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Firmware Flaw Leaves Netgear Routers Vulnerable To Hacker TakoverFirmware Flaw Leaves Netgear Routers Vulnerable To Hacker Takover

Firmware Flaw Leaves Netgear Routers Vulnerable To Hacker Takover

Hackers can exploit a command injection flaw to execute malicious code on Netgear routers

8 years ago
BlackBerry Unveils Mobile Security Platform As Software Re-Birth ContinuesBlackBerry Unveils Mobile Security Platform As Software Re-Birth Continues

BlackBerry Unveils Mobile Security Platform As Software Re-Birth Continues

Called BlackBerry Secure, the platform aims to help businesses manage their mobile and connected devices and provide secure communications.

8 years ago
Drone Conference Examines Security And Safety ImplicationsDrone Conference Examines Security And Safety Implications

Drone Conference Examines Security And Safety Implications

Experts discuss safeguarding against drones that pose increasing threats to prisons, airports and public safety

8 years ago
Ransomware Attacks Show Threefold Increase In 2016Ransomware Attacks Show Threefold Increase In 2016

Ransomware Attacks Show Threefold Increase In 2016

Ransomware attacks developed significantly in 2016, both in prevalence and sophistication, making it the threat of the year for businesses…

8 years ago
NHS Hospitals Putting Data At Risk With Outdated Windows XPNHS Hospitals Putting Data At Risk With Outdated Windows XP

NHS Hospitals Putting Data At Risk With Outdated Windows XP

NHS Trusts have been caught running thousands of outdated and unsupported Windows XP machines, despite a developing threat landscape and…

8 years ago
Businesses Must Prepare For Bigger And Badder DDoS Attacks In 2017Businesses Must Prepare For Bigger And Badder DDoS Attacks In 2017

Businesses Must Prepare For Bigger And Badder DDoS Attacks In 2017

Rise of the botnets levies threats at businesses and governments

8 years ago
Nintendo Bug Bounty Programme Rewards Hackers For 3DS VulnerabilitiesNintendo Bug Bounty Programme Rewards Hackers For 3DS Vulnerabilities

Nintendo Bug Bounty Programme Rewards Hackers For 3DS Vulnerabilities

Nintendo has launched a bug bounty programme, offering rewards of up to $20,000 for vulnerabilities around its 3DS family of…

8 years ago
Mirai UK Botnet Consists Mostly Of TalkTalk RoutersMirai UK Botnet Consists Mostly Of TalkTalk Routers

Mirai UK Botnet Consists Mostly Of TalkTalk Routers

The Mirai botnet has spread like wildfire and now infects 2,398 home routers across the UK, with 99 percent of…

8 years ago
ICO Fines Top UK Charities For Data Protection BreachesICO Fines Top UK Charities For Data Protection Breaches

ICO Fines Top UK Charities For Data Protection Breaches

ICO fines RSPCA and British Heart Foundation for "wealth screening" to get more donations

8 years ago
Nuance And Smart Toy Maker Faces Privacy ComplaintNuance And Smart Toy Maker Faces Privacy Complaint

Nuance And Smart Toy Maker Faces Privacy Complaint

Toys that spy? Formal complaint filed in the US against toy maker and Nuance Communications

8 years ago
Millions Of Passwords, Emails And Usernames Stolen From Dailymotion In HackMillions Of Passwords, Emails And Usernames Stolen From Dailymotion In Hack

Millions Of Passwords, Emails And Usernames Stolen From Dailymotion In Hack

More than 85 million usernames and email addresses have been stolen by unrevealed hackers

8 years ago
IBM Watson for Cyber Security Expands With Beta LaunchIBM Watson for Cyber Security Expands With Beta Launch

IBM Watson for Cyber Security Expands With Beta Launch

40 organisations are now part of the effort to train Watson for Cyber Security in an effort to improve security…

8 years ago
Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter And Google Will Create Shared Database To Tackle Terror PropagandaFacebook, Microsoft, Twitter And Google Will Create Shared Database To Tackle Terror Propaganda

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter And Google Will Create Shared Database To Tackle Terror Propaganda

A shared database will be used to flag up content that appears to be trying to spread terror speech

8 years ago
Home Office Grants Another £26m For Police Cloud And Data TransformationHome Office Grants Another £26m For Police Cloud And Data Transformation

Home Office Grants Another £26m For Police Cloud And Data Transformation

The funding is to support a cloud data-access programme, DNA database, data analytics lab and other schemes

8 years ago

Five New Malware Variants Discovered Every Second

Security researchers have added more than 115 million malware samples to their databases so far this year, with Windows viruses…

8 years ago

Fake News Campaigns to Increase in Frequency, Security Experts Say

ANALYSIS: With the possibility that fake news may have impacted the US election, people are giving a new look to…

8 years ago

Obama Urges Trump To Boost Cyber-Security

Federal study calls for efforts on government-sponsored hacking and insecure Internet-connected devices

8 years ago

Credit Cards Hacked In Six Seconds Using Distributed Technique

Visa's online payment system fails to pick up on multiple invalid credit card attempts across multiple websites

8 years ago

Computers & Car Electronics Fried By USB Attack

Laptops, smartphones, gaming consoles and in-car displays are amongst the systems vulnerable to the USB-based electrical shock attack

8 years ago

MAD Concept Of Deterrence Doesn’t Apply In World Of Cyber War

ANALYSIS: The rules of traditional warfare don't apply in cyber war, even to the point where it's hard to tell…

8 years ago

AWS Shield To Safeguard Web Apps From DDoS Nastiness

Amazon introduces AWS Shield managed service to protect against crippling DDoS attacks

8 years ago

Talk Talk And Post Office Broadband Taken Offline After Mirai Botnet Hack Attack

Mirai botnet strikes again, attacking routers and cutting-off broadband

8 years ago

Apple iPhones Hit With Calendar Spam Touting Cheap Designer Goods

Unwanted event invitations continue to appear in iPhones calendars, but Apple remains silent on the matter

8 years ago

Up To 26,500 National Lottery Online Accounts Are Breached

National Lottery and experts suggest accounts breached by reusing compromised credentials

8 years ago

Dropbox CEO Talks European Expansion, Brexit, Trump And IPO

IN-DEPTH: Drew Houston outlines plans for European expansion and how Dropbox will change the conversation from syncing files to syncing…

8 years ago

FBI ‘Hacked 8,700 Users’ In Tor Sting

Court documents reveal US investigators hacked thousands of suspects' computers around the world

8 years ago

‘Snooper’s Charter’ Repeal Petition To Be Considered By Parliament

The petition is to be considered for parliamentary debate after receiving more than 130,000 signatures

8 years ago

Deutsche Telekom: Cyberattack Could Have Taken 900,000 Routers Offline

Deutsche Telekom refuses to rule out "external parties" as it rolls out software upgrade to affected routers

8 years ago

Hackers ‘Can Eavesdrop Via Earphones’ By Re-Working Built-In Jacks

Attackers can record sound from hacked systems, even when microphones are muted, switched off or unplugged, finds a study

8 years ago