Security Management

Code Hooking Opens Security Product Vulnerability

Fresh concern raised about the security of the very products designed to protect users from cyber nastiness

9 years ago

Researchers Warn Of Rio 2016 Malware As Olympic Searches Return Threats

Cybercriminals will likely target Rio 2016 as researchers warn Olympic searches are already returning threats and federation websites compromised

9 years ago

Mobile Malware Threat Grows As HummingBad Infection Reaches 85m

Depressing reading as active malware families grow and HummingBad infects 85 million Android devices

9 years ago

BAE Systems Joins SWIFT Security Team

Forensic experts join SWIFT to help prevent customer fraud and bolster community security

9 years ago

Stampado Ransomware Starts Deleting Files If No Payment Is Made

The clock is ticking. Ransomware victims have just 96 hours to cough up or it begins deleting files

9 years ago

Ranscam Malware Poses As Ransomware But Just Deletes Your Files

Malware dubbed 'ranscam' asks for payment to unlock files, but in reality has already deleted them

9 years ago

Patch Tuesday: Routine For Microsoft, Adobe Is More Pressing

Routine fixes for Office and web browsers, but no flaws are being actively exploited in the wild

9 years ago

CryptoDrop Promises To Stop Ransomware In Its Tracks

University of Florida researchers say the answer to stopping ransomware is to let it onto your system first

9 years ago

Facebook Messenger Tests End-to-End Encryption

Playing catch up? Facebook tests encrypted "secret conversations" after last month's security scare concerning chats

9 years ago

400,000 D-Link Devices Vulnerable To Zero-Day Flaw

Security researchers warn of a serious stack overflow vulnerability in a number of devices from D-Link

9 years ago

Avast Buys AVG For £1bn In Bid To Become Czech IoT Security Giant

Avast buys AVG for $1.3bn, giving it access to 400m PCs, smartphones, tablets and connected IoT devices

9 years ago

Apple Mac Malware Gives Backdoor Access And Webcam Control

Malware targets OS X and gives attackers webcam access via Tor and full access of compromised Mac

9 years ago

Darktrace Raises £50m Funding For Cyber Defence Push

Another round of funding for cyber-security firm backed by former Autonomy boss Mike Lynch

9 years ago

Firmware Flaw Affects Lenovo ThinkPads, Other PC Makers’ Hardware

ANALYSIS: New zero-day vulnerability may also affect computers from other makers that used similar Intel UEFI reference code to create…

9 years ago

Sharp Rise In Identity Theft Among Young UK Adults

Media savvy Millennials still falling for same tricks as fraud rockets 52 percent among those under 30

9 years ago

InfoSec 2016: Why Ransomware Should Be Your Number One Concern

VIDEO: ESET’s Mark James tells us how to best protect from particularly painful malware

9 years ago

Will Differential Privacy Give Data-Focused Firms Both Security and Privacy?

Apple will use differential privacy to collect data on groups while keeping individuals anonymous. This emphasises privacy, while giving access…

9 years ago

Android Malware Disguises Itself As WhatsApp, Uber And Google Play

Don't fall for it. Devious malware utilises user interfaces of Android apps in order to steal sensitive data

9 years ago

Serious Vulnerabilities In Symantec Products Are ‘As Bad As It Gets’

Vulnerabilities “are as bad as it gets” says Google's Project Zero, and could endanger millions of users

9 years ago

Blindspotter Uses Machine Learning To Find Suspicious Network Activity

The use of machine learning to identify suspicious online activity is a new and important capability in securing the network,…

9 years ago

NASCAR Team Partners Malwarebytes After Ransomware Attack

Malwarebytes becomes sponsor of NASCAR team after its testing data was encrypted by ransomware

9 years ago

US Customs To Request Social Media Data For Passengers

Fresh privacy concern? US Customs proposes to screen social media profiles of travellers to the United States

9 years ago

Office 365 Users Hit By ‘Widespread’ Ransomware Attack

But Microsoft insists that only a small number of Office 365 were targetted and the attack was blocked within hours

9 years ago

ICO: Future UK Data Protection Laws Must Equal Those Of EU

Safe Habour advice. British data protection act should be used when transferring data to US, says ICO

9 years ago

InfoSec 2016: Government Is Doing “An Awful Lot” On Cyber Security

But Intel Security’s Gordon Morrison says that a growing skills gap could be a worry

9 years ago

Study Claims HMTL5 Isn’t Much More Secure Than Flash

Flash not so bad? New report casts doubts on HTML5 adverts being safer than Adobe Flash

9 years ago

Cisco Warns Of Libarchive File Compression Flaw

Patch it now! Popular open source file compression tool libarchive contains wide reaching vulnerabilities

9 years ago

Unknown Connections On LinkedIn Can Compromise Enterprise Security

Intel Security says employees are not being educated about the risks of adding people they don't know on LinkedIn amid…

9 years ago

iOS 10 Developer Preview Has An Unencrypted Kernel

The suggestion is that Apple has negelected to encrypt iOS 10 kernel in bid to encourage hackers to find security…

9 years ago

Will MPs’ TalkTalk Hack Recommendations Make The UK More Secure?

INDUSTRY VIEW: Security experts examine parliamentary select committee's proposals for data breach compliance, enforcement and awareness

9 years ago