security

Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (10th March 2017)

Can you remember what happened in the IT world over the past seven days?

8 years ago

Leak Of CIA Hacking Secrets Serves As Alert To Close Security Gaps

ANALYSIS: Exposure of the CIA's hacking tools give an unsettling look at the capabilities of U.S. spies, but also a…

8 years ago

WikiLeaks Will Work With Manufacturers To Develop ‘Fixes’ For CIA Hacking Tools

The whistleblowing site will publish 'additional documents' after fixes have been pushed out to citizens

8 years ago

Criminals Making Greater Use Of Tech, Warns Europol

Organised crime study reveals that nearly all criminal gangs are now using some form of technology

8 years ago

Apple Clamps Down On iOS Apps Using Hot Code Push SDKs

Apple has begun to crackdown on apps that use third-party SDKs to modify iOS apps in real-time after they have…

8 years ago

WhatsApp ‘Tests’ Business Messaging System With Startups

WhatsApp is working with Y Combinator to test business messages so Facebook can make some money from its expensive acquisition

8 years ago

WordPress 4.7.3 Updates For Six Security Issues

The open-source WordPress blogging and content management system fixes six vulnerabilities, including three Cross Site Scripting flaws

8 years ago

Wikileaks Documents Claim CIA Can Hack Samsung TVs, iPhones and iPads

Watching TV but who is watching you? CIA allegedly uses Samsung TVs to spy on citizens

8 years ago

Google Blasted By Danish Watchdog Over Uncapped TIme Storage Of Personal Data

The search giant is being probed yet again by a European watchdog

8 years ago

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