security

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.

7 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

7 years ago

WhatApp Scam Tricks Users Into Handing Over Subscription Fee

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

7 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

7 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

7 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

7 years ago

Sky Tackles Nuisance Calls With Talk Shield Screening Service

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

7 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

7 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

7 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,…

7 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

7 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…

7 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

7 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

VLC & Kodi Subtitle Vulnerability Could Give Hackers Control Of 200M Devices

Security researchers warn of a subtitle vulnerability that affects VLC, Kodi and other popular media software

8 years ago

IBM Security Offers GDPR Help Ahead Of Looming Deadline

With only a year to go before the arrival of GDPR, Big Blue offers ways to help organisations to deal…

8 years ago

Samba Vulnerability Could Usher In Another WannaCry Worm

The security hole could affect thousands upon thousands of Linux and Unix based machines

8 years ago

NSA Says New Encryption Standards Needed To Resist Quantum Computing

ANALYSIS: Quantum computing's potential to crack encryption worries the NSA, so it's developing standards and strategies for a post-quantum world

8 years ago

One Year To Go: What Is GDPR And Why Should Businesses Care?

With one year to go until new regulations come into effect, the deadline for compliance is fast approaching

8 years ago

Microsoft Will Snap-Up Cyber Security Firm Hexadite For £77m

Redmond will likely use the acquisition to boost AI-based security in its software portfolio

8 years ago

Election 2017: Lib Dems Plan Technological Future For UK, 2Gbps Broadband & No Hard Brexit

Liberal Democrat manifesto promises to harness power of tech without negatively impacting society and to support digital sector

8 years ago

Biometric Bypasses Highlights Necessity For AI Smarts In Security

OPINION: Biometric hacking could pave the way for smarter AI-centric security

8 years ago

Government Wants Power To Demand Tech Giants Release Encrypted Data

The Technical Capability Notices are to be submitted to ministers for approval

8 years ago