security

What Makes Ransomware the Worst Type of Malware

In a SecTor keynote, F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen explains why ransomware is so bad and what the Russians really have in…

8 years ago

Oracle Fixes 253 Security Flaws In October Update

Oracle's latest Critical Patch Update, which fixes 253 vulnerabilities, is the company's second-largest CPU ever.

8 years ago

Red Hat Discovers Dirty COW Archaic Linux Kernel Flaw Exploited In The Wild

The bug affects most versions of Linux potentially exposing huge numbers of machines to hackers

8 years ago

Yahoo Calls For US Intelligence To Declassify Email Surveillance Order

UPDATED: The email giant wants the US government to publish the order so it can accurately respond to claims it…

8 years ago

VMware Urges Businesses To Stay Secure In An IoT-Enabled Virtual World

VMWORLD 2016: Digital transformation is exciting for many businesses, but VMware has made sure that security plays an integral role

8 years ago

Malwarebytes Snaps-Up French Startup AdwCleaner

The acquisition gives Malwarebytes access to the startup's adware an unwanted programe fighting tool

8 years ago

Digital infrastructure At Risk From Security Flaws In Java And Open Source

Veracode reveals 97 percent of Java applications contain at least on security vulnerability

8 years ago

Thousands Of London Police Get Wearable Video Cameras

The body-worn video cameras are to be rolled out to 22,000 officers across London's 32 boroughs

8 years ago

Ghost Push Dominates Android Malware

Malware makes up at least one percent of all daily Android app installs, finds study

8 years ago

Facebook Awards $5m As Bug Bounty Scheme Turns Five

The programme has paid more than $5m to 900 researchers since 2011

8 years ago

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