security

Ask Search Bar Adware Exploited By Malicious Actor To Deliver MalwareAsk Search Bar Adware Exploited By Malicious Actor To Deliver Malware

Ask Search Bar Adware Exploited By Malicious Actor To Deliver Malware

Malicious actors have been found to be using the Ask search bar software to distribute malware of its users machines

8 years ago
San Francisco Public Transport Hit By Ransomware AttackSan Francisco Public Transport Hit By Ransomware Attack

San Francisco Public Transport Hit By Ransomware Attack

Passengers ride for free after ransomware shuts down Muni staff computers in San Francisco

8 years ago
Cross Channel: Cyber Security Pitfalls And Barracuda Hunting Cloud PartnersCross Channel: Cyber Security Pitfalls And Barracuda Hunting Cloud Partners

Cross Channel: Cyber Security Pitfalls And Barracuda Hunting Cloud Partners

Find out what’s been going on in the world of the channel in our weekly round up

8 years ago
BlackBerry Awarded CE+ Cyber Security Certification From UK GovernmentBlackBerry Awarded CE+ Cyber Security Certification From UK Government

BlackBerry Awarded CE+ Cyber Security Certification From UK Government

BlackBerry is the first UK mobile communications vendor to get the certification

8 years ago
European Commission Victim Of “Large Scale” CyberattackEuropean Commission Victim Of “Large Scale” Cyberattack

European Commission Victim Of “Large Scale” Cyberattack

The EC has passed details of the attack to the EU’s cyber emergency response team

8 years ago
Bletchley Park To Host ‘Codebreakers’ Cybersecurity SchoolBletchley Park To Host ‘Codebreakers’ Cybersecurity School

Bletchley Park To Host ‘Codebreakers’ Cybersecurity School

Winston Churchill's top secret World War two installation to teach cybersecurity skills to next generation

8 years ago
NatWest Warns 600,000 Customers Over Three HackNatWest Warns 600,000 Customers Over Three Hack

NatWest Warns 600,000 Customers Over Three Hack

Natwest has contacted customers it believes could have been affected by the Three data breach

8 years ago
Can The UK Government Really Benefit From Blockchain?Can The UK Government Really Benefit From Blockchain?

Can The UK Government Really Benefit From Blockchain?

IN DEPTH: Beyond the hype, can the government exploit Blockchain in the same way as other industries such as banking…

8 years ago
TechWeekEurope Is Now Silicon UKTechWeekEurope Is Now Silicon UK

TechWeekEurope Is Now Silicon UK

The world of IT is changing. So are we. Find out more

8 years ago
Twitter Touts Anti-Snooping Developer AgendaTwitter Touts Anti-Snooping Developer Agenda

Twitter Touts Anti-Snooping Developer Agenda

Twitter will block developers who abuse the use of its APIs and Gnip data for snooping purposes

8 years ago
Deliveroo Customer Accounts Are ‘Compromised’Deliveroo Customer Accounts Are ‘Compromised’

Deliveroo Customer Accounts Are ‘Compromised’

Customer accounts hacked but Deliveroo denies breach of its systems and urges customers to improve their passwords

8 years ago
How To Protect The Encryption Keys To Your KingdomHow To Protect The Encryption Keys To Your Kingdom

How To Protect The Encryption Keys To Your Kingdom

ANALYSIS: Encryption keys are wonderful things that allow your organisation to conduct secure communications without issue- as long as you…

8 years ago
Siemens Patches CCTV Camera Hijacking BugSiemens Patches CCTV Camera Hijacking Bug

Siemens Patches CCTV Camera Hijacking Bug

The vulnerability could allow network-based attackers to take control of IP-based CCTV cameras

8 years ago
Data Protection Breach Cases Set To Soar With GDPR IntroductionData Protection Breach Cases Set To Soar With GDPR Introduction

Data Protection Breach Cases Set To Soar With GDPR Introduction

Legal experts expect disputes related to privacy or data breaches to become much more common in the next five years

8 years ago
Cobalt Gang Makes ATMs Across Europe Spew CashCobalt Gang Makes ATMs Across Europe Spew Cash

Cobalt Gang Makes ATMs Across Europe Spew Cash

The 'touchless jackpot' technique uses hacked bank networks to compromise teller machines

8 years ago

Android Fake Email App Trojan Takes Aim At German Banks

Android malware appears to be increasingly tailored to target specific banking services

8 years ago

Qualcomm Bug Bounty Offers Up To £12,000 For Snapdragon Flaws

Qualcomm is offering up to $15,000, approximately £12,000, to people who spot bugs in its modems and processors.

8 years ago

Home Office ‘To Integrate Surveillance Cams With Police Database’

The Law Enforcement Data Service is to include two existing police databases as well as the nationwide Automatic Number Plate…

8 years ago

Siri Bug Bypasses Apple iPhone And iPad Password Protection

A flaw in Apple's virtual assistant enables dexterous hackers to gain access to an iOS device's contacts and photos

8 years ago

Symantec Acquires LifeLock For £1.9bn To Boost Norton Division

The security giant looks to turn its ailing consumer security software division

8 years ago

Firefox Focus iOS Browser Blocks Ads And Tracking By Default

Mozilla claims Firefox Focus will boost web performance by automatically blocking trackers

8 years ago

Cheap ‘Poison Tap’ Tool Hacks Locked Computers

Unattended password-protected or locked PCs or Macs can be hacked with a simple $5 device

8 years ago

Three Suffers Data Breach As Hackers Steal Customer Data

A trio of men have been arrested in relation to unauthorised access to Three's customer database

8 years ago

Snooper’s Charter 2.0 Is Set To Become Law As Lords Pass Controversial IP Bill

ISPs set to be required to keep your internet search history on record for at least a year in order…

8 years ago

Apple ‘Sends iPhone Call History To iCloud’

Law enforcement could get their hands on call data if it is sent to iCloud for 'no reason', claims Russian…

8 years ago

Dropbox Boosts Admin Security Tools And Adds New Data Locations

Dropbox continues business push with new tools for AdminX, more security options for Paper and expands its infrastructure to 11…

8 years ago

Facebook Suspends WhatsApp Data Sharing Across EU

Facebook stopped harvesting WhatsApp data in the UK last week, now it's doing the same across Europe

8 years ago

Android Firmware ‘Mistakenly’ Sends User Data To China

UPDATED: The firmware sent text message contents, call data and app usage details to Shanghai, researchers found

8 years ago

Fujitsu CTO: IoT Is A Tech Issue Not A Business Problem

Fujitsu Forum: The Japanese Tech giant’s CTO sees the Internet of Things as a different revolution to the likes of…

8 years ago

Teenager Pleads Guilty To TalkTalk Hack Offences

17 year old hacker says he was just "showing off" when he caused major data breach at TalkTalk

8 years ago