Security Management

Post WannaCry, NHS Seeks New Cyber-Security DeputyPost WannaCry, NHS Seeks New Cyber-Security Deputy

Post WannaCry, NHS Seeks New Cyber-Security Deputy

Government seeks candidate to lead £200m programme to sharpen cyber security resilience of the NHS

7 years ago
TalkTalk Slated For Tardy Response To Website FlawTalkTalk Slated For Tardy Response To Website Flaw

TalkTalk Slated For Tardy Response To Website Flaw

How long? TalkTalk failed to fix cross-site scripting error until this week, despite being informed two years ago

7 years ago
Cyber-Attack Now Largest Threat For Swiss BanksCyber-Attack Now Largest Threat For Swiss Banks

Cyber-Attack Now Largest Threat For Swiss Banks

Swiss watchdog FINMA warn that cyber-attacks now pose the biggest risk facing banks in Switzerland

7 years ago
Cyber Banking Mastermind Arrested By Police In SpainCyber Banking Mastermind Arrested By Police In Spain

Cyber Banking Mastermind Arrested By Police In Spain

Mastermind suspected of stealing £870m (€1bn) arrested for Carbanak, Cobalt banking malware campaigns

7 years ago
GitHub Inspection Discovers 4 Million Flaws In Public CodeGitHub Inspection Discovers 4 Million Flaws In Public Code

GitHub Inspection Discovers 4 Million Flaws In Public Code

Bug hunting. First inspection run of public code libraries reveals four million vulnerabilities

7 years ago
Outdated Cyber Defence Puts Organisations At Risk, Says WebrootOutdated Cyber Defence Puts Organisations At Risk, Says Webroot

Outdated Cyber Defence Puts Organisations At Risk, Says Webroot

Adapt or die. Outdated cyber defences are putting organisations at risk from constantly changing online threats

7 years ago
Webroot Finds Trickbot Banking Trojan VariantWebroot Finds Trickbot Banking Trojan Variant

Webroot Finds Trickbot Banking Trojan Variant

Veteran banking trojan refreshed with ransomware capabilities if victims don't yield financial data

7 years ago
Best Buy Pulls Plug On Huawei Smartphones – ReportBest Buy Pulls Plug On Huawei Smartphones – Report

Best Buy Pulls Plug On Huawei Smartphones – Report

National security move as largest US electronics chain in America is to cease stocking phones from China's Huawei

7 years ago
Kaspersky Lab Plots Swiss Data Centre To Allay Russia ConcernsKaspersky Lab Plots Swiss Data Centre To Allay Russia Concerns

Kaspersky Lab Plots Swiss Data Centre To Allay Russia Concerns

Russian firm to open 'transparency centre' in Switzerland to handle US and European data

7 years ago
UK Police Cyber Training Spend RevealedUK Police Cyber Training Spend Revealed

UK Police Cyber Training Spend Revealed

Is that all? British police spent just £1.3m on cyber training for staff in the last three years

7 years ago
IoT Smart Devices Easy To Hack, Researchers WarnIoT Smart Devices Easy To Hack, Researchers Warn

IoT Smart Devices Easy To Hack, Researchers Warn

A simple Google search can show how to hack IoT devices such as baby monitors, web cameras, doorbells, and thermostats

7 years ago
US Blames Russia For Energy Grid AttacksUS Blames Russia For Energy Grid Attacks

US Blames Russia For Energy Grid Attacks

United States officials have for the first time publicly blamed the Russian government for two years of cyber attacks on…

7 years ago
ICO Investigates Gwent Police Over Data BreachICO Investigates Gwent Police Over Data Breach

ICO Investigates Gwent Police Over Data Breach

Data protection act violation? Welsh police force may be in trouble after it fails to notify people of potential data…

7 years ago
US Lacks Co-ordination Against Russian Cyber Aggression, Admits Top GeneralUS Lacks Co-ordination Against Russian Cyber Aggression, Admits Top General

US Lacks Co-ordination Against Russian Cyber Aggression, Admits Top General

Washington lacks 'effective' co-ordination against Russian cyber attacks, says NATO Supreme Commander

7 years ago
Olympic Destroyer Malware Used False Flags – Kaspersky LabOlympic Destroyer Malware Used False Flags – Kaspersky Lab

Olympic Destroyer Malware Used False Flags – Kaspersky Lab

Malware that disrupted the Winter Olympic games was disguised to look as if the attack had come from the usual…

7 years ago

US Senators Quiz Vendors Over Russian Access To Voting Machines

Have the Russians sneaked a peak at the source code used in e-voting machines, ask US Senators

7 years ago

Fintech Consortium To Tackle Cybersecurity Issues

A new consortium led by the World Economic Forum aims to bolster the financial industry's battle against a growing range…

7 years ago

PornHub Owner Unveils Age Verification Tool For The UK

Online smut control? AgeID will be help Brits comply with the Digital Economy Act 2017 from April

7 years ago

Equifax Data Breach: Firm Confirms More Customer Data Stolen

Oh dear. Millions more customers have had their data compromised, Equifax confirms

7 years ago

GitHub Briefly Taken Offline In Largest-Ever DDoS Attack

The popular code-hosting site was taken offline for 10 minutes after being targeted by a massive 1.35Tbps DDoS attack

7 years ago

Intel Ships Revised Spectre Patches

Chip giant rolls out revised Spectre patches, after initial fix proved worse than the bug it was supposed to repair

7 years ago

Artificial Intelligence Poses Risk From Malicious Actors

Bolster your AI defences. Experts warn of serious risks within a five year period due to recent advances in AI

7 years ago

White House Condemns Russia For NotPetya Ransomware Attack

American officials warn of 'international consequences' for Russia because of NotPetya ransomware attack

7 years ago

Russian Report Reveals £4.2m Stolen In Attack On SWIFT

Criminals made off with a tidy sum of money after a fraudulent wire-transfer request on SWIFT

7 years ago

UK Officially Blames Russia Military For NotPetya Ransomware

Defence Secretary says Russia is "ripping up the rule book" as he places blame for recent ransomware attack on Putin's…

7 years ago

Symantec Adds Extra Security Layer For Azure, Office 365 Users

Security vendor teams up with Microsoft to provide an extra layer of protection for Redmond cloud customers

7 years ago

Apple Source Code For iBoot Gets Posted Online

Apple orders immediate removal as source code for iBoot, a vital iOS program, gets posted online on GitHub

7 years ago

BT Shares Malware Data With Rival ISPs To Combat Cyber Threat

'Follow our lead', BT urges rival ISPs after it begins sharing malware data to help in cybercrime battle

7 years ago

Identity In the Blockchain Era: How We Get There

Okta's Frederic Kerrest explains the potential of Blockchain for identity services and the obstacles that must be overcome

7 years ago

Pwn2Own 2018 Expands Targets And Raises Prize Pool To $2M

For first time at Pwn2Own, researchers will take aim at Oracle's VirtualBox, as well as the open-source Nginx web server…

7 years ago