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Hackers Can ‘Crack’ Your PIN By Exploiting Smartphone Sensor Data

By monitoring sensor data, criminals web pages and malicious apps could potentially guess PINs to a surprising degree of accuracy

8 years ago

Wonga Suffers Mass Data Breach Affecting 245,000 UK Customers

Stolen data from customers in the UK and Poland includes names, addresses and credit card information

8 years ago

HP Inc: It’s Time To Stop Ignoring Printer Security

Printers are the biggest security threat to businesses, claims HP

8 years ago

UK Companies Targeted In Major Cyber Attack Operation By China-Based Hackers

The UK has been the target of a systemic global hacking operation

8 years ago

IBM Security: Data Leaks Grew By 566 Percent in 2016

Spam Skyrockets and cyber criminals turn to unstructured data as the number of compromised records goes through the roof in…

8 years ago

LastPass Rushes To Patch Yet Another Bug In Its Firefox Browser Extension

UPDATED: Google Project Zero researcher discovers yet another bug in LastPass Firefox extension

8 years ago

NATO Outlines €3 Billion Plan To Combat Cyber Threats

The investment will go towards improving satellite communications and cyber security technology

8 years ago

Hackers Demand Ransom In Exchange For Stolen Apple iCloud Accounts

Hacker's claims are yet to be fully verified as Apple says it won't pay up for stolen user credentials

8 years ago

Google Nest Camera Bug Enables Burglars To Shut Off Recording Via Bluetooth

The bug has yet to be patched, yet Bluetooth in the devices cannot be disabled

8 years ago

McDonald’s Compromised Twitter Account Posts Anti-Trump Tweet

The fast-food firm claims its Twitter accounts was compromised

8 years ago

Two Russian Spies Indicted By US Justice Department For Orchestrating Yahoo Hack

The Kremlin has denied the accusations that FSB agents facilitated one of the largest data breaches in history

8 years ago

High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Pro Turkish Supporters

Twitter accounts held by notable individuals and organisations hacked and defaced with pro Turkish content

8 years ago

SAP Rushes To Patch Cyber Security Flaws In HANA

Luckily, the flaws were fixed before hackers were able to find and exploit them

8 years ago

Nintendo Switch Hacked Via Built-In WebKit Exploit

The console has only been out for two weeks and already has hackers cracking it

8 years ago

Security Breach Sees Thousands Of Welsh NHS Staff Data Stolen

The data was swiped form a server being operated by an external contractor

8 years ago

GCHQ Warns Political Parties Of Russian Cyber Threat To 2020 General Election

GCHQ warns that Russian tempering during US Presidential election is likely to happen again

8 years ago

Coachella Website Hack: 950,000 User Accounts For Sale On The Dark Web

Big data breach shows organisations of all sizes and sectors are open to the attentions of cyber criminals

8 years ago

Yahoo Woes Continue As Hackers Access 32 Million Accounts Using Forged Cookies

Yahoo regulatory filing reveals continued impacts of mass security failings

8 years ago

RSA 2017: Five Reasons Why We’re Losing The Cyber Battle

RSA 2017: Why exactly are the cyber criminals currently coming out on top? Here are five reasons...

8 years ago

Smart Home Attacks And Data Weaponisation: The New Threat Vectors For 2017 And Beyond

Intel Security's Christopher Young issues some stark security warnings at RSA Conference 2017

8 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Cyber Security In 2017

Hackers, ransomware, and malicious code do not seem to be going anywhere in 2017

8 years ago

Zeus Banking Trojan Returns To Snatch Passwords And Credentials

The trojan used web injection to sneakily snatch credentials imputed into fake forms

8 years ago

Ransomware Used to Seize Control Of Simulated Water Plant

Georgia Tech researchers have created ransomware that can attack critical infrastructure

8 years ago

WordPress Security Vulnerability Leads To 1.5 Million Web Pages Being Defaced

WordPress rushed to fix the flaw but hackers speedily exploited the flaw

8 years ago

Hacker Takes Down 20 Percent Of Dark Web Hosted Sites

Freedom Hosting II had 10,000 Tor-based webpages rendered inaccessible

8 years ago

Malware-Loaded Microsoft Document Aimed At NATO Governments

Cisco’s Talos researchers discovered the threat which sported unusual cyber features

8 years ago

Ransomware Seizes Control Of Electronic Lock System In Austrian Hotel

The cyber attack highlights how digital malware can make its presence known in the physical world

8 years ago

‘Highly Effective’ Phishing Scam Steals Gmail Login Details

Victims are sent a spoofed email directing them to a fake Gmail login page

8 years ago

Rudy Giuliani Is To Head Donald Trump’s Cybersecurity Taskforce

Former major of New York Giuliani accepts position as leader of Donald Trump's new cybersecurity team

8 years ago

Britain Launches Cyber Security Inquiry

After Russian hacking of US election, the UK launches a national security inquiry into cyber defences

8 years ago