security

US Legislators Demand Briefing On Yahoo Email Scan

Lawmakers want to judge the legality of intelligence services' access to Yahoo Mail

8 years ago

Selfie Stealing Android Trojan Discovered By McAfee Labs

Tweaked Acecard trojan aims to trick gullible Android users into sending selfies and photos of their IDs

8 years ago

Banks ‘Under-Reporting Cyber Attacks’ Say Security Firms

Banks are not providing enough details on cyber-attacks in order to downplay security fears, say insiders

8 years ago

Cross Channel: Tax Dodging Consultants And Red Hat Reselling Expanded

Distribution deals and acquisitions were the flavour of the week in the channel world

8 years ago

Foxconn Firmware Flaw Leaves Android Devices Vulnerable To USB Hack

Dubbed Pork Explosion the flaw allows Android security protocols to be bypassed

8 years ago

Thousands Of Online Stores Fail To Protect Payment Details From Hackers

Shop shock. Hackers have compromised nearly 6,000 online shops to skim payment card data. And the problem is getting worse

8 years ago

What New Update Process For Windows 7 And 8.1 Means for Enterprises

ANALYSIS: Beginning this week, all updates will be roll-ups, with complete cumulative updates to begin in 2017, eliminating the ability…

8 years ago

BT And Toshiba Showcase UK’s First Secure Quantum Communications

Quantum cryptography is being deployed to make intercepting communications on fibre networks all but impossible

8 years ago

Facebook Twitter & Instagram Ban Data Monitoring App Geofeedia

New privacy row as social networking sites halt access by data gathering app used by law enforcement

8 years ago

US Military Looks To Blockchain To Secure Weapon Data And Nukes

Is Blockchain a possible solution for securing weapons data for the US military, including its nuclear capabilities?

8 years ago

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Tackles Multiple Zero-Day Flaws

Internet Explorer among usual suspects to get updates, that includes a fix for AdGholas malvertising campaign

8 years ago

Nearly Three Quarters Of UK Police Websites Are Insecure

The Centre for Public Safety highlighted the police are putting the public at unnecessary risk of cyber crime

8 years ago

‘Foreign Intelligence Service’ Hacked Aussie Weather Computer

Official report blames 'foreign intelligence service' for hack on Aussie weather supercomputer

8 years ago

Cyber Criminals Using Odinaff Trojan To Infiltrate Bank Systems

Symantec has discovered a trojan capable of hiding in the networks of financial institutions

8 years ago

Yahoo ‘Temporarily’ Disables Email Forwarding As Users Seek To Flee

The change makes it more difficult for email users to switch away from the embattled company

8 years ago

US Officially Blames Russia For Democratic Party Hack

US intelligence officials say they are 'confident' the hack was authorised by 'Russia's senior-most officials'

8 years ago

Apple Watch Banned From Cabinet Meetings Over Spy Fears

Prime minister fears Russians may hack Apple's smart watch and listen in on sensitive meetings

8 years ago

Turkey Bans Cloud Storage Sites Amidst Email Furore

Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and GitHub were all reportedly made inaccessible over the weekend

8 years ago

Clearing The Path To Cloud: Microsoft Azure CTO Targets Culture Shift

Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich discusses cloud adoption and how industry should break down the barriers that still exist

8 years ago

EU Pushes IoT Security Regulations

The move comes amidst rapidly increasing exploitation of connected devices by criminals

8 years ago

NHS Hit By ‘Dozens’ Of Ransomware Attacks

At least 28 NHS trusts in England have been affected by ransomware in the past year, researchers find

8 years ago

Persistent Warnings Are Causing ‘Security Fatigue’

People are becoming weary of constant security advice and businesses could pay the price for poor decisions, a report has…

8 years ago

Spotify: Malware Pop-ups Affected ‘Small Numbers’

Music service fixes the problem that displayed virus laden websites for “small numbers of users”

8 years ago

Cross Channel: Work In IT? Maybe It’s Time To Move North

All the latest from the world of the IT channel. This week: The north-south wage gap in IT is spending…

8 years ago

IP Expo 2016: Microsoft CTO, Google And IBM Debate The Future Of Cloud

IP EXPO 2016: Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich and others discuss the future of cloud and whether security is still…

8 years ago

With Pixel Google Aims to Exert Greater Control Over Phone Support

ANALYSIS: Google's latest effort to produce an Android smartphone to compete with the Apple iPhone looks promising. But will it…

8 years ago

Signal Disclosed User Data To US Government

Signal's parent company provided data on a user to US authorities - but there wasn't much to hand over

8 years ago

TalkTalk’s Cyber Security Negligence Gets It Hit With £400,000 ICO Fine

The Information Commissioner said TalkTalk’s security was found wanting

8 years ago

Linux ‘Vulnerable To Tweet-Sized Attack’

The short command could allow any user to crash most Linux systems, claims a developer

8 years ago

Turkey, Italy And Hungary Riddled With Botnets Finds Norton Research

Botnets hop on high-speed city infrastructure to fire malware, spam and other threats across the Internet

8 years ago