CyberCrime

Pokemon Go Hit By Possible DDoS Attack

Players suffer massive weekend outages as PoodleCorp claim responsibility for DDoS attack

8 years ago

Mobile Malware Threat Grows As HummingBad Infection Reaches 85m

Depressing reading as active malware families grow and HummingBad infects 85 million Android devices

8 years ago

BAE Systems Joins SWIFT Security Team

Forensic experts join SWIFT to help prevent customer fraud and bolster community security

8 years ago

Stampado Ransomware Starts Deleting Files If No Payment Is Made

The clock is ticking. Ransomware victims have just 96 hours to cough up or it begins deleting files

8 years ago

Ranscam Malware Poses As Ransomware But Just Deletes Your Files

Malware dubbed 'ranscam' asks for payment to unlock files, but in reality has already deleted them

8 years ago

CryptoDrop Promises To Stop Ransomware In Its Tracks

University of Florida researchers say the answer to stopping ransomware is to let it onto your system first

8 years ago

400,000 D-Link Devices Vulnerable To Zero-Day Flaw

Security researchers warn of a serious stack overflow vulnerability in a number of devices from D-Link

8 years ago

Euro 2016 Doubles Cybersecurity Risks For Football Fans

New report highlights security dangers for businesses during major sporting events like Euro 2016

8 years ago

Avast Buys AVG For £1bn In Bid To Become Czech IoT Security Giant

Avast buys AVG for $1.3bn, giving it access to 400m PCs, smartphones, tablets and connected IoT devices

8 years ago

Apple Mac Malware Gives Backdoor Access And Webcam Control

Malware targets OS X and gives attackers webcam access via Tor and full access of compromised Mac

8 years ago

Darktrace Raises £50m Funding For Cyber Defence Push

Another round of funding for cyber-security firm backed by former Autonomy boss Mike Lynch

8 years ago

Firmware Flaw Affects Lenovo ThinkPads, Other PC Makers’ Hardware

ANALYSIS: New zero-day vulnerability may also affect computers from other makers that used similar Intel UEFI reference code to create…

8 years ago

Chinese Gambling Website Victim Of 470 Gbps DDoS Attack

'Largest assault to date' for mitigation provider Imperva Incapsula as gambling company hit by nine-vector DDoS

8 years ago

Will Differential Privacy Give Data-Focused Firms Both Security and Privacy?

Apple will use differential privacy to collect data on groups while keeping individuals anonymous. This emphasises privacy, while giving access…

8 years ago

Android Malware Disguises Itself As WhatsApp, Uber And Google Play

Don't fall for it. Devious malware utilises user interfaces of Android apps in order to steal sensitive data

8 years ago

NASCAR Team Partners Malwarebytes After Ransomware Attack

Malwarebytes becomes sponsor of NASCAR team after its testing data was encrypted by ransomware

8 years ago

Office 365 Users Hit By ‘Widespread’ Ransomware Attack

But Microsoft insists that only a small number of Office 365 were targetted and the attack was blocked within hours

8 years ago

ICO: Future UK Data Protection Laws Must Equal Those Of EU

Safe Habour advice. British data protection act should be used when transferring data to US, says ICO

8 years ago

Study Claims HMTL5 Isn’t Much More Secure Than Flash

Flash not so bad? New report casts doubts on HTML5 adverts being safer than Adobe Flash

8 years ago

Cisco Warns Of Libarchive File Compression Flaw

Patch it now! Popular open source file compression tool libarchive contains wide reaching vulnerabilities

8 years ago

Unknown Connections On LinkedIn Can Compromise Enterprise Security

Intel Security says employees are not being educated about the risks of adding people they don't know on LinkedIn amid…

8 years ago

iOS 10 Developer Preview Has An Unencrypted Kernel

The suggestion is that Apple has negelected to encrypt iOS 10 kernel in bid to encourage hackers to find security…

8 years ago

Will MPs’ TalkTalk Hack Recommendations Make The UK More Secure?

INDUSTRY VIEW: Security experts examine parliamentary select committee's proposals for data breach compliance, enforcement and awareness

8 years ago

BadTunnel Security Flaw Affected All Windows Versions For 20 Years

Discovery of serious Windows vulnerability, dubbed BadTunnel, earns researcher top bug bounty reward

8 years ago

InfoSec 2016: Businesses, Beware The Ransomware Threat, Says Rik Ferguson

More co-operation between industry and government is also needed to tackle growing threats, Trend Micro VP tells TechWeekEurope

8 years ago

InfoSec 2016: Watch Out For The Professional Cybercriminal, Warns Mikko Hyppönen

F-Secure's Mikko Hyppönen tells us why businesses need to be aware of increasingly professional cyber-criminals

8 years ago

Criminal Marketplace Offers Cheap Server Access For Global Cyber-Attacks

Fancy a DDoS attack? Cybercrime marketplace offers access to compromised third party servers for just £4.23

8 years ago

Donald Trump Data Pilfered After Democrat Hack By Russians

Democrat computer hacked by Russian intelligence agencies and lifted opposition data on 'The Donald'

8 years ago

Euro 2016: What Are The Biggest Security Threats?

Malware, social engineering and dodgy ticket sites. Here are the security threats you should be looking out for during Euro…

8 years ago

Malicious Documents Use New Tricks To Evade Detection, Warns Zscaler

Attackers utilise social engineering to lure MS Word users to enable macros in order to avoid cyber detection

8 years ago