security

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

Google Cloud Increases Encryption Push With Key Management Service

New beta tool for Google Cloud seeks to simplify encryption key management

8 years ago

Poll: Should We Fear Or Embrace AI?

POLL: What do you think about artificial intelligence and automation?

8 years ago

Swiss-US Privacy Shield Mimics EU Data Sharing Arrangement

Switzerland's Privacy Shield data transfer agreement with the US is similar to the EU, aiding multinationals and offering potential Brexit…

8 years ago

Netflix Phishing Scam Targets Credit Card Data

Unsuspecting users are directed to fake Netflix login pages and tricked into handing over personal details

8 years ago

GCHQ Selects Seven Startups To Lead Future Of UK Cyber Security

The accelerator programme is part of the UK government's long-term plan to boost the country's cyber security sector

8 years ago

DHS Designates Election Machines, Systems As ‘Critical Infrastructure’

Individual states will still have oversight and control over their election systems, but the move makes a statement “domestically and…

8 years ago

ICO Slaps Insurers RSA With £150,000 Fine After Data Protection ‘Failure’

An unencrypted hard drive containing customer's names, addresses and bank account details was stolen

8 years ago

Windows 10 Creators Update Brings Streamlined Privacy Controls

Redmond looks to give Windows 10 users more control over the diagnostic data it collects

8 years ago

Yandex Browser Brings More AI Smarts To MacOS

The enhanced browser offers boosted security and content recommendation features

8 years ago

Avast Adds Fresh Security Tech Into AVG 2017 Suite

AVG 2017 not has access to Avast's CyberCapture tool for real-time threat detection

8 years ago

Civil Liberties Group Targets Crowdfunded Court Challenge Against Snoopers’ Charter

Liberty wants to put the core parts of the Investigatory Powers Act to the legal test

8 years ago

Browser Autofill Profile Poses Security Risk

Form filling vulnerability. Handy autofill profiles could potentially pose a security risk, says researcher

8 years ago

27,000 MongoDB Databases Suffer Ransomware Attack

Widespead ransomware attack now impacts over 27,000 MongoDB databases, according to researchers

8 years ago

FTC Suit Against D-Link Warns All IoT Device Makers To Boost Security

ANALYSIS: Despite claims about advanced security, the FTC says D-Link hard-coded login credentials leaving encryption keys unprotected and publicly exposed

8 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: The Tech Quiz Of 2016

What do you know about the past year in the world of tech?

8 years ago

WhatsApp Scam Claims To Offer Free 3G And Wi-Fi

The fraudsters are able to tailor the content they serve depending on the characteristics shown by the victim

8 years ago

D-Link Charged By US For Router Security Failures

Router maker allegedly failed to take reasonable security steps to protect data against hackers

8 years ago

KillDisk Malware Targets Linux With £160,000 Ransom Demand

Researchers warn that paying up probably won't help you get your files back

8 years ago

Android Users Beware Of Fake Super Mario Run Apps

A fake, credit card-stealing Android version of Mario Super Run is doing the rounds

8 years ago

Google Patches Android For 90 Vulnerabilities In January Update

Google starts the new year with another large security update for Android, once again patching mediaserver, Qualcomm and Linux kernel…

8 years ago