IN DEPTH: RSA 2017 and the call to arms for those tasked with keeping our online defences intact
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
News CyberCrime
RSA 2017: Five Reasons Why We’re Losing The Cyber Battle
RSA 2017: Why exactly are the cyber criminals currently coming out on top? Here are five reasons...
Connected Car App Security Flaws Uncovered By Kaspersky Lab
Hackers could unlock your car or start its ignition via car app flaws discovered by Kaspersky Lab researchers
Quiz Of The Week: Cyber Security In 2017
Hackers, ransomware, and malicious code do not seem to be going anywhere in 2017
Yahoo Issues Fresh Warning About Compromised Accounts
Does it ever end? Yahoo issues fresh warning to users after disastrous data breach
RSA Conference 2017 Gets Political Amidst Election Hack Fallout
ANALYSIS: A look at the strong political focus of day one of RSA Conference 2017 in San Francisco
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 world and build new security tools
Zeus Banking Trojan Returns To Snatch Passwords And Credentials
The trojan used web injection to sneakily snatch credentials imputed into fake forms
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
Apple Mac Attacking Malware Xagent Linked To Russian Hacker Group APT28
The malware can steal passwords and exfiltrate iPhone backup data
RSA 2017: Microsoft President Calls On World Governments To Join Forces In Cyber Battle
As nation state cyber attacks have grown in prominence, is collaboration the solution?
Ransomware Used to Seize Control Of Simulated Water Plant
Georgia Tech researchers have created ransomware that can attack critical infrastructure
Russia Chucks Out The Majority Of Reconnaissance Cyber Attacks In 2016
The US was the recipient of the majority of cyber spying
Dozens Of Cyber Attacks Against Global Banks Linked To Lazarus Hacker Group
The Lazarus cyber criminal group appears to be behind a spate of custom malware attacks
White House Withholds Cyber-Security Order For Further Revision
ANALYSIS: Trump withheld an executive order on cybersecurity, leaving the Washington IT community wondering what changes he intends to make
WordPress Security Vulnerability Leads To 1.5 Million Web Pages Being Defaced
WordPress rushed to fix the flaw but hackers speedily exploited the flaw
Executives And IT Managers Disagree On Who Is Responsible For Cybersecurity
BAE survey says that unless there is more coordination between executives and IT departments, hackers will find holes to exploit
Sports Direct Hides Massive 2016 Data Breach From 30,000 Employees
Security experts lambaste the retailers handling of the data breach
Security Firm Trend Micro’s Blog Falls Victim To Content Spoofing Attack
Trend Micro confirms a content spoofing vulnerability allowed fake articles onto its blog and says firms should respond honestly and swiftly
Kaspersky Discovers New Malware Designed To Stealthily Steal Data
ANALYSIS: Kaspersky Lab has discovered a new strain of malware that hides in memory and trusted applications while it stealthily steals sensitive data
NSA Contractor Indicted For Stealing 50TB Of Classified Data
Booz Allen contractor Harold Martin could be the next Edward Snowden
Valve Rushes To Patch XSS Flaw In Steam
The flaw could allow hackers to conduct phishing attacks and spread malware
Hacker Prosecuted After Creating Android Smartphone Seizing Software
A student has been sentenced to three years’ probation for selling malicious software that allowed cyber criminals to remotely control Android smartphones
DDoS Attack Takes Down Austrian Parliament Website
The DDoS attack, one of the most common cyber threats, is being investigated by authorities
Hacker Takes Down 20 Percent Of Dark Web Hosted Sites
Freedom Hosting II had 10,000 Tor-based webpages rendered inaccessible
Defence Secretary: Putin’s Cyber Attacks Seek To Destabilise West
Defence Secretary Fallon says Russian hackers are targetting critical Western infrastructure
Ransomware Attack Tongue-Ties Licking County Comms And Computers
Sucks to be Licking County right now after major systems shutdown
LogicHub Security Intelligence Automation Platform Debuts
Startup emerges from stealth with new funding and the promise of improving threat detection by automating activities that typically require human experience
A Third Of NHS Trusts Targeted By Ransomware Attacks
FOI report further highlights the prevalence of ransomware targeting the healthcare sector
Netgear Router Vulnerability Leaves Your Wi-Fi Network Exposed To Attack
Up to 31 Netgear rotuers impacted by remote access flaw that could leave your network a node in a botnet