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Nokia Bashes BlackBerry For Its Business Base

Nokia joins other phone makers in kicking BlackBerry, but must do more to give business users better security, says Wayne…

11 years ago

Verizon: Global Digital Espionage Rising

China said to be chief perpetrator, US the main target, with plenty of activity in Eastern Europe too

11 years ago

iOS Malware Tries To Pilfer Passwords From Jailbroken Devices

Chinese hackers may have created iOS malware called Unflod

11 years ago

HMRC To Sell Private Taxpayer Data

The government is pushing ahead with legal changes that would allow HMRC to share anonymised taxpayer data, but only in…

11 years ago

US Retail Giant Michaels Admits 3m Hit By Data Breach

Arts and crafts retailer says its stores, including Aaron Brothers outlets, had machines infected with malware

11 years ago

Cyber-Attackers Use NTP To Overwhelm Servers

In the first quarter attackers have shown a preference for reflection attacks, often using simple tools that make use of…

11 years ago

Canadian Police Make First Heartbleed Hack Arrest

The first arrest over attacks using the Heartbleed vulnerability has been announced in Canada following a hit on the country's…

11 years ago

Ethical Hackers Crack Samsung Galaxy S5 Fingerprint Sensor

Researchers re-use fingerprint mould they used to break into the iPhone 5S

11 years ago

Hackers Steal Up To 480,000 Patient Records From UK Plastic Surgery Clinic

Attackers try to extort Harley Medical Group

11 years ago

Google Gets Explicit On Email Scanning With Fresh Terms

Tech giant takes action after facing criticism for not being clear over Gmail scanning

11 years ago

Heartbleed Hackers Hit Mumsnet

Canadian tax authority also compromised, as Heartbleed affects masses of companies

11 years ago

Swedish Inventor Launches Vein-Pattern Scanning For Payments

A Swedish inventor has implemented an instant payments system that relies on scans of the unique pattern of veins in…

11 years ago

US Revenue Service Pays Microsoft To Continue Windows XP Support

The US' IRS has said it missed the deadline for migrating away from Windows XP due to budget shortfalls

11 years ago

NSA Denies Prior Knowledge Of Heartbleed Vulnerability

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence says disclosing the vulnerability would be “in the national interest”

11 years ago

BlackBerry Plans Heartbleed Patches But Says Its Own Phones Unaffected

BlackBerry works on Heartbleed patches for some services, but says its own handsets, BES 10 and its infrastructure aren't affected

11 years ago

AT&T ‘Hacker’ Weev Free From Jail

Andrew Auernheimer case should not have been heard in New Jersey, US appeals court rules

11 years ago

Private Keys Can Be Pilfered With Heartbleed Exploits

CloudFlare challenge to steal private keys via Heartbleed flaw finds a handful of winners

11 years ago

Google Patches ‘Heartbleed’ Vulnerabilities In Apps, Services

Google said it has patched services including Search, Gmail, YouTube and Google Wallet in response to the Heartbleed flaw alert

11 years ago

Heartbleed: Marketing, Or Responsible Disclosure?

When the Heartbleed OpenSSL flaw became a media circus. administrators felt left out of the loop, says Sean Michael Kerner

11 years ago

Heartbleed: Act Quickly But Don’t Panic

No one knows if the Heartbleed flaw was exploited, but you should make changes to be safe, says Wayne Rash

11 years ago

Most UK Police Forces ‘Lack Cyber Capability’

Lack of cyber policing skills in the UK is a cause for concern

11 years ago

Google Removes Bogus Security App From Google Play

Red faces at Google after the discovery that one of the top selling apps in Google Play is a total…

11 years ago

Snowden: NSA Targeted Human Rights Groups

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch concerned about Snowden claims

11 years ago

‘Heartbleed’ OpenSSL Bug Left HTTPS Servers Vulnerable For Two Years

Exploitation of the OpenSSL bug, introduced in 2012, leaves no trace - meaning organisations may already have had their encryption…

11 years ago

How To Survive The Death Of Windows XP

If you really must run Windows XP after Microsoft cuts off support today, Wayne Rash tells you how to do…

11 years ago

Dark Market Zero-Days ‘Selling Regularly For $50k-$100k’

Symantec researchers tell TechWeek that dark market crooks are getting big bucks from selling zero-days, despite the rise of legitimate…

11 years ago

2013 Saw 500 Percent Increase In Ransomware

European Cyber Crime Centre says it is tracking a number of strains as Symantec spies uptick in the malware

11 years ago

CryptoLocker Copycat CryptoDefence Has Fatal Flaw

The developers of the latest ransomware, CryptoDefence, made one major mistake - they left the decryption keys on the infected…

11 years ago

US Criticises European Anti-Spying Internet Proposals

The US Trade Representative has said European anti-spying plans could bring the EU into conflict with international trade laws

11 years ago

Ex-GCHQ Head And David Blunkett Call For Spying Transparency

Former Home secretary David Blunkett and ex-director of GCHQ Sir David Omand both say the intelligence agency should be more…

11 years ago