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Cybercriminals Cutting Malware “To Save Money”

2015 saw a major fall in malware, Kaspersky Labs reveals, as criminals change their tactics

9 years ago

Millions Of Travellers Put At Risk By Mobile Ticket Sites

Aer Lingus and Chiltern Railways among firms that put customer details due to unsecure mobile platforms, Wandera study reveals

9 years ago

Number Of iOS Threats ‘More Than Doubled’ In 2015

Symantec report also finds that Mac OS X threats specifically rose by 15 percent in 2014

9 years ago

The Independent’s Blog Section Hit By Ransomware Attack

Millions of Independent readers at risk of being infected with ransomware

9 years ago

Ex-IBM Code Leaker Arrested By Undercover Cops

Former IBM software engineer Jiaqiang Xu allegedly stole and leaked IBM proprietary source code

9 years ago

UK Is Leading Source Of DDoS Attacks

Akamai report identifies UK as leading originator of DDoS attacks

9 years ago

How To Bolster Data, Physical Security To Make Threats Go Elsewhere

NEWS ANALYSIS: There are events in today's society that you simply can't control or prevent, no matter how much you…

9 years ago

Majority Of Brits Want Total Control Over Their Online Data

BCS study finds that many of us are also unhappy with how companies collect data from us

9 years ago

Malvertising Assault Targets DailyMotion

Security researchers warn that even the most popular sites are targets for malvertising assaults

9 years ago

IBM Opens Up Security App Exchange To Tackle Cybercrime

Opening up IBM Security QRadar will allow sharing of new apps and knowledge on the latest threats

9 years ago

Security And Data Overload Are ‘Main Hurdles’ To IoT Adoption

Neustar study reveals some of the top worries companies have around the IoT

9 years ago

How To Secure Containers Is Still Subject To Debate

NEWS ANALYSIS: Experts agree that security is paramount when it comes to containers. Yet how to properly secure containers is…

9 years ago

French Police Looking To Ban Tor Network And Free Wi-Fi

Crackdown on insecure and unsecured networks follows Paris terrorist attacks last month

9 years ago

Lock Your Digital Doors: When IoT Falls Into The Wrong Hands

John Phillips from Zuora tells us why safeguarding the IoT is crucial to unlocking its full potential

9 years ago

Malvertising Appears In Promoted Tweet To Steal Facebook Logins

Rogue advert on Twitter aims to infect and then steal a user’s Facebook credentials, Proofpoint warns

9 years ago

More Than 80% Of Mobile Apps Have Encryption Flaws, Study Finds

More than 80% of mobile devices have encryption flaws, while an app written in any of a trio of scripting…

9 years ago

Kaspersky Ups Its Online Protection With Private Security Network

New cloud platform allows real-time data on the latest threats to be uploaded and distributed to Kaspersky products worldwide

9 years ago

JD Wetherspoon Hit By Major Cyber-Attack

Details of over 650,000 customer details stolen in hack, pub chain confirms

9 years ago

User Behaviour Based Biometrics: The New Frontier

Ryan Wilk from NuData Security tells us why a new approach to biometrics could provide better and more effective security…

9 years ago

UK ISPs ‘At Risk Of Attack’ Due To Security Failings

However recent TalkTalk attack has raised company awareness of security vulnerabilities

9 years ago

British Businesses More Worried About Losing Data Than Losing Money

Fujitsu report finds that majority of businesses skimp out on paying for effective IT security

9 years ago

Hackers Demand Major Bitcoin Ransom From Greek Banks

Armada Collective group has carried out three attacks in five days and is demanding 20,000 Bitcoin from each bank

9 years ago

Adele Fans Claiming Personal Data Breach

Those looking to buy tickets on Adele.com say they saw details of other customers when logging out

9 years ago

Huawei ‘Will Not Fix Vulnerable WiMax Routers’

The Chinese telecommunications equipment maker advised users to discard the affected devices, some of which are still on sale

9 years ago

Malware Campaign Hits Reader’s Digest

The latest malware campaign aimed at WordPress websites has infected Reader's Digest among others

9 years ago

Are You Banking Without Protection?

ESET survey reveals nearly a quarter of Brits don’t have adequate knowledge of online banking security

9 years ago

NSA Ends Mass Collection Of Telephone Records

The move is the biggest limitation of US surveillance powers since 2001

9 years ago

Hack Of Toy Maker VTech Could Include Child Data

Major breach at VTech includes data on 200,000 children and nearly five million parents

9 years ago

Government To Bolster Prison Mobile Blocking Tech

A £1.3bn investment in prisons is to go in part toward blocking mobile devices used to import drugs and organise…

9 years ago

Dealing With Dridex – Protecting End-Users From New Strains Of Malware

Paul Dignan from F5 Networks shares some top tips on how your business can protect itself from dangerous malware strains…

9 years ago