Security

Hacker To Live-Stream Hack Of Zuckerberg’s Facebook Page

Big boast. Tune in on Sunday to see if hacker can deliver on promise to hack Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page

6 years ago

Cisco Fixes Critical Flaw In Surveillance Appliances

The company discovered an undocumented, hard-coded root account in its surveillance management software that could be exploited by hackers to…

6 years ago

Qualcomm Accuses Apple Of Stealing Secret Tech

Apple allegedly shared Qualcomm technology with Intel in order to boost its rival chips so that it could ultimately drop…

6 years ago

Regulators Consider Record-Breaking £30m Fine For Tesco Bank Hack

The 2016 incident, the first mass breach of accounts at a western bank, forced Tesco's financial arm to temporarily shut…

6 years ago

Government Planning New Offensive Cyber-War Unit

The proposal would expand the UK's existing offensive cyber capabilities fourfold, with funding in the hundreds of millions of pounds

6 years ago

Information Commissioner Issues UK’s First Formal GDPR Notice

Data protection stakes are higher than ever as regulator fines Equifax £500,000 and issues a GDPR notice to firm that…

6 years ago

Government Considers Creating A Regulator For The Internet

The government has said it is 'considering all options' for internet governance, including a new regulatory body along the lines…

6 years ago

IBM Introduces Open Source Tool For Monitoring AI Bias

Cloud-based Fairness 360 toolkit is the latest effort at dealing with transparency and liability issues in corporate AI models

6 years ago

Judge Reluctantly Approves Georgia Voting Machines, Despite Hack Concern

X marks the vote. Not enough time to resort to secure paper-based voting system, laments US judge

6 years ago

US State Department Suffers Email System Breach

Slow roll-out of two factor authentication blamed after State Department admits email data breach

6 years ago

Bristol Airport Admits Cyber Attack Impacted Flight Display Screens

Ransomware attack took down flight display screens for two days, Bristol Airport admits

6 years ago

University Cyber Attacks Down To Students, Staff

Inside job? Cyber criminals not responsible for hacks of universities and colleges, study suggests

6 years ago

Researchers Pin BA Hack On Notorious ‘Skimming’ Gang

The Magecart group modified site scripts to steal details directly from BA's site and app, even using a legitimate-looking security…

6 years ago

Popular Mac App Store Utilities Caught Siphoning User Data

Top-ranking utilities on the App Store were found to be collecting and transmitting browsing histories and application information

6 years ago

US Military To Spend £1.54bn On AI Research

The move follows Google's decision to step back from controversial drone AI research scheme Project Maven

6 years ago

Europe’s Top Court Considers ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Cases

Google is contesting efforts to extend the right to be forgotten to non-European search domains, as well as tougher measures…

6 years ago

US Charges Extradited Russian Over Massive Hacking Scheme

Georgian Andrei Tyurin was allegedly part of the hacking ring that breached JPMorgan Chase and other US financial firms, making…

6 years ago

Twitter, Facebook Face US Congress Over Misinformation

The US Senate quizzes Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg as midterm elections loom

6 years ago

US Charges North Korean Hacker For WannaCry, Sony Attacks

The individual allegedly worked with a China-based group to carry out a string of attacks and bank heists, stealing £62m…

6 years ago

British Airways Hack ‘Compromises’ Customers’ Financial Details

The incident involved the theft of payment card details over a period of two weeks at the height of the…

6 years ago

European Commission Set To Force Removal Of Militant Content Within One Hour

The Commission is to propose the regulation later this month, after finding companies such as Twitter, Google and Facebook were…

6 years ago

Fraud Experts Warn Over Compromise Of Passport Data In Air Canada Breach

Hackers may have accessed detailed passport information on thousands of Air Canada customers after its app was compromised late last…

6 years ago

Document Scanning Firm Exposes More Than 140 Gigabytes Of Corporate Documents

Scanning and optical character recognition firm Abbyy left an Amazon-hosted server open for anyone to access

6 years ago

Hackers ‘Wiped All Traces’ After £10m Bank Heist

The sophisticated attack on India's second-largest bank was probably carried out by a state-backed hacking group, say analysts

6 years ago

UK Data Complaints Double Under GDPR

New figures show the Information Commissioner's Office swamped with reports from individuals and companies alike

6 years ago

Weeks After US Ban Lifted, ZTE Production ‘Back To Normal’

ZTE is set to accelerate its investment in critical parts such as chips after the US supply embargo nearly put…

6 years ago

VMworld: AMD Introduces Radeon Pro V340 For High-Density Data Centres

The graphics board includes two Vega graphics chips along with enough memory to carry out heavy-duty remote workloads for up…

6 years ago

UK Set To Announce Funding For Independent Satellite System

The government has reportedly cleared the way for work to begin on a navigation system to rival the EU's Galileo

6 years ago

Google Called ‘Irresponsible’ For Quick Disclosure Of Fortnite Flaw

Epic Games has accused Google of trying to score 'cheap PR points' with its disclosure of the bug before a…

6 years ago

Huawei, ZTE Banned From Providing 5G Gear In Australia

The ban arrives amidst tighter restrictions on the Chinese telecoms equipment giants in Australia and elsewhere

6 years ago