Security Management

Browser Autofill Profile Poses Security Risk

Form filling vulnerability. Handy autofill profiles could potentially pose a security risk, says researcher

8 years ago

FTC Suit Against D-Link Warns All IoT Device Makers To Boost Security

ANALYSIS: Despite claims about advanced security, the FTC says D-Link hard-coded login credentials leaving encryption keys unprotected and publicly exposed

8 years ago

D-Link Charged By US For Router Security Failures

Router maker allegedly failed to take reasonable security steps to protect data against hackers

8 years ago

Google Patches Android For 90 Vulnerabilities In January Update

Google starts the new year with another large security update for Android, once again patching mediaserver, Qualcomm and Linux kernel…

8 years ago

Intel & BitDefender Target Smart Home Security

CES 2017: Lock it down. Security players tout offerings to secure smart homes of the future

8 years ago

Hacker CyberZeist Breaches FBI Website And Leaks Data

Leaked FBI data has been posted online after a well known hacker penetrated the Fed's CMS system

8 years ago

Expect 2017 Cyber-Attacks To Far Surpass 2016 In Damage, Frequency

ANALYSIS: Constant bad news about Russian hacking and the increasing prevalence of ransomware made 2016 an IT security disaster... but…

8 years ago

US Expels Russian Diplomats For Cyber Attacks

35 Russian diplomats handed their marching orders by the United States in revenge for cyber attacks

8 years ago

Travel Booking Systems At Risk, Warn Researchers

Airline booking systems lack basic security measures to prevent attackers changing flight details or stealing rewards

8 years ago

Security Vulnerabilities Found In Airline Entertainment Systems

IOactive finds security flaws in Panasonic's Avionic In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) system that could potentially give an attacker unauthorised access

8 years ago

Ukraine Probes Kiev Power Grid Cyber Attack

From Russia with love? Ukraine investigates weekend cyber attack on Kiev's power grid

8 years ago

Akamai Buys Startup CyberFend To Battle Bots In The Cloud And Online

Bot hunting tech will be added to Akamai's existing online security software

8 years ago

Yahoo Suffers Biggest Data Breach In History With A Billion Accounts Hacked

Another major data breach could torpedo Yahoo’s acquisition by Verizon

8 years ago

Microsoft Ends 2016 With Patch Tuesday Windows 10 Fix

Internet connection issues for Windows 10 users resolved in last Patch Tuesday update of 2016

8 years ago

Rehab Order For One TalkTalk Hacker As Another Teenager Faces Prison

Teenager TalkTalk hacker has iPhone confiscated, as a second teenager pleads guilty to ISP attack

8 years ago

MobileIron CEO: Windows 10 Lets Us Manage PCs Like Mobiles

INTERVIEW: MobileIron CEO Barry Mainz tells Silicon about PC management, the rise of IoT and why it is better equipped…

8 years ago

KFC Website Hack Leaks Customer Data

Clucking Hell: Another data breach shows online security needs some cooking

8 years ago

Firmware Flaw Leaves Netgear Routers Vulnerable To Hacker Takover

Hackers can exploit a command injection flaw to execute malicious code on Netgear routers

8 years ago

Hackers Pilfer Trade Secrets In ThyssenKrupp Cyber Attack

Hackers have looted sensitive trade secrets from a German conglomerate in latest damaging data breach

8 years ago

Drone Conference Examines Security And Safety Implications

Experts discuss safeguarding against drones that pose increasing threats to prisons, airports and public safety

8 years ago

Mirai UK Botnet Consists Mostly Of TalkTalk Routers

The Mirai botnet has spread like wildfire and now infects 2,398 home routers across the UK, with 99 percent of…

8 years ago

ICO Fines Top UK Charities For Data Protection Breaches

ICO fines RSPCA and British Heart Foundation for "wealth screening" to get more donations

8 years ago

Millions Of Passwords, Emails And Usernames Stolen From Dailymotion In Hack

More than 85 million usernames and email addresses have been stolen by unrevealed hackers

8 years ago

IBM Watson for Cyber Security Expands With Beta Launch

40 organisations are now part of the effort to train Watson for Cyber Security in an effort to improve security…

8 years ago

Fake News Campaigns to Increase in Frequency, Security Experts Say

ANALYSIS: With the possibility that fake news may have impacted the US election, people are giving a new look to…

8 years ago

Scottish Football Association Suffers Third-Party Data Breach

"I'd rather be associated with being hacked by some porn site," says one unhappy football fan

8 years ago

Credit Cards Hacked In Six Seconds Using Distributed Technique

Visa's online payment system fails to pick up on multiple invalid credit card attempts across multiple websites

8 years ago

MAD Concept Of Deterrence Doesn’t Apply In World Of Cyber War

ANALYSIS: The rules of traditional warfare don't apply in cyber war, even to the point where it's hard to tell…

8 years ago