Security Management

Patch Tuesday Tackles Windows 10 Fixes

Microsoft welcomes its newest operating system, Windows 10, to its Patch Tuesday update cycle

10 years ago

Adobe Patches 34 More Bugs In Flash

Adobe's August Patch Tuesday update provides fixes for 34 identified Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs)

10 years ago

Hillary Clinton Surrenders Email Server To FBI

FBI takes presidential hopeful’s private email server into custody to check for US government policy breaches

10 years ago

SEC Files Insider Trading Charges After Financial Wire Hack

Authorities charge 32 people after international group hacked financial newswires to trade shares on the stock market

10 years ago

Microsoft Puts A Bigger Bounty On Bugs

The company promises bigger payouts for security researchers who find authentication exploits and submit ideas to strengthen Windows' defences

10 years ago

Carphone Warehouse Hack: How Can You Protect Yourself?

NEWS ANALYSIS: The security industry explains how consumers and businesses can protect themselves from this hack and against future data…

10 years ago

Carphone Warehouse Hack Could Leave 2.4m Customers’ Data At Risk

Shares fall two percent as phone retailer suffers cyber attack that compromises credit card details, names and addresses of customers

10 years ago

Digital Platforms To Be Included In EU Cybersecuity Law

Search engines, social networks and e-commerce websites will have to comply with EU security measures

10 years ago

Tesla Issues Patch After Serious Car Hack

A hack that allowed researchers to gain control of Tesla's electric vehicle has now been patched

10 years ago

New Techniques Could Prevent Use-After-Free Exploits: Black Hat

The single most pervasive zero-day is use-after-free (UAF), but new research from HP detailed at Black Hat could change that…

10 years ago

Open Network Switches Pose Security Risk, Researcher Says

At the Black Hat show, a security expert demonstrates how vulnerable SDN switches that use the ONIE software are open…

10 years ago

Watch Out: That Windows 10 Update Might Be Ransomware

Bitdefender study reveals criminals are sending out Windows 10 upgrade emails to disguise CTB Locker ransomware

10 years ago

Android Fingerprint Readers Are Also A Security Risk

It’s not just TouchID that’s at risk from hackers looking for personal data, Black Hat researchers find

10 years ago

Texas Drone Uncovers Scale Of IoT Security Worries

Austin-based drone discovers details of 1,600 IoT devices in just a few neighbourhoods

10 years ago

Samsung, Google Nexus Devices To Get Monthly Android Security Updates

Smartphones and tablets will be among the first to benefit from incremental updates to Android

10 years ago

Beware – Your Smart Home Might Be A Massive Security Risk

Tripwire survey finds zero-day vulnerabilities in many of the leading smart home hubs

10 years ago

FBI Called In To Investigate Hillary Clinton Email Set-Up

FBI agents are looking into the security of the presidential hopeful’s private account

10 years ago

BIND Flaw Opens Door To Hacker Attacks On DNS

Patch now! BIND flaw is being exploited by hackers and websites can be taken offline, researchers warn

10 years ago

Employees Just Don’t Care About Keeping Company Data Safe With BYOD

Kaspersky survey finds only one in ten workers bothering to keep work files safe from cyber attack

10 years ago

Two Major Mac OS X Vulnerabilities Bring Apple Security Approach Under Scrutiny

Researchers find exploit for previously known vulnerability and create firmware worm that can spread without physical network

10 years ago

Q&A With Black Hat, DEF CON Founder Jeff Moss

Jeff Moss, consultant and former hacker offers his takes on trends, privacy, machine learning - and why you should always…

10 years ago

How Finance Firms Can Reduce Data Security Risk

IT outsourcing and managed services specialist, Advanced 365, offers its top tips on defending against new cyber threats

10 years ago

Could Your Phone’s Battery Be Spying On You?

Researchers reveal that a flaw in HTML5 API can be used to track users across the web

10 years ago

How To Protect Your Business From A DDoS Attack

Margee Abrams, security services product marketing at Neustar, a real-time information and analytics firm, says criminals will steal from you…

10 years ago

Mobile Malware ‘Grows Almost Three-Fold’ In Just Three Months

However the total number of global threats in Q2 2015 fell 19 percent, Kaspersky Labs reports

10 years ago

Porn Clampdown By Government Questioned

Plan to stop kids accessing smut ignores the fact that most porn websites are hosted outside the UK

10 years ago

Vendors Finding Value in Bug Bounty Programs

Bugcrowd report examines 30 months of bug bounty submissions across 166 programs, finds crowdsourced security is gaining industry-wide adoption

10 years ago

Google Roadshow To Train UK For Online Safety

Google undertakes country-wide roadshow to train Brits about online safety and security

10 years ago

ARM Splashes Cash On Israeli IoT Security Firm

Acquisition of Sansa Security will offer hardware and software-based security features for ARM's IoT chips

10 years ago

Three Awesome Windows 10 Security Features

Will Windows 10 be more secure than previous versions? These security features should help

10 years ago