CyberCrime

Unsafe US eVoting Machines Exposed In New Report

Forget hanging chads. Damning report highlights shocking security of voting terminals used in American elections

10 years ago

Booby-Trapped Hugo Boss Advert Is The Most Stylish Malware Of This Season

‘Malvertising’ attack came from advert on Huffington Post and several other news sites

10 years ago

Conservatives Vow To Make UK The ‘Technology Centre Of Europe’ With Election Win

Tories say technology will create jobs, aid regional development and overhaul public services, but suggest more surveillance powers will be…

10 years ago

UK Now Second Biggest Global Target For Cybercrime

Over a million new malware threats are being created every day, Symantec report reveals

10 years ago

Labour Manifesto Makes Broadband, Open Data And Mobile Coverage Pledges

Labour says the UK's strengths in digital technology can help economic growth and revamp public services

10 years ago

Europol And Security Firms Take Down ‘Polymorphic’ Beebone Botnet

Joint operation between authorities and security firms helps to take down 'wormlike' Beebone

10 years ago

AT&T Slapped With ‘Largest Ever’ US Data Breach Fine

US regulator sanctions AT&T over breaches at three overseas call centres that exposed valuable customer data

10 years ago

Islamic State Hacks French TV Station TV5Monde

Mon dieu! French culture minister demands urgent meeting after Islamic State blacks out TV broadcasts

10 years ago

FBI Warns Of Islamic State Campaign Against WordPress Sites

Islamic State sympathizers are targeting WordPress vulnerabilities according to the FBI

10 years ago

White House Breach Blamed On Russian Hackers

The White House network breach was carried out by hackers “likely working” for the Russian government

10 years ago

‘Dyre Wolf’ Bank Transfer Scam Nets Criminals $1bn To Date

Sophisticated bank transfer cyber scam uses 'advanced social engineering' to fleece US companies

10 years ago

US Sanctions To Tackle Cyber Hacker Scourge

Hackers outside US will be financially punished after United States launches a cyber sanctions program

10 years ago

Lebanese Hackers Behind Volatile Cedar Spy Campaign

Hackers linked to Lebanese political group are behind a 'well managed' espionage campaign, warns researcher

10 years ago

5 DNS Attack Vectors You Need To Be Wary Of – And How To Defend Against Them

Chris Marrison, consulting solutions architect, Infoblox, explains how to protect your organisation against some of the most sneaky and damaging…

10 years ago

Sketchy Checkout: How PoS Malware Could Be Putting Your Card Data At Risk

Retailers beware, your PoS terminals could be opening you up to a world of malware, Trustwave tells TechWeekEurope

10 years ago

Router Hack Inserts Ads And Porn Into Websites

Fraud scheme uses router hack to intercept Google Analytics tags and replace them with smut and adverts

10 years ago

Threat-Sharing Cybersecurity Bill Gets Public Airing

Proposed law to allow American companies to share cybersecurity threats with government, without being sued

10 years ago

Avast: Here’s Why Smartphone Security Really Matters

Around 50 million Android users were hit by some form of security issue last year, firm tells TechWeekEurope

10 years ago

PoSeidon Malware Attacks Credit Card Transactions

PoS terminals in high-street stores are being put at risk, Cisco researchers find

10 years ago

Only Two Percent Of UK Big Businesses Have Insurance Against Cyber-Attacks

Government report says the UK should aim to be a global centre for cyber security insurance

10 years ago

White House Hires Ex-Facebook Director For Tech Modernisation

Former engineering boss at Facebook hired as the first ever director of IT at the White House

10 years ago

NJRat Trojan Returns To Life, Warns PhishMe

A remote access trojan, last seen a year ago, is making a reappearance warns security researcher

10 years ago

Google’s Schmidt Predicts US Government Defeat Over Encryption

The tech industry will win fight against governments over the use of encryption on devices, says Eric Schmidt

10 years ago

Target To Settle Epic Data Breach Lawsuit With $10m Payoff

The stark reality of the financial cost of a data breach is revealed, as Target aims to settle lawsuit for…

10 years ago

GCHQ Licensed To Hack Phones And Computers

Licensed to spy. GCHQ permitted to hack into computers and phones, even with no national security concerns

10 years ago

North Korea Web Outage Was Revenge For Sony Hack

North Korea's December Internet blackout was in retaliation for the Sony hack, admits US cybersecurity official

10 years ago

Panda Antivirus Bricks PCs After Faulty Update

Face-palm time. Panda Antivirus accidentally labels itself malware and damages an undisclosed number of PCs

10 years ago

EU To Model New Security Force On British Counter-Terrorism Unit

Plans for a Europe-wide counter-terrorism unit are being considered to tackle Jihad John and his pals

10 years ago

Hacker Releases More South Korean Nuclear Data

Nuclear operator insists leaked secrets, including blueprints of reactor, are not 'classified material'

10 years ago