools, mobile clients and an SDK

11 years ago

RSA 2014: Bitcoin Wallet Stealers Plentiful And Pesky

At least 80 new families of Bitcoin stealers emerge in the last year

11 years ago

RSA 2014: Dark Web Spammer Acquires 360m Credentials

Epic trove of emails and passwords for various email services found on dark web store

11 years ago

Apple Issues Fix For Mac OS X Vulnerability

Update will finally patchSSL security vulnerability also found in iOS devices last week

11 years ago

MWC 2014: Samsung Knox 2.0 Adds Two-Factor Authentication, Marketplace And Dual Billing

Samsung Knox receives major update as Korean manufacturer continues enterprise push

11 years ago

MWC 2014: Privacy-Focused Blackphone Enters The Market

Geeksphone and Silent Circle unveil privacy-focused Blackphone in Barcelona, fulfilling Phil Zimmerman's dream of secure phone calls

11 years ago

Poll: What’s The NSA Scandal Done To Your Attitudes?

Now surveillance by governments has been exposed, has the NSA scandal affected your trust for leading Internet brands?

11 years ago

RSA 2014: Bruce Schneier – Privacy Has Not Been Lost To The NSA

Don't feel futile, the Internet can be saved, according to cryptography luminary

11 years ago