security

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

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft To Stop Publishing Security Bulletins

Patch Tuesday is changing: From February, Microsoft will communicate security updates via a dynamic online portal rather than a static…

8 years ago

Airport Gate Screens ‘Exposes Personal Data’ Of Passengers

A public gate display at a European airport exposed passenger names and booking codes, according to Symantec researcher found

8 years ago

IT life: Nick Lazaridis, HP Inc.

Nick Lazaridis, HP Inc's President for Europe, the Middle East and Africa talks about his career in IT and the…

8 years ago

Hacker Group ‘ShadowBrokers’ Release NSA Exploits After Auction Fails

"ShadowBrokers" releases 61 files said to contain exploit tools used by the NSA, which could fuel a race between attackers…

8 years ago

Tech Quiz Of the Week: Obama And Technology

QUIZ: What do you know about outgoing President Barack Obama and his relationship with tech?

8 years ago

MongoDB Ransomware Extortionists Now Target ElasticSearch Servers

Shifting battleground. Damaging ransomware campaign against MongoDB opens new front against ElasticSearch

8 years ago

WhatsApp Denies It Has Compromised Encryption With ‘Backdoor’

UPDATED: Researcher says WhatsApp can reissue encryption keys for offline devices, compromising privacy. WhatsApp says there is no backdoor and…

8 years ago

Rudy Giuliani Is To Head Donald Trump’s Cybersecurity Taskforce

Former major of New York Giuliani accepts position as leader of Donald Trump's new cybersecurity team

8 years ago

Attackers ‘Steal’ 900GB Of Data From Phone Hacker Cellebrite

The stolen information in Cellebrite hack included customer information and technical product data

8 years ago

BT Secures Data Centre Platform With TrendMicro ‘Deep Security’

BT makes latest move to secure cloud of clouds

8 years ago