Security

Death By PowerPoint: Malware Attacks Use Malicious Slide Show Files To Evade Antivirus

A sophisticated attack uses targeted emails and a known Microsoft Office bug to get around antivirus and take over users'…

7 years ago

Judge Tells LinkedIn It Cannot Stop Third Parties From Collecting Profile Data

LinkedIn must allow startup HiQ to collect data from public profiles in a case that tests how much control internet…

7 years ago

WannaCry ‘Hero’ Pleads Not Guilty To Kronos Malware Charges

Marcus Hutchins, who helped stop the WannaCry attack, rejects six charges of helping to create and spread the Kronos banking…

7 years ago

Pwned By Your Possessions: Is IoT Worth The Trade-Off?

ANALYSIS: The IoT brings with a lot of security risks with it. Ethical hacker Ken Munro asks whether having your…

7 years ago

Russian APT28 ‘Hacking Hotels To Steal Guests’ Passwords’

The allegedly state-backed hacking group has been implicated in an information-stealing campaign targeting guests at hotels in Europe and the…

7 years ago

HBO Hackers Leak More TV Shows But Not Game Of Thrones As £5m Ransom Isn’t Met

Hackers release more TV episodes and could release more, alongside contact details of actors and legal documents unless HBO pays…

7 years ago

SonicSpy Android Malware Records Audio And Takes Pictures

More than 4,000 samples of SonicSpy have been distributed since February, hidden in apps on Google Play and elsewhere

7 years ago

Cybersecurity Researchers Implant Malware Into DNA Strand

US researchers embed malware into DNA, in order to hack DNA sequencing software. But it won't be a threat for…

7 years ago

Poll: What Is Your Biggest Cybersecurity Concern?

Cybersecurity is never far from the IT conversation, but what do you fear the most?

7 years ago

TalkTalk Is Fined £100,000 For Data Protection Act Breach

ICO says TalkTalk didn't do enough to stop criminals in Indian call centre from accessing huge amounts of customer data

7 years ago

Kaspersky Lab To Withdraw Microsoft Antitrust Complaint

Kaspersky antitrust complaint to be withdrawn after Microsoft agrees changes for Windows users

7 years ago

Tech Quiz: Privacy And Prying Eyes

Ever feel like someone's watching you? Take our privacy quiz!

7 years ago

The Evolution Of Identity: Problem Passwords And Burgeoning Biometrics

OPINION: Passwords are yesterday's technology, biometrics are the future, argues Experian's head of identity and fraud

7 years ago

Password Expert Regrets Complex Password Advice

William Burr says he basically got it wrong when it came to password advice

7 years ago

Silicon Readers Back Decision To Kill Adobe Flash

Adobe Flash support will end, but just how many of our readers think it should stick around - at least…

7 years ago

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Tackles 48 Flaws, But Adobe Acrobat Dominates

Largish patch update from Microsoft, but administrators advised to tackle Adobe updates ASAP

7 years ago

Security Panel: Will Threat Of Fines For Poor Cybersecurity Have An Impact?

Experts give their views to news that 'essential infrastructure' operators could be fined if service is disrupted due to poor…

7 years ago

Support Grows For A GPS Backup System Amidst Hacking Danger

South Korea and the US have signalled their support for a land-based radio navigation system as incidents of GPS disruption…

7 years ago

Businesses Face Fines If Cyberattack Causes ‘Essential’ Service Outage

'Essential' infrastructure operators could be fined £17 million or 4 percent of global turnover if they suffer an outage because…

7 years ago

Experts Warn Of Rise In ‘Steganography’ Attacks Using Code Hidden In Dodgy Images

Researchers at Kaspersky Labs note rise in steganography techniques, which are difficult to detect, but claim protection will improve

7 years ago

‘Hero’ Brit WannaCry Cyber Researcher Arrested In US For Kronos Trojan

FBI arrests Marcus Hutchins, who successfully stalled the WannaCry ransomware attack in May

7 years ago

New UK Data Protection Bill Gives Brits More Power And Makes More Demands Of Business

Businesses could face huge fines or criminal charges as individuals are given opportunity to withdraw consent for data, under proposed…

7 years ago

Magnitude Exploit Kit Hits South Korea Hard, Says Malwarebytes

The Magnitude Exploit Kit is being used to deliver the Cerber ransomware, as the attackers obfuscate the code

7 years ago

Big Rise In Malicious Encrypted Content, Zscaler Warns

Encryption not so safe? Malicious SSL encrypted content has more than doubled in the last six months

7 years ago

WannaCry Hackers Empty Bitcoin Wallet

It would appear that the cyber criminals cashed in their ransomware campaign

7 years ago

CableTap Vulnerabilities Detailed At DefCon Expose ISP Gateway Risks

Security researchers detailed a set of 26 different vulnerabilities that impact millions of wireless gateways set up by internet service…

7 years ago

Invisible Man Malware Targets Banking Services On Android Devices

The malware uses keyloggers to steal usernames and passwords

7 years ago

US Senate Looks To Impose IoT Security Standards With New Bill

Senate bill on IoT standards looks to secure connected devices

7 years ago

Hackers Hijack Cardiff Billboard To Display Offensive Images

US President Donald Trump depicted as a lizard was one of the more amusing images to be shown

7 years ago

Alexa AI Hack Allows For Remote Eavesdropping

Who is listening? Older Amazon Echo devices can be rooted and turned into wiretapping machines

7 years ago