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RSA Warns Customers About NSA Encryption Cracking

RSA is one of the first commercial companies to warn about issues with encryption after revelations about the NSA's meddling…

11 years ago

GCHQ ‘Hacked Belgium ISP Belgacom’

Belgacom, which counts the European Commission and the European Parliament as its customers, a target of British intelligence, leaks show

11 years ago

Barclays Bank Branch Bugged In £1.3m Breach

Branch hit by crude yet effective attack involving a KVM device

11 years ago

Community Bounty To Hack iPhone 5S Touch ID Hits Thousands

Crowd-funded bounty is on offer for anyone who can "break into an iPhone 5S by lifting prints (like from a…

11 years ago

Facebook Pays Out For SSL Weakness In Android App

Facebook admits it wasn't doing SSL right in its Android app

11 years ago

Mac Trojan With Links To Syria Uncovered

Syrian Electronic Army implicated in Mac malware attacks

11 years ago

Microsoft Rushes Fix For Exploited Internet Explorer Flaw

Tech giant says Internet Explorer zero-day attacks have been seen in the wild

11 years ago

Hidden Lynx: Chinese Hackers Hit Bit9 And Hundreds More

Crew that hit Bit9 earlier this year is based in China and continues to wreak havoc across the world, say…

11 years ago

Government To Trial Emergency Mobile Warnings

Alerts will be sent out to around 50,000 people across different parts of the UK

11 years ago

Microsoft Has The Patch Tuesday Blues With Buggy Updates

One pulled patch and updates appearing as needed even after installation give Microsoft a headache

11 years ago

Argentine Police Arrest ‘Superhacker’

A teenager was said to be making $50k a month from botnet

11 years ago

Anonymous-Affiliated Hacker Sentenced To Three Years

Yet another Anonymous member is heading to prison

11 years ago

Cyber Police Arrest 12 Over Santander Plot

Santander could have lost millions if police hadn't foiled a plot to hack into a branch machine

11 years ago

Hey Apple! Fingerprints Are For Ease Of Use, Not Security

The iPhone 5S's fingerprint recognition is for ease-of use, says Sean Michael Kerner. For security, have a look at iCloud…

11 years ago

Insider Suspected In Massive Vodafone Hack

Operator says a highly sophisticated attack could have been perpetrated by one of its own

11 years ago

North Korea Suspected Of Advanced Malware Attacks On South

North Korea implicated in malware attacks on a wide range of bodies in South Korea

11 years ago

Microsoft Issues 13 Bulletins In Hefty Patch Tuesday Release

Patch Tuesday for September sees 47 vulnerabilities addressed

11 years ago

C4’s Blackout: Disastrous Cyber Attacks CAN Be Funny

Tom Brewster considers the cybergeddon dystopia of Blackout, which shed little light on what a serious cyber attack would do…

11 years ago

Tech Titans Take Further Action On NSA Spying Transparency

Facebook, Google and Yahoo all lodge legal petitions to let them talk aboue NSA data requests

11 years ago

John McAfee Dead – Or Not

The anti-virus anti-hero is not dead. In fact, he is as lively as ever

11 years ago

Yahoo Transparency Report Shows Germany’s Personal Data Desire

Yahoo releases its first transparency report and the UK isn't in the top two for data requests for a change

11 years ago

NSA ‘Can Tap iPhone, Android And BlackBerry Phones’

NSA can tap plenty of mobile devices, according to fresh leaks reported by Der Spiegel

11 years ago

Tor Network Spike Caused By Botnet

Mevade botnet responsible for Tor traffic jump in August

11 years ago

NSA And GCHQ ‘Covertly Plant Vulnerabilities In Internet Encryption’

Intelligence agencies working inside tech companies to insert flaws in modern encryption, according to more of Snowden's leaks

11 years ago

IT Life: Security Down The Years

Craig Kensek has been doing security since the "I Love You" virus was doing the rounds

11 years ago

Cyber Crooks Share Botnets To Spread Super-Smart Android Malware

"Most sophisticated Android malware ever" using other Android botnets to spread

11 years ago

The DropBox Hack That Wasn’t

Reports of hacking Dropbox were exaggerated - but Sean Michael Kerner says it's time to look properly at securing your…

11 years ago

‘Potent’ Banking Malware Hesperbot Erupts From Czech Republic

Latest banking Trojan doing the rounds is causing concern

11 years ago

Wikileaks SpyFiles Show Surveillance Industry ‘Thriving Unchecked’

TechWeek digs into Wikileaks files to find a British supplier is implicated in selling to repressive regimes for significant sums

11 years ago