Security Management

US Military Looks To Blockchain To Secure Weapon Data And NukesUS Military Looks To Blockchain To Secure Weapon Data And Nukes

US Military Looks To Blockchain To Secure Weapon Data And Nukes

Is Blockchain a possible solution for securing weapons data for the US military, including its nuclear capabilities?

8 years ago
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Tackles Multiple Zero-Day FlawsPatch Tuesday: Microsoft Tackles Multiple Zero-Day Flaws

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Tackles Multiple Zero-Day Flaws

Internet Explorer among usual suspects to get updates, that includes a fix for AdGholas malvertising campaign

8 years ago
Nearly Three Quarters Of UK Police Websites Are InsecureNearly Three Quarters Of UK Police Websites Are Insecure

Nearly Three Quarters Of UK Police Websites Are Insecure

The Centre for Public Safety highlighted the police are putting the public at unnecessary risk of cyber crime

8 years ago
‘Foreign Intelligence Service’ Hacked Aussie Weather Computer‘Foreign Intelligence Service’ Hacked Aussie Weather Computer

‘Foreign Intelligence Service’ Hacked Aussie Weather Computer

Official report blames 'foreign intelligence service' for hack on Aussie weather supercomputer

8 years ago
Persistent Warnings Are Causing ‘Security Fatigue’Persistent Warnings Are Causing ‘Security Fatigue’

Persistent Warnings Are Causing ‘Security Fatigue’

People are becoming weary of constant security advice and businesses could pay the price for poor decisions, a report has…

8 years ago
Spotify: Malware Pop-ups Affected ‘Small Numbers’Spotify: Malware Pop-ups Affected ‘Small Numbers’

Spotify: Malware Pop-ups Affected ‘Small Numbers’

Music service fixes the problem that displayed virus laden websites for “small numbers of users”

8 years ago
Android Security Bulletin Patches 78 VulnerabilitiesAndroid Security Bulletin Patches 78 Vulnerabilities

Android Security Bulletin Patches 78 Vulnerabilities

Busy month for Google as it patches multiple vulnerabilities with the Android operating system

8 years ago
IoT And The Enterprise World Must Put Cyber Security At The Forefront Warn ExpertsIoT And The Enterprise World Must Put Cyber Security At The Forefront Warn Experts

IoT And The Enterprise World Must Put Cyber Security At The Forefront Warn Experts

IP Expo 2016: Sophos, Kaspersky and Trend Micro talk future threats from IoT, Hired cyber criminals, and security education

8 years ago
TalkTalk’s Cyber Security Negligence Gets It Hit With £400,000 ICO FineTalkTalk’s Cyber Security Negligence Gets It Hit With £400,000 ICO Fine

TalkTalk’s Cyber Security Negligence Gets It Hit With £400,000 ICO Fine

The Information Commissioner said TalkTalk’s security was found wanting

9 years ago
Turkey, Italy And Hungary Riddled With Botnets Finds Norton ResearchTurkey, Italy And Hungary Riddled With Botnets Finds Norton Research

Turkey, Italy And Hungary Riddled With Botnets Finds Norton Research

Botnets hop on high-speed city infrastructure to fire malware, spam and other threats across the Internet

9 years ago
Shellshock Bug Back And Stronger Than EverShellshock Bug Back And Stronger Than Ever

Shellshock Bug Back And Stronger Than Ever

IBM Managed Security Services identifies poor server patching as the reason for the bug's survival

9 years ago
Federal Agencies Working With States to Guard Voter Data SecurityFederal Agencies Working With States to Guard Voter Data Security

Federal Agencies Working With States to Guard Voter Data Security

Federal authorities saying they are investigating attempts to breach voter registration data and responding to state requests for assistance in…

9 years ago
Weak Device Security Turns IoT Into Powerful Weapon In DDoS AttacksWeak Device Security Turns IoT Into Powerful Weapon In DDoS Attacks

Weak Device Security Turns IoT Into Powerful Weapon In DDoS Attacks

ANALYSIS: More than a million security cameras, video recorders and other devices were used in attacks on a U.S. security…

9 years ago
UK’s National Cyber Security Centre Open Doors To Defend Britain From HackersUK’s National Cyber Security Centre Open Doors To Defend Britain From Hackers

UK’s National Cyber Security Centre Open Doors To Defend Britain From Hackers

The National Cyber Security Centre will focus on boosting the UK's cyber defense rather than offensive capabilities

9 years ago
Energy Sector Is A ‘Prime Target’ For Cyber AttacksEnergy Sector Is A ‘Prime Target’ For Cyber Attacks

Energy Sector Is A ‘Prime Target’ For Cyber Attacks

Cyber attacks against energy companies have risen massively, with the industry a prime target for attackers

9 years ago

Yahoo Hack: Eastern European Blackhats Responsible For The Massive Data Breach

Cyber security firm InfoArmor says criminal hackers for hire are to blame for the Yahoo hack in 2014

9 years ago

Apple Harvests iMessage Logs And Could Share Them With The Police

Questions are raised over how private Apple's services really are.

9 years ago

Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer Slammed By US Senators Over ‘Unacceptable’ Delay To Handling Data Leak

The fallout from the hack of Yahoo continues, with US senators lambasting firm's handling of incident

9 years ago

Yahoo Certificate Security Is ‘Still Poor’ Despite Hack

Research finds that Yahoo has still not taken steps to improve its certificate security and encryption, despite massive data breach

9 years ago

Apple iOS 10 Flaw Makes It Easier To Hack iPhone Backups

Researchers uncover “major security flaw” in Apple's iOS 10 backup protection for iTunes as iOS 10.0.2 fixes unrelated headphone issue

9 years ago

DDoS Attacks Heading Toward 1-Terabit Record

ANALYSIS: Although a 665Gbps attack is considered an outlier today, there will likely come a day when it is not…

9 years ago

Snooping Becomes Legal In Switzerland To Combat Terrorism

Swiss voters have approved a law that allows security services to conduct surveillance operations

9 years ago

Yahoo, LinkedIn, Apple iCloud: 10 Big Data Breaches

Data breaches from hack attacks continue to get bigger and bolder but which of these do you remember?

9 years ago

What Should You Do After Massive Yahoo Hack?

ANALYSIS: Hackers have stolen details of 500m Yahoo accounts. Here's what you should do and what businesses should do next

9 years ago

Sky And BT Email Users Are Caught Up In Yahoo Password Hack

Sky and BT email users on the Yahoo Mail platform are urged to reset their passwords following data breach

9 years ago

Latest iOS 10 Security Features Help Apple’s Business Case

ANALYSIS: Integration with partners such as Cisco and centrally managed restrictions make iOS 10 a more secure enterprise platform, according…

9 years ago

Hackers Are Using Consumer IoT Devices To Launch DDoS Attacks

Lax IoT security is allowing cyber criminals to syphon bandwidth to launch attacks on big businesses

9 years ago

Hack Attacks On Satellites Pose ‘Catastrophic’ Risk To The World

Chatham House researchers warn space assets are ripe targets for cyber criminals, hackers and terrorists

9 years ago

Apple macOS Sierra Fixes 68 Vulnerabilities

macOS Sierra isn't just a pretty face. Apple has patched quite a few security flaws, including one that affects Docker

9 years ago