Security Management

People’s Energy Data Breach Impacts 270,000 CustomersPeople’s Energy Data Breach Impacts 270,000 Customers

People’s Energy Data Breach Impacts 270,000 Customers

Entire customer database of People's Energy stolen, compromising names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, and energy meter IDs

4 years ago
US Treasury, Commerce Departments HackedUS Treasury, Commerce Departments Hacked

US Treasury, Commerce Departments Hacked

Russian hackers allegedly spied on US government departments, as US issues emergency order to halt use of compromised system

4 years ago
Adobe Delivers Final Update For Flash PlayerAdobe Delivers Final Update For Flash Player

Adobe Delivers Final Update For Flash Player

Flash Player is taking its final steps to its overdue retirement, after Adobe issued its last ever update for the…

4 years ago
Hackers Steal Covid-19 Vaccine Documents From EU AgencyHackers Steal Covid-19 Vaccine Documents From EU Agency

Hackers Steal Covid-19 Vaccine Documents From EU Agency

European Union's medicine regulator has been hacked, and documents concerning the Pfizer Coronavirus vaccine have been stolen

4 years ago
Children At Risk From End-to-End Encryption, Says ReportChildren At Risk From End-to-End Encryption, Says Report

Children At Risk From End-to-End Encryption, Says Report

Plans by social media firms to widen the use of end-to-end encryption will put children a risk, Children Commissioner warns

4 years ago
US Security Firm FireEye Hacked By ‘Nation-State’ AttackerUS Security Firm FireEye Hacked By ‘Nation-State’ Attacker

US Security Firm FireEye Hacked By ‘Nation-State’ Attacker

Security firm admits company tools used to test customers' security have been stolen by a "highly sophisticated threat actor"

4 years ago
Hackers Target Covid-19 Cold Chain, Warns IBMHackers Target Covid-19 Cold Chain, Warns IBM

Hackers Target Covid-19 Cold Chain, Warns IBM

Firms involved with the specialist “cold chain” infrastructure required for several Coronavirus vaccines, have been targetted by hackers

4 years ago
Canon Finally Confirms August Attack Exposed Staff DataCanon Finally Confirms August Attack Exposed Staff Data

Canon Finally Confirms August Attack Exposed Staff Data

Three months after the media reported Canon had 10TB of data stolen, the firm finally confirms staff data has been…

4 years ago
North Korean Hackers Target AstraZeneca For Covid VaccineNorth Korean Hackers Target AstraZeneca For Covid Vaccine

North Korean Hackers Target AstraZeneca For Covid Vaccine

North Korean hackers pose as recruiters on LinkedIn and WhatsApp, to send job offer documents laden with malware to AstraZeneca…

4 years ago
Bristol City Council Data Breach Revealed Names Of Disabled ChildrenBristol City Council Data Breach Revealed Names Of Disabled Children

Bristol City Council Data Breach Revealed Names Of Disabled Children

Mass email from the council contained the names and email addresses of children with special educational needs and disabilities

4 years ago
Hackney Council Confirms Hack Still Causing ‘Significant Disruption’Hackney Council Confirms Hack Still Causing ‘Significant Disruption’

Hackney Council Confirms Hack Still Causing ‘Significant Disruption’

London Hackney council confirms that a 'serious cyberattack' in October is still causing 'significant disruption' to services

4 years ago
World’s Worse Passwords Revealed By NordPassWorld’s Worse Passwords Revealed By NordPass

World’s Worse Passwords Revealed By NordPass

Oh dear, Despite persistent cyber threats, research from NordPass reveals the most commonly used password is still '123456'

4 years ago
UK To Create National Cyber Force, Amid £16.5bn Defence RiseUK To Create National Cyber Force, Amid £16.5bn Defence Rise

UK To Create National Cyber Force, Amid £16.5bn Defence Rise

UK's biggest defence investment since Cold War, to combine cyber operations of UK military and intelligence in one unified command

4 years ago
President Trump Fires CISA Cyber Boss Chris KrebsPresident Trump Fires CISA Cyber Boss Chris Krebs

President Trump Fires CISA Cyber Boss Chris Krebs

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) boss Chris Krebs has been 'terminated' by Trump after he contradicted President's claims

4 years ago
Focus On Cyber Defence Rather Than Cyber Attack – Former NCSC HeadFocus On Cyber Defence Rather Than Cyber Attack – Former NCSC Head

Focus On Cyber Defence Rather Than Cyber Attack – Former NCSC Head

'Don't weaponise the net'. Former head of UK's NCSC urges governments to focus on cyber defence than cyber offensive capabilities

4 years ago

Japanese Nuclear Regulator Suffers Cyber Attack – Report

Nuclear agency in Japan (the Nuclear Regulation Authority) reportedly suffers a cyber attack and switched off its email systems

4 years ago

NCSC Report Reveals Scale Of Coronavirus Cyber Threats

British online defender outlines what cyber threats it has encountered over past year, with Covid-19 featuring prominently

4 years ago

UK Watchdog Fines Marriott £18.4m For Data Breach

UK data protection watchdog ICO lowers fine for Marriott data breach to £18.4m, down from a £99 million fine issued…

4 years ago

Trump Campaign Website Defaced Briefly By Hackers

Security breach for Donald Trump re-election website, but campaign officials deny there was any exposure of sensitive information

4 years ago

Finnish Therapy Patients Blackmailed After Data Breach

New low. Confidential records of thousands of psychotherapy patients in Finland compromised, with some patients now being blackmailed

4 years ago

McAfee Raises $620 Million With Wall Street Return

Security vendor McAfee has returned to the public markets with an IPO that raised $620 million, below the $740 million…

4 years ago

Iran, Russia, Have Obtained US Voter Data, US Warns

Russia and Iran have obtained some US voter registration data and are attempting to influence Presidential election, Trump official warns

4 years ago

US DoJ Charges Six Russian GRU Officers For Cyberattacks

Hackers also targeted this year's delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo says UK, as the US DoJ charges six Russian military…

5 years ago

Hackney Council Systems Downed In ‘Serious’ Cyberattack

Ransomware attack? Hackney Council in London admits it has been the target of a 'serious' cyberattack and urges people not…

5 years ago

Microsoft Takes Down Trickbot Hacking Operation

Another takedown from Microsoft sees it disrupt key Trickbot servers, which it said could have indirectly impact US election infrastructure

5 years ago

John McAfee Arrested In Spain, Faces US Extradiction

Colourful former security tycoon John McAfee arrested in Spain at the weekend, trying to board plane to Turkey with British…

5 years ago

Paying Ransomware Demands May Violate Sanctions, US Treasury Warns

Never pay. Insurers and others are warned by US Treasury Dept that cyberattack payouts to hackers may violate US sanction…

5 years ago

Flightradar24 Suffers Repeated Cyberattacks

Popular aviation website Flightradar24 admits three cyberattacks in a two day period, after services knocked offline for hours

5 years ago

Police Raid Dark Web Marketplaces, Seize 500kg of Drugs

Worldwide police operation against dark web vendors results in 179 arrests, seizure of 500kg of drugs, $6.5m (£5m) in cash…

5 years ago