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Google Squashes Phishing Scam Aimed At Docs Users

The scam appears to have affected but a few users yet was surprisingly sophisticated

8 years ago

Is Your Heartbeat The Future Of Biometric Authentication?

Could using your heartbeat as a password be the future of authentication?

8 years ago

IBM Accidentally Sends Malware-Infected USB Sticks To Storage Customers

IBM urges customers to update antivirus and destroy dodgy USB sticks after mishap

8 years ago

Hackers Steal, Release New Netflix ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Episodes

ANALYSIS: Attackers leak new season of the Netflix show "Orange Is the New Black," exposing a weakness in the distributed…

8 years ago

Security Holes Discovered In SAP NetWeaver Web App Platfrom

Users are advised to quickly patch to the latest version of the web app platform

8 years ago

SailPoint: Identity Management Should Be Central To Cyber Security Strategies

SailPoint founder Kevin Cunningham explains why identity management is becoming central to cyber security

8 years ago

Microsoft Rolls Out Authenticator iOS & Android App To Secure Account Logins

The Redmond company wants to make it easier and more secure to login to Microsoft accounts

8 years ago

PayPal And Bitcoin Scamming Fake Android Apps Discovered On Google Play Store

The apps attempt to comprise PayPal and Paxful accounts via scamming users

8 years ago

Google Blocks Burger King Advert That Tried To Hijack Google Home

Whopper mistake: Smart home audio hack gets a smack from Google

8 years ago

European WhatApp’s Data-Sharing Deal ‘Is Close’

Facebook's WhatsApp may soon be able to use customer data as agreement with European watchdogs nears

8 years ago

North American ‘Longhorn’ Group Used WikiLeaks Vault 7 Exploits Against 40 Targets

Symantec says all the clues point to Longhorn's tools being ones included in WikiLeaks file dump

8 years ago

University Of Edinburgh Is Scotland’s First Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence

University of Edinburgh joins government-accredited national cybersecurity research scheme

8 years ago

Macro Malware, Aging Worms Continue To Pose Threat To Present Day

Macro malware, which is so 1990s, has made a comeback, joining other aging cyber-threats, such as PHP scripts and the…

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

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

Cyber Security Cannot Be An Afterthought In Smart Buildings

Cloud Expo 2017: Stuart Higgins, head of smart cities and IoT at Cisco champions smart building security from the get-go

8 years ago

SAP Rushes To Patch Cyber Security Flaws In HANA

Luckily, the flaws were fixed before hackers were able to find and exploit them

8 years ago

Nintendo Switch Hacked Via Built-In WebKit Exploit

The console has only been out for two weeks and already has hackers cracking it

8 years ago

Leak Of CIA Hacking Secrets Serves As Alert To Close Security Gaps

ANALYSIS: Exposure of the CIA's hacking tools give an unsettling look at the capabilities of U.S. spies, but also a…

8 years ago

WordPress 4.7.3 Updates For Six Security Issues

The open-source WordPress blogging and content management system fixes six vulnerabilities, including three Cross Site Scripting flaws

8 years ago

Google Volunteer Team Patches Thousands Of Open Source Projects

A 50-member team of Google engineers voluntarily worked to patch 2,600 open-source projects against a Java deserialization bug in 2016

8 years ago

1.4bn Emails Exposed As Huge Spam Operation Fails To Password Protect Documents

Spammergate: Researchers discover vast database of email addresses and suggestions of cybercrime against spam kings sending 1bn messages a day

8 years ago

Security Flaws Found In Android Password Managers

The security credentials of Password Managers on Android called into question after discovery of multiple flaws

8 years ago

MWC 2017: Eugene Kaspersky ‘Comes Back From The Future’ To Warn About IoT Security Threats

Eugene Kaspersky says change is needed in order to defend against IoT security threats during theatrical appearance at MWC 2017

8 years ago

IT Life: Paul Calatayud, Firemon CTO

Firemon CTO Paul Calatayud explains why he calls it the Internet of Malicious Things and why virtualisation is the greatest…

8 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Cyber Security In 2017

Hackers, ransomware, and malicious code do not seem to be going anywhere in 2017

8 years ago

Avast CTO: AVG Purchase Lets Us Build Tools For Data-Driven Cybersecurity Era

INTERVIEW: Avast bought AVG for £1bn last year so it can gain access to 1 in 3 PCs around the…

8 years ago

February Patch Tuesday Is Delayed To Fix ‘Last Minute Issue’

The brand new Patch Tuesday will have to wait a bit longer for its debut because of a botched update

8 years ago