Security

Executives And IT Managers Disagree On Who Is Responsible For Cybersecurity

BAE survey says that unless there is more coordination between executives and IT departments, hackers will find holes to exploit

8 years ago

Sports Direct Hides Massive 2016 Data Breach From 30,000 Employees

Security experts lambaste the retailers handling of the data breach

8 years ago

Security Firm Trend Micro’s Blog Falls Victim To Content Spoofing Attack

Trend Micro confirms a content spoofing vulnerability allowed fake articles onto its blog and says firms should respond honestly and…

8 years ago

Kaspersky Discovers New Malware Designed To Stealthily Steal Data

ANALYSIS: Kaspersky Lab has discovered a new strain of malware that hides in memory and trusted applications while it stealthily…

8 years ago

NSA Contractor Indicted For Stealing 50TB Of Classified Data

Booz Allen contractor Harold Martin could be the next Edward Snowden

8 years ago

Valve Rushes To Patch XSS Flaw In Steam

The flaw could allow hackers to conduct phishing attacks and spread malware

8 years ago

Google Pushes Out Android Security Patch To Crush Critical Flaws

Google continues to fight new flaws found in its Android mobile operating system

8 years ago

WTF Is Safer Internet Day?

The Internet is an endless resource for education, entertainment and discovery. But there are dangers too

8 years ago

British Rail Companies Plan Iris Scan And Fingerprint Biometric Ticketing

Biometric technologies could be used to speed up ticketing and help boost rail network capacity

8 years ago

Hacker Prosecuted After Creating Android Smartphone Seizing Software

A student has been sentenced to three years’ probation for selling malicious software that allowed cyber criminals to remotely control…

8 years ago

DDoS Attack Takes Down Austrian Parliament Website

The DDoS attack, one of the most common cyber threats, is being investigated by authorities

8 years ago

76 Popular iOS Apps Vulnerable To Man-In-The-Middle-Attacks

Scanning has revealed that popular apps could have their data intercepted by hackers

8 years ago

US House Approves Bill Requiring Warrant To Search Old Emails

Tech companies urged the Senate to back the measure tightening controls on law enforcement email searches

8 years ago

Hacker Takes Over 150,000 Exposed Printers

Mystery messages warn users to secure their network-connected printers

8 years ago

Hacker Takes Down 20 Percent Of Dark Web Hosted Sites

Freedom Hosting II had 10,000 Tor-based webpages rendered inaccessible

8 years ago

Apple, Google, and Microsoft Back Legal Challenge Against Trump Immigration Order

A cohort of tech firms said the order causes economic damage to the US

8 years ago

Defence Secretary: Putin’s Cyber Attacks Seek To Destabilise West

Defence Secretary Fallon says Russian hackers are targetting critical Western infrastructure

8 years ago

Ransomware Attack Tongue-Ties Licking County Comms And Computers

Sucks to be Licking County right now after major systems shutdown

8 years ago

LogicHub Security Intelligence Automation Platform Debuts

Startup emerges from stealth with new funding and the promise of improving threat detection by automating activities that typically require…

8 years ago

WordPress Quietly Fixes Zero-Day Flaw

Shhh. Serious zero-day vulnerability quietly patched, after WordPress intentionally delayed disclosure of the flaw

8 years ago

A Third Of NHS Trusts Targeted By Ransomware Attacks

FOI report further highlights the prevalence of ransomware targeting the healthcare sector

8 years ago

Google Coughts Up $1m For Each Chrome And Android Bug In 2016

The search company paid out over 1,000 individual rewards in 2016

8 years ago

Netgear Router Vulnerability Leaves Your Wi-Fi Network Exposed To Attack

Up to 31 Netgear rotuers impacted by remote access flaw that could leave your network a node in a botnet

8 years ago

Europe Is The Most ‘Malware Riddled Continent’

Cisco also finds that malware attacks come with costly consequences for targeted businesses

8 years ago

Telcos Hope To Erode US Customer Privacy Protection But EU Privacy Shield Is Safe

UK and EU privacy regulators expressed concern over the new US administration's data-protection policies

8 years ago

Cisco Patches Telepresence Attack Flaw

The bug could allow attackers to run malicious code on Cisco Telepresence control units

8 years ago

Ransomware Disables Washington DC Police Cameras

The attack on city surveillance cameras occurred eight days before the presidential inauguration

8 years ago

HMRC Takes Over Government Gateway Phase-Out

HMRC said it may extend its own in-house identity verification scheme to other departments once the Government Gateway is terminated

8 years ago

US Tech Firms Criticise Trump Immigration Ban

Silicon Valley firms acknowledged immigration curbs could affect their ability to do business

8 years ago

Malware-Loaded Microsoft Document Aimed At NATO Governments

Cisco’s Talos researchers discovered the threat which sported unusual cyber features

8 years ago