Security Management

Ransomware Used to Seize Control Of Simulated Water Plant

Georgia Tech researchers have created ransomware that can attack critical infrastructure

8 years ago

HP Sure Click Aims To Isolate Malware Lurking On Unknown Websites

Working with Bromium, HP Inc has created a tool that protects laptops from browser malware by using virtual machines

8 years ago

Dozens Of Cyber Attacks Against Global Banks Linked To Lazarus Hacker Group

The Lazarus cyber criminal group appears to be behind a spate of custom malware attacks

8 years ago

WordPress Security Vulnerability Leads To 1.5 Million Web Pages Being Defaced

WordPress rushed to fix the flaw but hackers speedily exploited the flaw

8 years ago

Executives And IT Managers Disagree On Who Is Responsible For Cybersecurity

BAE survey says that unless there is more coordination between executives and IT departments, hackers will find holes to exploit

8 years ago

Sports Direct Hides Massive 2016 Data Breach From 30,000 Employees

Security experts lambaste the retailers handling of the data breach

8 years ago

Security Firm Trend Micro’s Blog Falls Victim To Content Spoofing Attack

Trend Micro confirms a content spoofing vulnerability allowed fake articles onto its blog and says firms should respond honestly and…

8 years ago

Kaspersky Discovers New Malware Designed To Stealthily Steal Data

ANALYSIS: Kaspersky Lab has discovered a new strain of malware that hides in memory and trusted applications while it stealthily…

8 years ago

NSA Contractor Indicted For Stealing 50TB Of Classified Data

Booz Allen contractor Harold Martin could be the next Edward Snowden

8 years ago

Valve Rushes To Patch XSS Flaw In Steam

The flaw could allow hackers to conduct phishing attacks and spread malware

8 years ago

Google Pushes Out Android Security Patch To Crush Critical Flaws

Google continues to fight new flaws found in its Android mobile operating system

8 years ago

Hacker Prosecuted After Creating Android Smartphone Seizing Software

A student has been sentenced to three years’ probation for selling malicious software that allowed cyber criminals to remotely control…

8 years ago

76 Popular iOS Apps Vulnerable To Man-In-The-Middle-Attacks

Scanning has revealed that popular apps could have their data intercepted by hackers

8 years ago

Hacker Takes Down 20 Percent Of Dark Web Hosted Sites

Freedom Hosting II had 10,000 Tor-based webpages rendered inaccessible

8 years ago

Defence Secretary: Putin’s Cyber Attacks Seek To Destabilise West

Defence Secretary Fallon says Russian hackers are targetting critical Western infrastructure

8 years ago

Ransomware Attack Tongue-Ties Licking County Comms And Computers

Sucks to be Licking County right now after major systems shutdown

8 years ago

LogicHub Security Intelligence Automation Platform Debuts

Startup emerges from stealth with new funding and the promise of improving threat detection by automating activities that typically require…

8 years ago

WordPress Quietly Fixes Zero-Day Flaw

Shhh. Serious zero-day vulnerability quietly patched, after WordPress intentionally delayed disclosure of the flaw

8 years ago

Google Coughts Up $1m For Each Chrome And Android Bug In 2016

The search company paid out over 1,000 individual rewards in 2016

8 years ago

Europe Is The Most ‘Malware Riddled Continent’

Cisco also finds that malware attacks come with costly consequences for targeted businesses

8 years ago

How To Avoid Fake Apps And Keep Your Online Data Private

We're all internet users, so we all must know how to spot fake apps and how to keep our own…

8 years ago

Ransomware Seizes Control Of Electronic Lock System In Austrian Hotel

The cyber attack highlights how digital malware can make its presence known in the physical world

8 years ago

Google Cracks Down On Web Security With Own Own Root Certificate Authority

Google takes another step towards driving the adoption of HTTPS

8 years ago

Top Researcher At Kaspersky Lab Arrested By Russian Cops

A top security expert with Kaspersky Lab arrested in connection with treason investigation

8 years ago

Charger Ransomware Found On Google Play Store

Android security woes continue. New ransomware found on Google Play store by Check Point researchers

8 years ago

Mozilla Highlights Insecure HTTP Websites In Firefox 51

Unsecured websites will display a lock with a red strike through it

8 years ago