security

Malware Poses As Fake Netflix App To Spy On Users And Steal Data

The malware is able to take screen captures, view contacts and read SMS messages

8 years ago

Cisco Rolls Out ‘Dubious’ Fix For WebEx Vulnerability

Cisco was quick to issue a patch for the security hole, but is it good enough?

8 years ago

HummingBad Android Malware Returns Badder Than Before As HummingWhale

The fraudulent advertising malware makes a comeback by being harder to detect and remove from Android smartphones and tablets

8 years ago

Apple Issues Security Updates For iPhone, Mac & Apple Watch

Two dangerous kernel bugs highlighted by Google's Project Zero have been squashed

8 years ago

Heartbleed OpenSSL Bug Is Still Alive And Kicking & Affects 200,000 Services

Nearly 200,000 services are still at risk from the OpenSSL bug, with majority coming from the US

8 years ago

China Tightens Grip On Internet Censorship With 14 Month VPN Crackdown

The use of unauthorised virtual private networks will be made illegal by the Chinese government

8 years ago

Government’s Industrial Strategy: Tech Sector Reacts To Theresa May’s Plan

TECH VIEW: Theresa May has laid out the government's industrial strategy, but what does the tech industry think?

8 years ago

Lloyds Internet Banking Outage ‘Caused By DDoS’

Lloyds Banking Group IT outage was the result of a DDoS staged by cybercriminals

8 years ago

Trump’s Early Statements Indicate He’ll Be A Tech Industry Ally

ANALYSIS: Statements by President Donald Trump may provide some comfort to the US technology industry, but it’s clear that some…

8 years ago

Samsung Note 7 Fires Caused By ‘Two Separate’ Battery Flaws, S8 Could Be Delayed

Two distinct short-circuit issues introduced by suppliers caused Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 devices to overheat

8 years ago

Tech Quiz Of The Week: Trump And Technology

What do you know about the new US President Donald Trump and his relationship with technology?

8 years ago

London & Scotland Are More Affected By Financial Cyber-Crime

One in three Londoners said they had been hit by financial computer crime

8 years ago

Journalist Brian Krebs ‘Unmasks’ Mirai Botnet Developer

The IoT botnet code was used to power an attack that knocked Twitter and Netflix offline last year

8 years ago

First Mac Malware ‘Fruitfly’ Of The Year Uses Decades-Old Code

The Fruitfly Mac malware, which targets biomedical research institutions, uses code that dates back to the 1990s

8 years ago

‘Prank’ Emoji iMessage Is Crashing iPhones And iPads

Another iMessage bug has been found, affecting most versions of iOS

8 years ago

Yahoo Data Breach ‘Affects 3,000 Australian Government Figures’

Australian media have identified government officials, MPs, judges and high-ranking federal police amongst those affected

8 years ago

Oracle Dishes Out 270 Patches In SecondBiggest Security Update Ever

Business applications receive the bulk of the patches as quarterly updates continue to grow

8 years ago

Nearly One Third Of NHS Trusts Hit By Ransomware Attacks

Of the 94 NHS Trusts that responded, none admitted to paying a ransom

8 years ago

Bounty Hunter Earns £32,5000 Reward For Catching Facebook Bug

Facebook pays out its highest ever reward for PoC behind ImageMagick security flaw

8 years ago

‘Highly Effective’ Phishing Scam Steals Gmail Login Details

Victims are sent a spoofed email directing them to a fake Gmail login page

8 years ago

Brexit: Tech Industry Reacts As PM May Says UK Will Leave EU Single Market

TECH VIEW: Brexit is on, but what does the tech industry think?

8 years ago

Microsoft Warns Of Windows 7 Security Dangers As Support Draws To A Close

Microsoft calls for action as Windows 7 support set to end in three years

8 years ago

Dutch Developer Backdoor Scam ‘Affects 20,000 Users’

A developer installed back-doors in online shops and used the details he collected for sophisticated financial fraud, Dutch police say

8 years ago

Patient Data Safe After Barts NHS Health Cyber Attack

An unknown Trojan malware was responsible for the attack, but failed to access patient data

8 years ago

Hackers Lovin’ It As McDonald’s Site Vulnerable To Phishing Attack

Shoddy password practices leave the door open for hackers to take away customer details

8 years ago

Digital Manchester Gets A Boost With £2.3million UKFast Data Centre Investment

UKFast hopes to put a dent in London's data centre dominance with new, highly secure facility

8 years ago

BT Protect Is Network Level Blacklist For Nuisance Calls

BT Protect could stop 30m nuisance calls a week if everyone opts in

8 years ago

Patient Data At Risk As Cyber Attack Hits Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health, which operates five London hospitals, said ransomware was not behind the disruption

8 years ago