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PayPal And Bitcoin Scamming Fake Android Apps Discovered On Google Play Store
The apps attempt to comprise PayPal and Paxful accounts via scamming users
Google Blocks Burger King Advert That Tried To Hijack Google Home
Whopper mistake: Smart home audio hack gets a smack from Google
Latest Tax Scams Pressure Businesses With Emails, Phone Calls
ANALYSIS: While most tax scams target individual taxpayers, there are some new ones aimed at businesses that will try to approach your employees
SWIFT Intros New Tool To Help Banks ID Fraudulent Messages
Security upgrades continue at SWIFT as it seeks to assist the banking sector to identify suspicious payments
Patch Tuesday Update Leaves Windows Vista Users High And Dry
Windows Vista is now officially dead, as Microsoft leaves users of the old operating system with no clear upgrade path
European WhatApp’s Data-Sharing Deal ‘Is Close’
Facebook's WhatsApp may soon be able to use customer data as agreement with European watchdogs nears
MPs: Foreign Governments ‘Interfered’ With Brexit Vote
Evidence suggests a DDoS attack was used to take down the voting registration site before the landmark vote
Cybersecurity Incidents Cost Shareholders £42 Billion
Shareholders lose out as financial impact of security breaches equates to £120 million loss of market value. And it's only going to get bigger...
ICO Makes Senior Appointments Ahead Of GDPR
ICO appoints a new deputy CEO and Deputy Commissioner – Operations as it continues data protection work
Hackers Can ‘Crack’ Your PIN By Exploiting Smartphone Sensor Data
By monitoring sensor data, criminals web pages and malicious apps could potentially guess PINs to a surprising degree of accuracy
US Dismantles Kelihos Botnet After ‘Spam Kingpin’ Arrest
Russian Pyotr Levashov, suspected of being one of the Internet's biggest spam and malware operators, is arrested in Spain
Mirai Botnet Starts Mining For Bitcoins In New Twist
Researchers discover a new strain of the notorious Mirai botnet which goes bitcoin hunting
North American ‘Longhorn’ Group Used WikiLeaks Vault 7 Exploits Against 40 Targets
Symantec says all the clues point to Longhorn's tools being ones included in WikiLeaks file dump
US Could Force UK Travellers To Hand Over Mobiles & Passwords
Travellers from the UK and other countries could be forced to provide mobile phone contacts and social media passwords and to face ideological questioning
Wonga Suffers Mass Data Breach Affecting 245,000 UK Customers
Stolen data from customers in the UK and Poland includes names, addresses and credit card information
Wi-Fi Bug Leaves Android & iPhone Seriously Vulnerable To Hackers
Apple and Google handsets have been patched, but other Android devices may still be vulnerable to the Broadcom Wi-Fi chipset attack
Android Bulletin Delivers Fixes For Mainstream Android Devices
Google updates tackles security vulnerabilities with Android devices as well as update for its Nexus handsets
IBM Report Details 2017 Tax Scams As IRS Filing Deadline Nears
As the Tax Day 2017 filing deadline of Tuesday April 18 nears, IBM is warning of an increase in tax-related spam and scams
McAfee Labs Report Lays Bare Threat Intelligence Challenges Facing Businesses
Prevalent threat intelligence challenges include dealing with the volume and quality of data being collected
HP Inc: It’s Time To Stop Ignoring Printer Security
Printers are the biggest security threat to businesses, claims HP
Microsoft Boosts Office 365 Security And Data Compliance
Threat Intelligence and Data Governance capabilities come to Office 365
UK Companies Targeted In Major Cyber Attack Operation By China-Based Hackers
The UK has been the target of a systemic global hacking operation
Intel Spins Out McAfee Into Separate Cyber Security Firm
Intel will still retain a 49 percent share in the new security company
Samsung Tizen Is Riddled With Zero-Day Flaws, According To An Israeli Cyber Security Researcher
Researcher Amihai Neiderman slammed Tizen for containing amateur level coding flaws
Moonlight Maze Attack Still Relevant Two Decades After Initial Debut
Attack code first used in 1996 is still in use by attackers building malware in 2017, according to new research from Kaspersky Lab and Kings College London
Silicon 360: Breaking Down The Final Barriers To Cloud
IAAF Cyber Attack Puts Confidential Athlete Medical Data At Risk
IAAF president Sebastian Coe apologises for breach affecting athelete medical records
University Of Edinburgh Is Scotland’s First Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence
University of Edinburgh joins government-accredited national cybersecurity research scheme
Drone Crime Rises In UK As Switzerland Trials Deliveries
Incidents involving the use of drones in nuisance or criminal cases grew twelve-fold in the UK over the past two years, an investigation has found