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Visa Bins The Account Number For Mobile & Online Payments

Expansion of tokenisation technology will help to ensure security of Visa user accounts

10 years ago

Xbox Live Downed By Lizard Squad

The Lizard Squad hacking group has again targeted Microsoft's online gaming service, taking it offline for hours

10 years ago

$1bn Stolen In World’s Biggest Cyber Heist

Up to $1bn stolen from banks and financial institutions worldwide over the past two years

10 years ago

Innovate UK Pledges Up To £4m For Security Research

The government agency is to spend millions to encourage industry research that can help build confidence in the security of…

10 years ago

Apple Adds Two-Step Security To iMessage, FaceTime

Users of the messaging and video telephony tools will now be prompted to activate two-step authentication

10 years ago

How Security Information & Event Management Saves Time (Yes, Really!)

Joe Schreiber, solutions architect at AlienVault, discusses five clear ways in which SIEM can save you precious time

10 years ago

Google ‘Refused To Compromise’ With Microsoft, Apple Over Bug Disclosures

Google has refused to delay zero-day flaw disclosures from both Microsoft and Apple, according to a report

10 years ago

MasterCard Ploughs $20 Million Into North American Security

Announces US 'safety net' to reduce the risk of fraud or cyberattacks

10 years ago

How To Protect Yourself From Dating App Cyber Threats

Most dating apps are vulnerable to attacks from cyber criminals. Here's how to give hackers the cold shoulder

10 years ago

10 Hacker Horror Stories

To mark Friday the 13th, we've put together ten of the most horrifying hacker stories from history.

10 years ago

Facebook Unveils ThreatExchange Platform

New Facebook platform to allow professionals to share threat data to help bolster cyber security

10 years ago

How Dating Apps Could Destroy Your Business

IBM discovers majority of dating apps are vulnerable to cyberattacks - and they're installed on mobile devices used to access…

10 years ago

Confused ISIS Hackers Attack Non-League Football Club

Islamic State hackers fail to find back of the net with hack of a English non-league football club

10 years ago

Smartphone Kill-Switches ‘Reducing’ Thefts In London

Mayor of London says smartphone kill-switches are making London safer, but wants industry to make them compulsory

10 years ago

HP Adds Voltage To Security Offerings With Acquisition

Voltage Security offers encryption aimed at cloud and big data environments

10 years ago

WhatsApp Users ‘Can Be Tracked By Anyone’

A design flaw reportedly allows WhatsApp users' online status and other information to be monitored, even with the strictest privacy…

10 years ago

One Third Of UK Children “Targeted By Negative Online Behaviour” Last Year

A study published for Safer Internet Day has found that young people have a positive Internet experience overall

10 years ago

Linux Foundation’s CII Continues To Fund Open-Source Security Efforts

The Core Infrastructure Initiative that was launched in the wake of Heartbleed to provide funding for critical open-source infrastructure projects…

10 years ago

How To Beat The Hackers – 5 Tips For Staying Safe Online

To mark Safer Internet Day, TechWeekEurope has teamed up with Charles Sweeney, CEO of web content filtering firm, Bloxx, to…

10 years ago

Don’t Leave The Front Door Unlocked – 5 Password Security Tips For Businesses

LogMeIn's Chris Corde offers some helpful hints on choosing the right password strategy for your company

10 years ago

Samsung Warns Of TV Eavesdropping

Users of Smart TV should be careful of what they say in front of it, according to Samsung

10 years ago

Chipotle Restaurant Apologises After Racist Twitter Hack Tweets

The Twitter account of a US restaurant chain was hacked over the weekend, with attackers using it to post offensive…

10 years ago

ARM Buys Internet Of Things Security Software Firm

Dutch Internet of Things firm Offspark snapped up to bolster ARM's security angle

10 years ago

How To Explain Malvertising To A Five-Year-Old

The definitive definition of malvertising from the experts for the kids (and adults, too)

10 years ago

Microsoft Patch Analysis Shows Growing Vulnerability Fixes

Microsoft patched more Common Vulnerability Exposures in 2014 than any other year, but number of critical fixes falls

10 years ago

Secretive UK Court Declares GCHQ Mass Surveillance Program Unlawful

GCHQ was operating illegally for at least seven years between 2007 and 2014

10 years ago

Anthem Hack Investigators Cite Chinese ‘Fingerprints’

Investigators of Anthem attack pursue evidence pointing to Chinese state-sponsored hackers

10 years ago

Mobile Biometrics ‘To Top £20bn By 2020’

Acuity study predicts that mobile payments and online banking will drive biometrics windfall

10 years ago

HP Awarded $125,000 Bug Bounty By Microsoft

HP received the Microsoft Mitigation Bypass Bounty for new research that could limit the risk of use-after-free vulnerabilities

10 years ago

Anthem Hack: What Can We Learn From The Healthcare Industry’s Biggest Ever Breach?

Insurance firm, Anthem, allowed hackers to access 80m customers' records, but could it have been avoided? And how can you…

10 years ago