CyberCrime

Hackers Target Swiss Railways, Political Parties And Retailers

A group called NSHC claims responsibility for SVP hack and SBB DDoS assault, but not a separate incident affecting

9 years ago

How Crap Are Your Passwords?

Security failure: New Lieberman Software Poll highlights overwhelmingly negative attitude toward effectiveness of passwords

9 years ago

FBI: Cars Are Becoming More Vulnerable To Hacks

The FBI says consumers and manufacturers need to be more aware of potential cyber security threats to all motorised vehicles

9 years ago

Everything You Need To Know About Pen Testing

Context Information Security explains why organisations increasingly see penetration testing as a key part of their cyber security strategies

9 years ago

Man Pleads Guilty For Naked Jennifer Lawrence Photo Hack

Ryan Collins pleads guilty to pilfering nude photos of celebrities from their Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts

9 years ago

Millions At Risk After Top Publishers Hit By Malvertising Attack

Visitors to sites including MSN, BBC and AOL all at risk from malvertising, Malwarebytes warns

9 years ago

Vodafone Launches Enterprise Security Business

Vodafone will provide tools, services and advice to businesses as it seeks to take advantage of growing demand for security

9 years ago

Anonymous Declares War On Donald Trump

Notorious hacking team set to launch DDoS attacks on Trump websites on April 1

9 years ago

2016 Could Be ‘Record’ Year For Ransomware Attacks

Last month saw a higher number of ransomware attacks than the entire first half of 2015, Trend Micro report finds

9 years ago

Hacker Typo Thwarts Billion Dollar Bank Heist

Sheer scale of banking crime revealed after prevention of billion dollar bank heist, but attackers still pocketed $80m

9 years ago

How To Hack A Bank In 20 Minutes

Ryan MacDougall, senior security consultant at Coalfire, details the simple techniques he (hypothetically?) used to breach a major bank

9 years ago

Microsoft Browsers Fixed In Latest Patch Tuesday

Microsoft's Edge and Internet Explorer browsers gain fixes for critical flaws in latest security update

9 years ago

Cisco: People Don’t Realise How Big We Are In Security

Cisco's European cybersecurity director says company can break down barriers to digitisation, simplify security processes and make the most of…

9 years ago

RSA: Committing Online Fraud Is Just Too Easy

Daniel Cohen, head of FraudAction at RSA - a security division of EMC - explains how cybercriminals have upped their…

9 years ago

NatWest Steps Up Online Banking Security Following Scam

Tightening of NatWest security follows investigation into 'SMS swapping' campaign

9 years ago

Android Trojan Triada Spotted In Wild By Kaspersky Lab

Secure your Android devices as Kaspersky spots stealthy, sophisticated Triada trojan in the wild

9 years ago

Nokia: Smartphones Now Biggest Source Of Network Malware

Apple's security credentials also dented as iOS malware infections enter top twenty, Nokia report finds

9 years ago

A Third Of All HTTPS Servers Are Vulnerable To DROWN OpenSSL Bug

Researchers detail how DROWN can be used to decrypt communications on HTTPS-secure websites and urge server operators to update now

9 years ago

RSA Slams Backdoors And Goes Hunting

Governments need to stop muddying the waters, says RSA president Amit Yoran

9 years ago

RSA Conference 2016: What’s Old Security is New Again

BLOG: Kurt Stammberger, founder of the RSA Conference, sees the same issues in FBI vs. Apple as were brought to…

9 years ago

‘Fingerprinting’ Helps Malvertising Attacks Find Victims And Avoid Detection

Research shows more malvertising assaults are using 'fingerprinting' at an advert level to avoid unncessary attention and save bandwidth

9 years ago

Snapchat Employee Wage Details Leaked In Phishing Scam

Unfortunately, leaked Snapchat salary information didn't delete itself after ten seconds

9 years ago

Easy To Use Technology Causes DDoS Attacks to Rise Yet Again

Latest Akamai report sees 149 percent rise in DDoS attacks over last quarter of 2015

9 years ago

Baidu Browser Still Leaks Personal Data, Researchers Warn

Look Mum, no encryption! Baidu Browser transmits personal data in the clear, warns Citizen Lab researchers

9 years ago

Microsoft Boosts Office 365, Azure Security With Analytics And Visualisation Tools

Microsoft says new capabilities for its cloud services are part of a new vision of security outlined by Satya Nadella…

9 years ago

Apple Tells US Court FBI Request Violates Free Speech

The iPad maker asks court to reserve its order to help the FBI hack into the iPhone of a terrorist…

9 years ago

Poll: Should Smartphone Makers Unlock Devices For Law Enforcement?

Apple is fighting a very public battle with the FBI over encryption. But should the industry do more? Let us…

9 years ago

Google Rolls Out Shield To Protect From DDoS Attacks

Free Project Shield service forms part of Google’s new Jigsaw initiative

9 years ago

Court Papers Confirm US Government Paid Carnegie Mellon To Hack Tor

US university credibility questioned after court documents show it was paid to hack Tor network

9 years ago