CyberCrime

Hackers Are Using Consumer IoT Devices To Launch DDoS Attacks

Lax IoT security is allowing cyber criminals to syphon bandwidth to launch attacks on big businesses

8 years ago

Hack Attacks On Satellites Pose ‘Catastrophic’ Risk To The World

Chatham House researchers warn space assets are ripe targets for cyber criminals, hackers and terrorists

8 years ago

Apple macOS Sierra Fixes 68 Vulnerabilities

macOS Sierra isn't just a pretty face. Apple has patched quite a few security flaws, including one that affects Docker

8 years ago

Malicious Android Apps Due To Increase By 400 Percent In 2016

Webroot's threat intelligence data identifies Asian countries as a hotbed of malicious IP addresses

8 years ago

Hackers Seize Control Of Tesla Model S From 12 Miles Away

Keen Security Lab researchers discover a cyber vulnerability in Tesla's connected car

8 years ago

SWIFT Offers Daily Reports To Help Tackle Bank Fraud

Customers to receive 'anti-fraud reports' as security clampdown continues for banking messaging system

8 years ago

Apple iPhone 5C Password Lock ‘Defeated’ With £75 Hardware Hack

A Cambridge computer scientist claims has achieved an iPhone 5C hack the FBI struggled to do with $1 million

8 years ago

Microsoft Isn’t Patching ‘Significant’ Windows Safe Mode Flaw

Researchers say Windows 10 Safe Mode flaw is easy to exploit but Microsoft doesn't acknowledge it as a primary threat

8 years ago

US Congress Report On Snowden ‘Aggressively Dishonest’

A report describing Edward Snowden as a 'disgruntled employee' distorts facts in an act of 'bad faith', Snowden responds

8 years ago

Bruce Schneier: ‘Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet’

Security expert Bruce Schneier suspects state-sponsored DDoS attacks are being levied at major internet infrastructure providers to test cyber defences

8 years ago

Ransomware Forces Hospitals To Payout $100,000 To Cyber Criminals

Intel Security cyber threat data idetifies the legacy IT of hospital as vulnerable to hackers

8 years ago

Google Play CallJam Malware Infects Half A Million Users

The CallJam malware achieved a high ranking through deception while raking in funds through premium-rate calls

8 years ago

One Year Post-IPO, Sophos Extending Its Security Platform

Sophos' CEO discusses the challenges and opportunities of being a publicly traded security company in 2016

8 years ago

NHS Digital Bolsters Cyber Security Defences With Expanded CareCERT Service

Three new cyber security services will provide assessment and guidance on how NHS healthcare organisations can protect themselves

8 years ago

Google Patches 55 Android Vulnerabilities in September Update

More media server flaws surface as Google splits Android updates into three different patch levels. The update provides patches for…

8 years ago

Pokemon Themed ‘Umbreon’ Rootkit Hides In Linux Systems

Rootkit is the latest malicious code to use a Pokemon theme

8 years ago

Data Breach Exposes Brazzers Porn Accounts

Names of 800,000 porn account holders placed in a compromising position after damaging data breach

8 years ago

Inteno Router Flaw Opens Up Home Networks To Hackers

F-Secure has discovered a critical flaw in the way some Inteno routers update their firmware leaving them vulnerable to malware

8 years ago

Apple Issues Patch For Mac OS X To Protect Against iOS Spying Flaw

Patch your Macs now. Apple issues emergency patch for attack that can turn Macs into spying devices

8 years ago

SWIFT Warns Banks Of Ongoing Cyber Attacks

Sophisticated new hacking attacks against banking system are ongoing and persistent, warns SWIFT

8 years ago

Opera Investigates After Sync Server Data Breach

Opera admits breach of its servers and warns accounts and passwords could have been compromised

8 years ago

Iran Removes Malware From Petrochemical Plants – Report

Iran takes 'necessary defensive measures' after malware is discovered at two of its petrochemical plants

8 years ago

Apple Patches iPhone Spyware Vulnerabilities With iOS 9.3.5

I spy with my little iPhone! Apple rushes out iPhone patch after discovery of government spying hack

8 years ago

Researchers Warn Of ‘Epidemic’ Money-Flipping Malware On Instagram

Bank followers on Instagram beware of money-flipping 'epidemic', but photo-sharing platform says scams are "low volume"

8 years ago

Universities Plagued By Ransomware Attacks

Yet only one university contacted the police about their attack, as criminals demand as much as £2,200

8 years ago

Security Researchers Discover First Twitter-Controlled Botnet

Twitoor, uncovered by ESET, can plague Android devices with malicious malware

8 years ago

UK Continues To Be Battered By DDoS Attacks

DDoS attacks increase by over 200 percent, with the UK the second most targeted nation

8 years ago