security

US Visa Applicants Face Stricter Vetting With Social Media And Employment Checks

Stricter visa vetting procedures get approval despite facing criticism

8 years ago

Fireball Malware Infects 20 Percent Of Corporate Networks

Ad agency in Beijing responsible for malware that infected 250 million computers worldwide, researchers claim

8 years ago

Putin: ‘Russian Patriots’, Not Government, Responsible For Foreign Election Cyber Attacks

Vladimir Putin goes on the defensive as fallout from US election continues

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: ‘I Love You’ Virus

The 'I love you' worm had a devastating impact on computer networks worldwide seventeen years ago

8 years ago

OneLogin Password Manager Suffers Data Breach

The breach has appeared to expose the ability to decrypt the data as well

8 years ago

Booz Allen Hamilton Leaves Pentagon Files On Open Amazon Server

Oops. American defence contractor leaves sensitive US government files on public server with no password protection

8 years ago

Chipotle Breach Exposes Continued Point-of-Sale Cyber-Security Risks

ANALYSIS: Chipotle is the latest victim of Point-of-Sale malware that steals credit card information, demonstrating the continued risks that face…

8 years ago

Large Enterprises Plagued By Latency & Bandwidth Issues After Office 365 Rollout

Large businesses look to direct connections to solve capacity and latency issues caused by cloud office suite.

8 years ago

IBM, Cisco Buddy Up For Enterprise Security Push

Making the world a safer place...IBM and Cisco team up to share threat data and carry out joint research

8 years ago

WhatApp Scam Tricks Users Into Handing Over Subscription Fee

WhatsApp hasn't charged a subscription since it was first launched in 2010

8 years ago

ShadowBrokers Hacker Group To Publish More NSA Code

New batch of stolen code to be auctioned by hacker group, despite earlier pledge to shut down operation

8 years ago

Spain’s Biggest Banks Back Red Lyra Blockchain Initiative

Companies will be able to use the network to securely validate services and identities

8 years ago

Researchers Suggest Windows XP Was Immune To WannaCry Virus

Blue screens of death may have been the worst-case scenario for Windows XP devices

8 years ago

Sky Tackles Nuisance Calls With Talk Shield Screening Service

Sky announces free service to rival BT Protect and block unwanted nuisance calls

8 years ago

Hackers Hijack Digital Billboard In Liverpool Shopping Centre

The billboard was turned off quickly, but not before pictures of the hack made their way online

8 years ago

Judy Malware Infects Up To 36.5m Android Devices

Cyber security firm Check Point reckons it could be the biggest malvertising campaign to hit Google Play

8 years ago

Wikipedia Encryption ‘Has Decreased Censorship’ Thanks To HTTPS

Wikipedia's move to encrypt the entire site has led countries to take a more hands-off approach with regard to censorship,…

8 years ago

WannaCry Ransom Note ‘Written By Chinese Speaker’

Researchers have found a linguistic link between WannaCry's ransom notes and the language used in southern China, Taiwan or Singapore

8 years ago

China To Implement Restrictive Data Security Law This Week

Foreign companies have argued the Cyber Security Law (CSL) will make it much more difficult for them to do business…

8 years ago

British Airways IT Systems Glitch Causes Bank Holiday Flight Chaos

Inquest begins after BA aimed to run all flights from Gatwick and most from Heathrow on Monday

8 years ago

Researchers Demonstrate Android ‘Cloak And Dagger’ Attacks

The attacks use 'design shortcomings' in Android to silently take over devices and steal credentials, say Georgia Tech and UC…

8 years ago

US ‘Considers’ Banning Laptops From All International Flights

Homeland security secretary John Kelly says US plans to 'raise the bar' for aviation security using new technologies

8 years ago

Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (26 May)

Have you been paying attention to this week’s IT and tech news? Then try our quiz!

8 years ago

Pacemaker Code ‘Contains 8,000 Vulnerabilities’

Researcher warns of troubling security vulnerabilities with pacemaker devices

8 years ago

Theresa May Urges G7 To Take Action Against Online Extremism

Fight against Isis "moving from the battlefield to the internet", Prime Minister to tell G7

8 years ago

Tech Quiz: Technology In Japan

What do you know about the Japanese technology industry? Find out!

8 years ago

Synopsys Questions Cyber Safety Of Medical Devices

Question marks over the safety of medical kit has been raised again as study finds widespread medical complacency

8 years ago

WannaCry Wallops Russian Post, Highlighting The Risk Of Legacy IT

Russian Post denies it has been infected despite tip-offs by postal workers

8 years ago