security

EU ‘Seeks To Limit Digital Comms Encryption’

The EU wants to force WhatsApp, iMessage and other Internet-based tools to abide by tougher data-protection rules, leaked documents say

8 years ago

Linux Bug ‘Lets Attackers Target Billions Of Android Devices’

About 80 percent of all Android gadgets are vulnerable, say experts

8 years ago

More Hotels Hit By Latest Payment Systems Breach

Hundreds of thousands of transactions may have been compromised in the latest hack

8 years ago

Sage Confirms Customer Data Breach

The company said personal data on employees at hundreds of UK customer businesses was accessed

8 years ago

Linux Networking Flaw Allows Attacker To Trick Safety Mechanism

A feature designed to make Linux-based networks harder to infiltrate has done the opposite. But can it really affect Tor?

8 years ago

Rackspace Hits One Billion OpenStack Server Hours

Also extends Managed Security support to Microsoft Azure

8 years ago

Government Cracks Down On Illegal Phones In Prisons

Government gets powers to blacklist phones it thinks are being used by criminals behind bars

8 years ago

Microsoft Researchers ‘Solve’ Secure Cloud Data Exchange

Cloud breakthrough? Microsoft plots way to enable secure data exchange in the cloud for users

8 years ago

Linux Trojan Written In Go Mines For Cryptocurrencies

'Linux.Lday.1' exploits unprotected Redis servers and infects PC with cryptocurrency mining software

8 years ago

Instagram Hack Promotes Porn Spam And Adult Dating

Symantec warns of Instagram profile hack that uses compromised accounts to promote adult dating websites

8 years ago

Patch Tuesday: Desktop Focus As Microsoft Tackles Office And Edge Flaws

Patch Tuesday: Admin tasks return to usual following recent Black Hat security conference, with patches for Office and browser flaws

8 years ago

Ransomware Spammers Turn To Ads For Cash

This year's biggest Trojan malware has turned from spreading ransomware to spreading an ad-clicking backdoor

8 years ago

Facebook Improves Ad Preference Tools And Will Override Ad Blockers

Facebook promises to give users more control over adverts buts says ad blockers threaten journalism and free services

8 years ago

Fedora Linux Account System Patched For Serious Flaw

Fedora Linux and Red Hat look into account vulnerability that could allow attacker to add, edit, or remove user or…

8 years ago

Spy Attacks ‘Went Unnoticed For Five Years’

'Project Sauron' has been stealing data from groups in 30 countries since at least 2011, experts say

8 years ago

Oracle Retail Systems Division Suffers Breach

The attack affected servers at Oracle's MICROS retail division and may also have allowed access to point-of-sale systems

8 years ago

FTC Commissioner Looking For Hackers’ Help With Consumer Privacy

FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny details how the government agency is working to improve privacy and limit deceptive practices online—and makes…

8 years ago

Met Police Still Has 27,000 PCs Running Windows XP

Met Police's insistence on running aging Windows XP is putting Londoners' personal data at risk, it is claimed

8 years ago

900 Million Android Devices ‘Vulnerable To Attack’

The QuadRooter bugs could allow seemingly harmless apps to take over many Android gadgets

8 years ago

Apple Emergency Update Fixes Major Flaw With iOS 9.3.4

The latest vulnerability could allow attackers to take over the root functions of an iOS device

8 years ago

Rio 2016: Zeus Panda Banking Trojan Arrives in Brazil

Variant of Zeus banking Trojan targets financial transactions in Brazil amid the backdrop of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

8 years ago

Rio 2016: Should You Ban Olympic Live Streaming On Your Network?

Brits are expected to watch up an average of 6 hours on corporate networks during Rio 2016. Should IT departments…

8 years ago

State Of Ransomware: More Than Half Of UK Firms Are Victims

Crippling threat...20 percent of firms hit by ransomware had to cease business operations

8 years ago

Rio 2016: Social Media Scams And 4,500 Malicious Apps Target Olympic Fans

RIO 2016: Olympic sports fans and organisations warned about dodgy apps and social media scams trying to steal data and…

8 years ago

Apple Launches £150,000 Bug Bounty Program

BLACK HAT 2016: Program will bait researchers into finding critical flaws in iCloud and secure boot firmware

8 years ago

Risk From Linux Kernel Hidden in Windows 10 Exposed at Black Hat

BLACK HAT 2016: A researcher exposes design and control flaws in Windows 10 versions that have the capability to run…

8 years ago

Tech Quiz Of The Week: Windows 10

Windows 10 received its first major update this week, but what do you know about the one operating system to…

8 years ago

IBM Launches X-Force Red Pen Testing Task Force

IBM security group will test the mettle of security policies by carrying out testing on networks, hardware and humans

8 years ago

Bitcoin Confidence Takes A Hit As Heist Nets Criminals £54m

Digital currency rocked by another Bitcoin theft, but Bitfinex cannot confirm whether it was insider job or hack

8 years ago

Researchers Discover Major HTTP/2 Flaws

Protocol problems...the new version of the HTTP (HTTP/2) has four “high profile” flaws, researchers caution

8 years ago