security

StoneDrill Wiper Malware Moving To European Targets

Shamoon malware appears to have evolved into a browser-lurking cyber threat

8 years ago

Whistleblowers Describe Industrial-Scale Indian TalkTalk Scam

Scammers reportedly operating at least three call centres in two Indian cities targeting TalkTalk customers

8 years ago

Google Volunteer Team Patches Thousands Of Open Source Projects

A 50-member team of Google engineers voluntarily worked to patch 2,600 open-source projects against a Java deserialization bug in 2016

8 years ago

1.4bn Emails Exposed As Huge Spam Operation Fails To Password Protect Documents

Spammergate: Researchers discover vast database of email addresses and suggestions of cybercrime against spam kings sending 1bn messages a day

8 years ago

ICO To Probe Data Analytics Use In Brexit Campaign

The information commissioner is to investigate whether citizens' data was used illegally by the Leave.eu campaign ahead of the Brexit…

8 years ago

Coachella Website Hack: 950,000 User Accounts For Sale On The Dark Web

Big data breach shows organisations of all sizes and sectors are open to the attentions of cyber criminals

8 years ago

Kaspersky Lab: 43 Percent Of DDoS Victims Believe Rival Firms Are To Blame

Industrial sabotage was voted more likely than attacks by cyber criminals, disgruntled employees and political conspiracy

8 years ago

Microsoft Releases Azure Blueprint To Support UK Government Security Practices

Microsoft announces Azure Blueprint in line with government security practices and Yammer integration with Office 365 Groups

8 years ago

132 Android Apps Found To Contain IFrames That Link To Malicious Domains

The hidden IFrames cannot hurt Android devices but acts as a carrier for malicious code

8 years ago

Security Flaws Found In Android Password Managers

The security credentials of Password Managers on Android called into question after discovery of multiple flaws

8 years ago

MWC 2017: Eugene Kaspersky ‘Comes Back From The Future’ To Warn About IoT Security Threats

Eugene Kaspersky says change is needed in order to defend against IoT security threats during theatrical appearance at MWC 2017

8 years ago

Researcher Uses Google Speech Recognition To Bypass Google reCAPTCHA

Researcher has great fun using one of Google's services to bypass another Google service

8 years ago

Yahoo Woes Continue As Hackers Access 32 Million Accounts Using Forged Cookies

Yahoo regulatory filing reveals continued impacts of mass security failings

8 years ago

Recent Cloud Issues Show Security Can Fail Dramatically

CloudBleed and TicketBleed showed how cloud services, while usually more secure, can fail significantly. Will they turn off companies to…

8 years ago

Talking Android Ransomware Plagues Chinese Users

The malware also attempts to steal user credentials for the Chinese social network QQ

8 years ago

Smart Stuffed Toys Leak Data On 800,000 Users

The CloudPets user database was stored unprotected online, and weak passwords meant hackers could access stored children's messages

8 years ago

Data Stolen From Singapore Military In ‘Carefully Planned’ Cyber Attack

The heist, which officials suggested may have been carried out by a nation-state, extracted only basic data on 850 government…

8 years ago

Google Publishes Second Unpatched Windows 10 Flaw In A Month

Google Zero's latest unpatched bug is ranked 'critical' and could be used to target Windows 10 Edge and Internet Explorer…

8 years ago

HSBC Customers Left Frustrated After Internet Banking Outage

Issues lasted for approximately 4-5 hours, with London Birmingham and Manchester being among the most heavily-affected areas

8 years ago

Security Contest Modelled On Mirai Botnet Attack

The first face-to-face round of this year's Cyber Security Challenge UK highlights the risk of insecure IoT connected devices

8 years ago

IT Life: Paul Calatayud, Firemon CTO

Firemon CTO Paul Calatayud explains why he calls it the Internet of Malicious Things and why virtualisation is the greatest…

8 years ago

Cellebrite Now Cracks iPhone 6

Firm involved in the FBI's terrorist iPhone unlocking case admits it can now extract data from the iPhone 6 range

8 years ago

CloudFlare Server Bug Sees Sensitive Customer Data Exposed As Plain Text

Google's Project Zero alerts the content delivery network firm to the flaw

8 years ago

Deutsche Telekom Cyber Attack ‘Mastermind’ Arrested At London Airport

The police plan to extradite him to Germany where he could face up to ten years in prison

8 years ago

Ad Blocking Uptake Stablises As Consumers Recognise Need For Adverts

Necessary evil? Study finds 22 percent of British adults use ad blocking software, as growth stalls

8 years ago

Dropbox Securitybot Hopes To Combat Alert Fatigue

Securitybot sends a Slack message to employees if unusual or potentially malicious activity is detected

8 years ago

Carbon Black: It’s Time For Next-Gen Endpoint Security

Carbon Black believes now is the time to move on from traditional antivirus (AV) software and embrace the next generation…

8 years ago

IT Life: John McLeod, AlienVault CISO

John McLeod, Chief Information Security Officer at AlienVault, talks about his IT career and the biggest challenges he's facing today

8 years ago

Android Ransomware App Highlights Google Porn Ban Problem

Now that's not nice. Virus seduces Android users into downloading fake Pornhub app and then demands ransom

8 years ago

Netflix’s Open Source Cybersecurity Tool Hopes To Empower Employees

Netflix says it wants to treat workers like people and educate them rather than restrict them on cybersecurity issues

8 years ago