Security Management

FBI Warns Of Islamic State Campaign Against WordPress Sites

Islamic State sympathizers are targeting WordPress vulnerabilities according to the FBI

10 years ago

Singtel Targets Cyber Security With Trustwave Purchase

Asian telecom operator pays over half a billion pounds for Trustwave

10 years ago

White House Breach Blamed On Russian Hackers

The White House network breach was carried out by hackers “likely working” for the Russian government

10 years ago

‘Dyre Wolf’ Bank Transfer Scam Nets Criminals $1bn To Date

Sophisticated bank transfer cyber scam uses 'advanced social engineering' to fleece US companies

10 years ago

China Outrage At Google Digital Certificate Rejection

Chinese administrator labels Google's rejection of its digital certificates as "unacceptable"

10 years ago

US Sanctions To Tackle Cyber Hacker Scourge

Hackers outside US will be financially punished after United States launches a cyber sanctions program

10 years ago

Lebanese Hackers Behind Volatile Cedar Spy Campaign

Hackers linked to Lebanese political group are behind a 'well managed' espionage campaign, warns researcher

10 years ago

5 DNS Attack Vectors You Need To Be Wary Of – And How To Defend Against Them

Chris Marrison, consulting solutions architect, Infoblox, explains how to protect your organisation against some of the most sneaky and damaging…

10 years ago

Australia Passes Mandatory Data Retention Laws

Communications metadata can now be accessed by Australian government without need of a search warrant

10 years ago

Router Hack Inserts Ads And Porn Into Websites

Fraud scheme uses router hack to intercept Google Analytics tags and replace them with smut and adverts

10 years ago

Threat-Sharing Cybersecurity Bill Gets Public Airing

Proposed law to allow American companies to share cybersecurity threats with government, without being sued

10 years ago

Top European Court Mulls Over Facebook Data Sharing Case

June will see the decision by the top European court on the data sharing agreement between the US and Europe

10 years ago

Avast: Here’s Why Smartphone Security Really Matters

Around 50 million Android users were hit by some form of security issue last year, firm tells TechWeekEurope

10 years ago

White House Hires Ex-Facebook Director For Tech Modernisation

Former engineering boss at Facebook hired as the first ever director of IT at the White House

10 years ago

NJRat Trojan Returns To Life, Warns PhishMe

A remote access trojan, last seen a year ago, is making a reappearance warns security researcher

10 years ago

Google’s Schmidt Predicts US Government Defeat Over Encryption

The tech industry will win fight against governments over the use of encryption on devices, says Eric Schmidt

10 years ago

Target To Settle Epic Data Breach Lawsuit With $10m Payoff

The stark reality of the financial cost of a data breach is revealed, as Target aims to settle lawsuit for…

10 years ago

GCHQ Licensed To Hack Phones And Computers

Licensed to spy. GCHQ permitted to hack into computers and phones, even with no national security concerns

10 years ago

North Korea Web Outage Was Revenge For Sony Hack

North Korea's December Internet blackout was in retaliation for the Sony hack, admits US cybersecurity official

10 years ago

Small Businesses Need To Face Up To Big Security Problems

Terry Greer-King, director of cyber security at Cisco UK&I, tells TechWeekEurope why security short-sightedness could spell disaster for SMBs

10 years ago

Panda Antivirus Bricks PCs After Faulty Update

Face-palm time. Panda Antivirus accidentally labels itself malware and damages an undisclosed number of PCs

10 years ago

EU To Model New Security Force On British Counter-Terrorism Unit

Plans for a Europe-wide counter-terrorism unit are being considered to tackle Jihad John and his pals

10 years ago

‘Nearly Half’ Of Public Sectors Bodies Have Suffered A Data Breach

Staff often just too busy to cope with new government guidelines, Iron Mountain report claims

10 years ago

Hacker Releases More South Korean Nuclear Data

Nuclear operator insists leaked secrets, including blueprints of reactor, are not 'classified material'

10 years ago

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Resolves FREAK Flaw

No more FREAKY business. Microsoft rushes out fix for legacy encryption flaw in Patch Tuesday update

10 years ago

Two Arrested After ‘Largest Ever’ Data Breach

Three charged in the United States following major data breach, authorities confirm

10 years ago

Dropbox Repairs Android Security Fault

Cloud storage service repairs flaw that could have allowed hackers to capture data via third party apps

10 years ago

Android 5.1 Gains Business-Friendly Device Protection Feature

Google includes a new mobile device security feature in its latest Android 5.1 Lollipop update to make the operating system…

10 years ago

NCA Arrests 57 Suspects In Cybercrime Clampdown

National Crime Agency arrests dozens in cybercrime clampdown on suspected hackers and other online criminals

10 years ago

Oracle Uses Java To Install Adware On Macs, PCs

Superfish take two? Oracle is now bundling Ask.com adware on Mac computers via the Java installation

10 years ago