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Quiz Of The Week – Hackers And Viruses

How much do you know about the biggest threats online?

10 years ago

Anthem Admits Data Breach After ‘Sophisticated’ Attack

US healthcare insurer admits 80 million customer and staff records compromised in a damaging cyber attack

10 years ago

Toshiba Releases Encrypted USB Stick With Built-In Keypad

10-number keypad used to authenticate access to documents inside

10 years ago

Creator Of Online Black Market Silk Road Faces Life Behind Bars After Guilty Verdict

Ross Ulbricht AKA Dread Pirate Roberts was found guilty of seven federal charges, including drug trafficking and money laundering

10 years ago

NSA Reform Proposals Slammed As ‘Pitiful’

New proposals governing NSA data collection don't go far enough, campaigners complain

10 years ago

Google – We Blocked 524 MILLION Bad Ads Last Year

Search giant also banned 214,000 advertisers and removed 250,000 sites in fight against malware

10 years ago

Prison Sentence Looms For Revenge Porn Owner

The owner of a 'revenge porn' website has been convicted of numerous charges in the United States

10 years ago

Three Apps Pulled From Google Play After Infecting Millions Of Devices With Adware

More than 10 million devices have been infected by the malware, which tries to con users into needlessly spending money

10 years ago

Good For Samsung Knox Aims To Secure Android For Businesses

Good Technology and Samsung continue collaboration with Android integration

10 years ago

MobileIron Wants To Lock Down Work Data On Your Personal Cloud

Firm's shadow IT buster 'Content Security Service' will aim to secure work content even with BYOD workers

10 years ago

Insecure Browsers Causing Spike In Malware Damage

The cost to respond to and remediate one security breach resulting from failed malware detection technology is approximately $62,000 per…

10 years ago

US Military Recruits Gamers To Fly Killer Drones

Former gamers speak of carrying out thousands of killings through the CIA's Predator drone programme

10 years ago

User Data Compromised In Gamer Social Network Hack

User Data Compromised In Raptr Gamer Social Network Hack

10 years ago

Third Time Unlucky: Adobe Forced To Release Hatrick Of Unscheduled Security Patches

Adobe's latest flaw has allowed hackers to take control of thousands of users' computers

10 years ago

Google To Pay Up-Front For Security Research

Google is supplementing its existing bug bounty programmes with a scheme that will pay top researchers to investigate key services

10 years ago

Couples Beware – Could Your Sex Toys Be Spying On You?

Talk about a ruined Valentines Day - hacked sex toys can be accessed to post images and even video

10 years ago

Governments Have No Idea How To Stop Cyberterrorists – Time To Call In John McClane, Says Eugene Kaspersky

Seen Die Hard 4.0? That’s what’s coming soon if you don’t shape up, Kaspersky warns world leaders

10 years ago

BMW Patches Car Hack Vulnerability

German carmaker patches flaw that could allow hackers to gain access to BMW, Mini, and Rolls Royce vehicles

10 years ago

The Critic’s View: Data Privacy Day / Data Protection Day

Our round-up of the expert views concerning keeping your data safe online

10 years ago

Google To Change Privacy Policy, ICO Confirms

Google agrees to alter its UK privacy policy after escaping a fine by Information Commissioner

10 years ago

DDoS Attack Volume On The Rise

Arbor's 10th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report points to the growing attack bandwidth and application layer attacks

10 years ago

Russian Dating Website Buys Back 20 million Stolen Email Addresses

Details remain sketchy - has the hacker turned security consultant?

10 years ago

CyLon To Help Startups Develop UK’s Cyber Defences

The scheme aims to develop the UK into Europe's hub for cyber security startups

10 years ago

LocalBitcoins Hack Proves Bitcoin Wallets Need Two-Factor Authentication

A new type of malware has been blamed for the bitcoin theft

10 years ago

China Demands Technology Firms Hand Over Source Code

Protectionism or national security? China demands foreign firms hand over source code for inspection

10 years ago

7 Ways To Increase Your Privacy By Customising Firefox

Johnathan Nightingale, VP Firefox at Mozilla, explains how you can safeguard your privacy on computers and mobile devices

10 years ago

How To Overcome The ‘Tech Deficit’ And Meet Your Data Centre Security Needs

Colt's John Hayday discusses security needs in today's data centre

10 years ago

US Military Develops Invisible Biometric ‘Passwords’

The end of traditional biometric and password security? US Military signs deal for new ID verification system

10 years ago

Severe Linux GHOST Flaw Spooks Out Computer Users

Critical vulnerability found in Linux systems gives attackers control without system credentials

10 years ago

Could Your Apps Be Putting Your Smartphone At Risk?

Smartphone users need to be aware of what data their mobile apps have access to, say Silent Circle and Blackphone

10 years ago