Security

Skype Gets End-To-End Encryption With Signal Protocol

The latest preview version of Skype introduces Private Conversations, using the same secure protocol used by WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and…

7 years ago

Questions Arise About Effectiveness of Meltdown, Spectre Fixes, Advice

ANALYSIS: Confusing array of CPU and OS patches raise the question of whether side effects caused worse thanthreats posed by…

7 years ago

Apple MacOS Has ‘Another’ Password Flaw

Questions for Apple's quality control after yet another password vulnerability found in Mac OS

7 years ago

How To Fix Windows Registry Issues That Halt Microsoft Security Updates

ANALYSIS: Microsoft is halting all security updates on Windows systems with badly-behaved antivirus products. But you can fix this problem

7 years ago

Nvidia Updates Software But Denies Impact From Meltdown & Spectre

CEO claims that Nvidia GPUs are immune to the flaws currently blighting CPUs from Intel, ARM and AMD

7 years ago

Facebook Dismisses Claim WhatsApp Chat Groups Can Be Infiltrated

Facebook denies claim by German researchers that there is any secret way into WhatsApp groups chats

7 years ago

ICO Dishes £400,000 Fine To Carphone Warehouse For 2015 Data Breach

ICO investigation finds multiple failings that led to 2015 breach which saw 3m customers and employees data exposed

7 years ago

Patch Tuesday: Meltdown, Spectre Fixes Could Impact AV Systems

January's Patch Tuesday carries warnings for Meltdown & Spectre

7 years ago

Microsoft Warns Meltdown & Spectre Chip Fixes Will Slow PCs

'Significant' impact on some PCs and servers if the fixes to Meltdown, Spectre are applied, warns Redmond

7 years ago

CES 2018: Intel CEO Promises Meltdown & Spectre Fixes Within A Week

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich tells CES that he is grateful for industry cooperation and will release fixes soon as Apple…

7 years ago

How To Protect Your Computers From Spectre, Meltdown Vulnerabilities

ANALYSIS: For some users protecting your systems against Spectre and Meltdown will be straightforward, but for others more complicated

7 years ago

Meltdown & Spectre: Intel Faces Class-Action Lawsuits

Intel faces legal action over industry-wide chip vulnerabilities

7 years ago

Stealth Malware Targets Pyeongchang Olympics Organisations

Organisations in South Korea involved in organising this winter's Pyeongchang Olympics are being hit by a disguised malware campaign

7 years ago

US Customs Agents Now Need ‘Reasonable Suspicion’ To Copy Data

Officials at US border-crossing points such as airports now have new restrictions on when they can copy data from devices…

7 years ago

Opera 50 Browser Adds Bitcoin Mining Protection

Opera uses ad-blocking tech to stop websites using your computer to mine for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin

7 years ago

Meltdown & Spectre: Apple Confirms All Macs & iPhones Are Vulnerable To Chip Bug

Apple releases mitigations for Mac, iPhone and iPad and says a Safari fix is incoming as Meltdown and Spectre continue…

7 years ago

Meltdown & Spectre: Intel Chip Exploit Also Impacts ARM, AMD Chips

'Not just us' says Intel, as ARM and AMD are also said to be vulnerable to one of the flaws

7 years ago

Fix For Intel Chip Design Flaw Likely To Hurt Performance

Linux and Windows kernels to be redesigned because of Intel chip design flaw, but fix will likely slow PCs down

7 years ago

Login Managers Exploited By Third-Party Scripts To Capture User Emails

Hidden scripts are capturing user email addresses from browsers' login or password managers

7 years ago

Apple Mac OS Zero-Day Flaw Disclosed

Mac users welcomed to new year with zero-day vulnerability in MacOS that has been open for over a decade

7 years ago

Data Breaches Shook Faith In Government, Ruined IT Careers in 2017

ANALYSIS: Massive data breaches destroyed people's faith while it ruined the careers of senior IT executives anda reputations of giant…

7 years ago

China’s WeChat Denies Storing Users’ Data After Spying Claim

The leading Chinese messaging app said it doesn't store users' chat history, after a top businessman said WeChat was 'watching'…

7 years ago

Smartphones ‘Can Be Unlocked’ Using Covert Sensor Data

Singapore researchers used sensor information freely available to any mobile app to unlock Android phones in only three tries

7 years ago

Police Want To Use Amazon Echo To Solve Crimes

Lancashire Police are seeing how people could submit evidence and receive information about crimes using Amazon Echo

7 years ago

IT LIFE: Nico Fischbach, Forcepoint CTO

Forcepoint's Global CTO Nico Fischbach discusses the future of security, his networking background and why he might open a restaurant

7 years ago

Mozilla Fixes Crash Data Leak Issue In Firefox Browser

The bug caused some versions of Firefox to automatically send crash reports to Mozilla's servers, without users' authorisation

7 years ago

Blockchain Expert Released By Kidnappers After Ransom Paid

Russian-born Pavel Lerner, a well-known cryptocurrency investor and entrepreneur, was kidnapped in Kiev on Boxing Day and has since been…

7 years ago

Government May Tax Tech Companies Over Extremist Content

The government may impose a tax on companies such as YouTube and Facebook to 'incentivise' them over taking down militant…

7 years ago

Two Romanians Arrested For US Police CCTV Hack

Two Romanians charged with hacking Washington DC police computers as part of ransomware campaign

7 years ago

John McAfee Defiant After Twitter Account Hack

Colourful former security tycoon says his Twitter account was hacked to promote lesser-known crypto-currencies

7 years ago