Security

Up To 26,500 National Lottery Online Accounts Are Breached

National Lottery and experts suggest accounts breached by reusing compromised credentials

8 years ago

FBI ‘Hacked 8,700 Users’ In Tor Sting

Court documents reveal US investigators hacked thousands of suspects' computers around the world

8 years ago

Black Friday, Cyber Monday Bring Open Season for Cyber-Criminals

ANALYSIS: You’re not paranoid. Cyber-criminals really are after your company’s money and its data and they won’t stop at anything…

8 years ago

‘Snooper’s Charter’ Repeal Petition To Be Considered By Parliament

The petition is to be considered for parliamentary debate after receiving more than 130,000 signatures

8 years ago

Hackers ‘Can Eavesdrop Via Earphones’ By Re-Working Built-In Jacks

Attackers can record sound from hacked systems, even when microphones are muted, switched off or unplugged, finds a study

8 years ago

One In Four Wi-Fi Hotspots Ripe For Hack Attacks

Cyber security firm Kaspersky finds that large amounts of Wi-Fi hotspots still lack solid security

8 years ago

Election Recount Unlikely To Reveal Evidence Of Vote System Hacking

ANALYSIS: Despite the suspicions a group of computer scientists, a recount of close presidential election tallies in three states won't…

8 years ago

Ask Search Bar Adware Exploited By Malicious Actor To Deliver Malware

Malicious actors have been found to be using the Ask search bar software to distribute malware of its users machines

8 years ago

San Francisco Public Transport Hit By Ransomware Attack

Passengers ride for free after ransomware shuts down Muni staff computers in San Francisco

8 years ago

European Commission Victim Of “Large Scale” Cyberattack

The EC has passed details of the attack to the EU’s cyber emergency response team

8 years ago

US Navy Confirms Sailor Data Leak From Compromised Laptop

Call Agent Gibbs. Personal information on more than 130,000 US sailors compromised after HPE laptop breach

8 years ago

Bletchley Park To Host ‘Codebreakers’ Cybersecurity School

Winston Churchill's top secret World War two installation to teach cybersecurity skills to next generation

8 years ago

NatWest Warns 600,000 Customers Over Three Hack

Natwest has contacted customers it believes could have been affected by the Three data breach

8 years ago

Twitter Touts Anti-Snooping Developer Agenda

Twitter will block developers who abuse the use of its APIs and Gnip data for snooping purposes

8 years ago

Apple iPhone Users Beware Of ‘Prank’ Video

Another iOS flaw...seemingly innocent video crashes all Apple iPhones, forcing hard reboot

8 years ago

Deliveroo Customer Accounts Are ‘Compromised’

Customer accounts hacked but Deliveroo denies breach of its systems and urges customers to improve their passwords

8 years ago

How To Protect The Encryption Keys To Your Kingdom

ANALYSIS: Encryption keys are wonderful things that allow your organisation to conduct secure communications without issue- as long as you…

8 years ago

NHS Royal Free London Signs Five-Year Deal With Google’s DeepMind

The revised deal for DeepMind's Streams app still gives it access to millions of patients' data going back years

8 years ago

Siemens Patches CCTV Camera Hijacking Bug

The vulnerability could allow network-based attackers to take control of IP-based CCTV cameras

8 years ago

Data Protection Breach Cases Set To Soar With GDPR Introduction

Legal experts expect disputes related to privacy or data breaches to become much more common in the next five years

8 years ago

Cobalt Gang Makes ATMs Across Europe Spew Cash

The 'touchless jackpot' technique uses hacked bank networks to compromise teller machines

8 years ago

Android Fake Email App Trojan Takes Aim At German Banks

Android malware appears to be increasingly tailored to target specific banking services

8 years ago

Qualcomm Bug Bounty Offers Up To £12,000 For Snapdragon Flaws

Qualcomm is offering up to $15,000, approximately £12,000, to people who spot bugs in its modems and processors.

8 years ago

Home Office ‘To Integrate Surveillance Cams With Police Database’

The Law Enforcement Data Service is to include two existing police databases as well as the nationwide Automatic Number Plate…

8 years ago

Siri Bug Bypasses Apple iPhone And iPad Password Protection

A flaw in Apple's virtual assistant enables dexterous hackers to gain access to an iOS device's contacts and photos

8 years ago

Symantec Acquires LifeLock For £1.9bn To Boost Norton Division

The security giant looks to turn its ailing consumer security software division

8 years ago

Cheap ‘Poison Tap’ Tool Hacks Locked Computers

Unattended password-protected or locked PCs or Macs can be hacked with a simple $5 device

8 years ago

Three Suffers Data Breach As Hackers Steal Customer Data

A trio of men have been arrested in relation to unauthorised access to Three's customer database

8 years ago

Snooper’s Charter 2.0 Is Set To Become Law As Lords Pass Controversial IP Bill

ISPs set to be required to keep your internet search history on record for at least a year in order…

8 years ago

Apple ‘Sends iPhone Call History To iCloud’

Law enforcement could get their hands on call data if it is sent to iCloud for 'no reason', claims Russian…

8 years ago