security

‘Hero’ Brit WannaCry Cyber Researcher Arrested In US For Kronos Trojan

FBI arrests Marcus Hutchins, who successfully stalled the WannaCry ransomware attack in May

7 years ago

New UK Data Protection Bill Gives Brits More Power And Makes More Demands Of Business

Businesses could face huge fines or criminal charges as individuals are given opportunity to withdraw consent for data, under proposed…

7 years ago

Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (4 August)

What do you know about the past seven days in tech?

7 years ago

Google Insists AI Better Than Humans For Extremist Content Takedown

Score one for the machine. Google admits its AI system is better at removing extremist content on YouTube

7 years ago

Magnitude Exploit Kit Hits South Korea Hard, Says Malwarebytes

The Magnitude Exploit Kit is being used to deliver the Cerber ransomware, as the attackers obfuscate the code

7 years ago

WannaCry Hackers Empty Bitcoin Wallet

It would appear that the cyber criminals cashed in their ransomware campaign

7 years ago

CableTap Vulnerabilities Detailed At DefCon Expose ISP Gateway Risks

Security researchers detailed a set of 26 different vulnerabilities that impact millions of wireless gateways set up by internet service…

7 years ago

Tech Quiz: Adobe Systems

Adobe's creative platforms have become industry standards. But what do you know about the company?

7 years ago

Invisible Man Malware Targets Banking Services On Android Devices

The malware uses keyloggers to steal usernames and passwords

7 years ago

US Senate Looks To Impose IoT Security Standards With New Bill

Senate bill on IoT standards looks to secure connected devices

7 years ago

Hackers Hijack Cardiff Billboard To Display Offensive Images

US President Donald Trump depicted as a lizard was one of the more amusing images to be shown

7 years ago

SMBs Still Worryingly Under-Prepared To Face Ransomware Threat

Ransomware clearly needs to be taken seriously, but the majority of SMBs are not getting the message

7 years ago

Hackers Steal Data From Security Researcher

Hacker group 31337 Hackers says it is carrying out a broad campaign targeting the security analysts who help track down…

7 years ago

Home Secretary Set For Encryption Showdown With US Tech Giants

Amber Rudd travels to the US with warning that tech firms must do more to tackle extremist content and that…

7 years ago

DefCon 2017: ‘Anonymous’ Browsing Data Easy To De-Anonymise

Researchers discovered the porn habits of a judge and the drug preferences of a German MP by viewing supposedly anonymised…

7 years ago

Apple HomePod Firmware Suggests Facial Recognition Tech In iPhone 8

Cupertino appears ot be following the example set by the Samsung Galaxy S8

7 years ago

Black Hat 2017: Hacked Car Wash Could ‘Physically Attack’ People

Researchers show they can access an internet-connected car wash using the default password and program it to damage cars or…

7 years ago

US Congress Asks Agencies For Kaspersky Labs Documents

Fears over spying for Russia have prompted the probe which Kaspersky vehemently denies

7 years ago

DefCon: Robot Cracks Combination Safe In 30 Minutes

A cheap robot has been used by a team of hackers to crack a safe in around half an hour,…

7 years ago

New U.S. Cyber-Security Legislation May Help Reassert Fourth Amendment

New federal legislation could restrict the use of warrantless searches to seize personal data and communications stored on the nation's…

7 years ago

Privacy Crackdown: Russia Bans VPNs And Apple ‘Sides With Censorship’ In China

Privacy advocates criticise the moves as government's seek to tighten their grips on the web

7 years ago

DefCon: Hackers Find Voting Machine Security Flaws

Five voting machines, most of which are currently in use in the US, were found to be easily hackable at…

7 years ago

Antivirus Software Cloud Use Exposes Customers To Data Exfiltration

Research at Black Hat contends that at least four antivirus companies’ products use cloud sandboxes that could be exploited by…

7 years ago

Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (28 July)

Another busy week filled with tech news, but have you been paying attention?

7 years ago

Tales in Tech History: Adobe Flash

Adobe Flash: The story of a how a widely-used plugin transformed the web before security and usability concerns killed it…

7 years ago

Unpatched Smartphones ‘At Risk’ From Broadpwn Bug

Android and iOS already issued patches for bug that could result in the spread of unstoppable malware

7 years ago

Google: Ransomware Will Remain A Very Real Threat

Better get used to it and do regular backups, as Google study discovers how lucrative ransomware is for criminal gangs

7 years ago

Malware Discovered Hidden Behind Every Single App On An Android App Store

ESET security research discover Cepkutusu.com was spreading malware via its app marketplace

7 years ago

Google Spots And Squashes Lipizzan Android Spyware

The spyware appears to be the product of a cyber arms group

7 years ago

Facebook Boss Scolds Security Industry And Urges Attitude Change

Time to grow up. Security head of Facebook urges industry to concentrate more on helping people stay safe and stop…

7 years ago