Security Management

US Bans Exports To Chinese Chip Firm Fujian Jinhua

Trade wars or national security? US government places Chinese chip firm on export ban list amid allegations of IP theft

6 years ago

British Airways Confirms Theft Of Additional Data

Another 185,000 payment card data stolen, after BA uncovers second hack whilst investigating the first

6 years ago

Cathay Pacific Admits Hack Of 9.4 Million Customer Records

Another data breach in the aviation industry, as airline admits compromise of personal data for 9.4 million passengers

6 years ago

Morrisons Faces Hefty Compensation Claim After Losing Appeal

Court of Appeal rules that supermarket is liable for rogue employee who posted salary details online

6 years ago

National Cyber Security Centre Reveals Scale Of Cyber Attacks

Two year since its launch, NCSC helped the UK against almost 1,200 cyber attacks, most carried out by hostile nation…

6 years ago

MoD Secrets Exposed In Multiple Data Breaches – Report

Sensitive British defence data has been exposed in multiple breaches in 2017, heavily redacted incident reports show

6 years ago

WhatsApp Fixes Video Call Flaw That Allowed Account Hijack

Facebook service fixes video call flaw that could allow hackers to hijack user accounts

6 years ago

Facebook Hack May Result In GDPR Penalty

Irish regulator says 10 percent of the hacked 50 million Facebook accounts are based in Europe

6 years ago

Tesco Bank Fined £16.4m By Regulator Over 2016 Cyber-Attack

That's gonna sting. Tesco's banking division has been slapped with a £16.4m fine for customer account breach

6 years ago

Hacker To Live-Stream Hack Of Zuckerberg’s Facebook Page

Big boast. Tune in on Sunday to see if hacker can deliver on promise to hack Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page

6 years ago

US State Department Suffers Email System Breach

Slow roll-out of two factor authentication blamed after State Department admits email data breach

6 years ago

Bristol Airport Admits Cyber Attack Impacted Flight Display Screens

Ransomware attack took down flight display screens for two days, Bristol Airport admits

6 years ago

University Cyber Attacks Down To Students, Staff

Inside job? Cyber criminals not responsible for hacks of universities and colleges, study suggests

6 years ago

Superdrug Admits Disclosure Of Personal Data

But pharmacy chain adamant its systems were not compromised as hacker attempted to extort money

6 years ago

Russian Political Hack Halted By Microsoft

Attack by 'Fancy Bear' hacking group to steal steal data from American think tank organisations foiled by Redmond boffins

6 years ago

US Government Pressures Facebook Over Messenger Encryption

Officials want Facebook's help to crack encryption, so they can listen to suspect's voice conversations

6 years ago

Apple Network Hacked By Australian Teenager

Trouble from the land down under for iPhone maker, as Aussie fanboy breaks into Apple's main network

6 years ago

President Trump Eases Cyber Warfare Rules – Report

Reverses Obama's bureaucratic rules that dictate how and when the United States can deploy its offensive cyberweapon arsenal

6 years ago

Chinese Hackers Target Alaska Government – Report

Ahead of Alaska’s trade mission to China, hackers targetted state government and local utility firms

6 years ago

FBI Warns Of ATM Hacking Campaign

Banks on fraud alert after the FBI warn that thieves could steal cash using cloned ATM cards

6 years ago

Intel CPUs At Risk From Foreshadow Flaw

Not again. Intel rocked by another data stealing vulnerability that affects the secure CPU enclave

6 years ago

IBM DeepLocker Turns AI Into Hacking Weapon

Artificial intelligence can power a new generation of malware that can bypass top tier cyber defences

6 years ago

Samsung S7 Smartphones Vulnerable To Meltdown Exploit

Researchers warn that Samsung smartphones are vulnerable due to the Meltdown flaw with Intel chips

6 years ago

Singapore Health Hack Carried Out By State-linked Group

Government says hack of Singapore health records has the hallmarks of a state-linked group

6 years ago

Computer Virus Infects iPhone Chip Maker

Concern that chip production for next Apple iPhone may be impacted by virus infection at TSMC

6 years ago

Reddit Confirms ‘Serious’ Hack Of User Data

Reddit knew of 'security incident' since 19 June but only alerted users more than a month later

6 years ago

Dixons Carphone Breach Bigger Than First Thought

Insists no evidence of fraud, despite admission that 10 million customer records were compromised

6 years ago

Ransomware Attack Cripples Cosco Shipping Network – Report

US network of shipping giant taken down after suffering an apparent ransomware attack

6 years ago

Hackers Breach Virginia Bank, Make Off With Millions

Daylight robbery. Hackers have stolen $2.4m after two successful cyber attacks on an American bank

6 years ago