Security

Mirai Botnet Hits US College With Massive 54 Hour Attack

Mirai returns (or at least a variant of it) warns researchers at Imperva Incapsula who witnessed the attack

8 years ago

LastPass Rushes To Patch Yet Another Bug In Its Firefox Browser Extension

UPDATED: Google Project Zero researcher discovers yet another bug in LastPass Firefox extension

8 years ago

US Orders Social Media Checks For Some Visa Applicants

Embassies are ordered to carry out social media reviews for anyone who has been present in IS-controlled territories, with much…

8 years ago

Government Pushes Cyber Essentials Security Certificate Programme

The government will now require all contractors to obtain a Cyber Essentials certificate

8 years ago

NATO Outlines €3 Billion Plan To Combat Cyber Threats

The investment will go towards improving satellite communications and cyber security technology

8 years ago

eBay ‘Downgrading’ Some Users’ Two-Factor Authentication

eBay confirmed it is asking users of an authentication token to switch to 'convenient' text-message login

8 years ago

Home Secretary Slams WhatsApp’s ‘Completely Unacceptable’ Encryption After London Attacks

Messaging service providers such as WhatsApp and Apple are offering militants 'a place to hide', says home secretary

8 years ago

Cross Channel: Notebook Sales, Tech Purchasing And The Cybersecurity Skills Gap

All the news from the world of the IT channel, including rising notebook sales and how the channel can capitalise…

8 years ago

Google And Symantec Clash Over Certificate ‘Failures’

Search engine giant reduces trust level in Symantec-certificates, but security firm slams Google's “misleading” claims

8 years ago

IBM Unleashes Watson To Secure Swiss Financial Sector With Next-Gen SOC

Watson will provide cognitive cyber security tools and services for Swiss-based businesses

8 years ago

Phishing Attack Targets Saudi Arabia Government

It seems no organisation is safe from cyber criminals as Saudi Arabian government becomes the latest target

8 years ago

DoubleAgent Malware Seizes Control Of Antivirus Software

New zero-day attack exploits old Windows vulnerability to take 'full control' of 'major antivirus' products

8 years ago

Developer Of Citadel Trojan Faces 10 Year Prison Sentence

Russian developer of banking trojan that stole more than £400m, faces lengthy stint in American jail

8 years ago

Hackers Demand Ransom In Exchange For Stolen Apple iCloud Accounts

Hacker's claims are yet to be fully verified as Apple says it won't pay up for stolen user credentials

8 years ago

Necurs Botnet Targets Users With Old-School Stock Scam

Getting emails about a once-in-a-lifetime stock opportunity? It's probably too good to be true

8 years ago

Germany Raises Cyber-Attack Warning Level Ahead Of Elections

Germany's cyber-security bureau said it has moved to a position of heightened readiness as the autumn's federal elections near

8 years ago

Google Nest Camera Bug Enables Burglars To Shut Off Recording Via Bluetooth

The bug has yet to be patched, yet Bluetooth in the devices cannot be disabled

8 years ago

New Three Data Breach Exposes Mobile Customer Account Details To Total Strangers

Three customers have reported seeing other users details in their online accounts and My3 application in fresh cybersecurity breach

8 years ago

Cisco Discoverers Networking Switch Bug In WikiLeaks’s Vault 7 Data Leak

The bug allows for unauthorised code execution on 318 of Cisco’s switch models

8 years ago

Pwn2Own Hackers Earn $340,000 Exploiting Windows, macOS

The second day of the Pwn2Own 2017 hacking competition reveals Windows, macOS, Adobe Flash and web browser exploits

8 years ago

Sky, Vodafone, HSBC And Other Major Brands Pull Google Ads Over Extremist Content Concerns

The British government, the BBC and others have withdrawn Google ad spending after their adverts were displayed alongside extremist content

8 years ago

Card Scammers Hack Top Restaurants In POS Attack

A list of well-known restaurants across the US are amongst those affected by the latest mass point-of-sale breach

8 years ago

Ubuntu Linux Falls On Day 1 Of Pwn2Own Hacking Competition

First day of Trend Micro-sponsored Pwn2Own competition awards $233,000 to security researchers for exploiting software

8 years ago

McDonald’s Compromised Twitter Account Posts Anti-Trump Tweet

The fast-food firm claims its Twitter accounts was compromised

8 years ago

Two Russian Spies Indicted By US Justice Department For Orchestrating Yahoo Hack

The Kremlin has denied the accusations that FSB agents facilitated one of the largest data breaches in history

8 years ago

ABTA Data Breach Impacts 43,000 Holidaymakers

ABTA says passwords were encrypted, mitigating risk, following attack on third party hosting provider

8 years ago

WhatsApp & Telegram Patch ‘Severe’ Vulnerabilities

'Severe vulnerability' found with encrypted chat apps that could allow attackers to take complete control of user accounts

8 years ago

Unsecured Apple, Android Smartphones Are Major Security Threats

ANALYSIS: Apple & Android smartphones that lack augmented security measures leave high-priority hacking targets, such as President Donald Trump, vulnerable

8 years ago

Google Allo ‘Leaks’ Previous Searches In Conversations

Google works to fix error that saw previous searches shared in group chats via AI-assisted smart messaging app Allo

8 years ago