Security Management

Facebook Takes Down Exposed User Data On Amazon ServerFacebook Takes Down Exposed User Data On Amazon Server

Facebook Takes Down Exposed User Data On Amazon Server

Mexican firm responsible however refuses to accept 540 million records on Facebook users was sensitive

6 years ago
MIT Cancels Huawei, ZTE Research ProjectsMIT Cancels Huawei, ZTE Research Projects

MIT Cancels Huawei, ZTE Research Projects

One of the world’s top universities cuts its research ties with Huawei and ZTE, due to federal investigations

6 years ago
Chinese National Detained After Accessing Trump Resort With Malware USB StickChinese National Detained After Accessing Trump Resort With Malware USB Stick

Chinese National Detained After Accessing Trump Resort With Malware USB Stick

Woman with two Chinese passports charged, after entering Trump's Mar-a-Lago club with malware laden thumb drive

6 years ago
Iran Conducted Cyber Attacks On UK Infrastructure – ReportIran Conducted Cyber Attacks On UK Infrastructure – Report

Iran Conducted Cyber Attacks On UK Infrastructure – Report

Cyber attacks that targetted UK infrastructure in December were conducted by Iran, says media report

6 years ago
Industrial Control Systems Suffer Rising Cyberattacks – Kaspersky LabIndustrial Control Systems Suffer Rising Cyberattacks – Kaspersky Lab

Industrial Control Systems Suffer Rising Cyberattacks – Kaspersky Lab

Almost one in two industrial computers worldwide subjected to malicious cyber activity, Kaspersky Lab warns

6 years ago
Nearly Half European Businesses Lack Robust Cyber Defence – StudyNearly Half European Businesses Lack Robust Cyber Defence – Study

Nearly Half European Businesses Lack Robust Cyber Defence – Study

Kaspersky Lab study also shows majority feel that attackers are rarely caught and brought to justice

6 years ago
Asus Servers Hijacked To Push Malware To CustomersAsus Servers Hijacked To Push Malware To Customers

Asus Servers Hijacked To Push Malware To Customers

Taiwanese PC maker pushes malware out to customers via automatic software update tool

6 years ago
Ransomware Attack Costs Norsk Hydro $40mRansomware Attack Costs Norsk Hydro $40m

Ransomware Attack Costs Norsk Hydro $40m

Ouch! Hefty cost of ransomware attack prompts experts to warn companies to check their insurance policies

6 years ago
Facebook Stored Millions Of Passwords UnprotectedFacebook Stored Millions Of Passwords Unprotected

Facebook Stored Millions Of Passwords Unprotected

Oh dear. 600 million passwords stored in plain text with no encryption, social network admits

6 years ago
Police Federation Confirms Ransomware BreachPolice Federation Confirms Ransomware Breach

Police Federation Confirms Ransomware Breach

Association of police officers in England and Wales confirms it is the latest to suffer ransomware attack

6 years ago
Aluminium Maker Hydro Goes Old School After Ransomware AttackAluminium Maker Hydro Goes Old School After Ransomware Attack

Aluminium Maker Hydro Goes Old School After Ransomware Attack

Huge Norwegian aluminium producer switches to 'manual operations' after damaging ransomware attack

6 years ago
Windows 7 Users At Risk From ‘Serious Bug’, Google WarnsWindows 7 Users At Risk From ‘Serious Bug’, Google Warns

Windows 7 Users At Risk From ‘Serious Bug’, Google Warns

Millions of PCs still at risk from vulnerability that is being actively exploited by criminals

6 years ago
Singapore Health Hackers Identified By SymantecSingapore Health Hackers Identified By Symantec

Singapore Health Hackers Identified By Symantec

Hacking group that inflicted Singapore with its worst ever cyber attack, has been identified by Symantec

6 years ago
Facebook Allows Two-Factor Authentication Phone Number SearchFacebook Allows Two-Factor Authentication Phone Number Search

Facebook Allows Two-Factor Authentication Phone Number Search

Another Facebook privacy worry as it emerges that platform links authentication phone number with user profile

6 years ago
IoT Devices Under Constant AttackIoT Devices Under Constant Attack

IoT Devices Under Constant Attack

Cyxtera research finds sustained attacks, mostly from China, are being conducted against IoT devices

6 years ago

Russian Hackers Hitting European Democratic Institutions, Warns Microsoft

Russian hacker group Fancy Bear behind attacks on Germany, Poland, Romania and Serbia

6 years ago

Huawei Founder Slams US Arrest Of His Daughter

Reclusive founder says he would close down Huawei before allowing it to undertake spying activities

6 years ago

Australian Politicians Hacked By ‘Sophisticated State Actor’

Cyber whodunnit after Prime Minister warns of 'nation state hack' of Australian political parties and parliament

6 years ago

WannaCry Hero Marcus Hutchins Loses Evidence Bid

“I was intoxicated” claim by Marcus Hutchins during FBI interview dismissed by American court

6 years ago

500px Admits Data Breach

Popular photograph website admits 'data security incident' that affects millions of its users

6 years ago

South African Power Firm Eskom Fails To Secure Customer Data

Eskom criticised after failing to respond to researcher about its exposure of customer data

6 years ago

Angela Merkel Demands Espionage Guarantees From Huawei

Denmark expels two Huawei staff, and Norway's intelligence boss issues warning about the Chinese firm

6 years ago

Collection 2 Data Breach Exposes 2.2 Billion Unique Accounts

Massive new data dump of 2.2 records are being distributed on hacker forums and torrents

6 years ago

US Urges Allies To Utilise Western Tech Instead Of Huawei

US envoy to EU alleges there is “classified evidence” of security breaches by Chinese networking giant

6 years ago

Name And Shame Firms With Poor Cybersecurity

Academic report argues businesses with poor cyber security should be publicly named and shamed

6 years ago

Collection 1 Data Breach Exposes 773 Million Email Addresses

One of the largest ever data breaches includes hundreds of millions emails and 21 million passwords

6 years ago

German Suspect Confesses To Mass Data Leak

20 year old student admits he was behind massive data leak of German politicians, celebrities and public figures

6 years ago

Merkel Included In Hack Of German Politicians

Personal data belonging to Chancellor Angela Merkel included in hack of hundreds of German politicians

6 years ago

Android Weather App Collects Personal Data, Warns Upstream

Pre-installed weather app has been harvesting email addresses and mobile identity numbers

6 years ago

Fake Wax Hand Cracks Vein Authentication

Biometric bypass sees researchers use fake wax hand to trick vein authentication system

6 years ago