security

BT Security CEO: We’ve Learned The Lessons From TalkTalk Hack

INTERVIEW: BT Security chief Mark Hughes explains how BT protects itself against attacks, how Brexit impacts skills gap and why…

8 years ago

Poll: Are You Using Windows 10?

Windows 10 Anniversary Update is on its way, but do you have Windows 10 installed at home or work already?

8 years ago

WhatsApp ‘Doesn’t Fully Delete Messages’

Deleted WhatsApp messages could be easy to recover, with unencrypted copies stored on iCloud, a researcher finds

8 years ago

SwiftKey Stops Cloud Sync Following User Data Leak

SwiftKey users reported seeing other users' email addresses and autocorrect suggestions, prompting SwiftKey to shut down its cloud sync service

8 years ago

Robocall Plague Won’t Be Easy To Solve Despite FCC Call For Action

ANALYSIS: Recent FCC pressure is resulting in some movement by carriers to try to quell robocalls, but much needs to…

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Microsoft Windows

Windows 10 is one, but find out more about Microsoft's operating system through the years. Just don't mention Windows ME

8 years ago

Tech Quiz Of The Week: The History Of BT

BT's been in the news again but what do you know about the UK's biggest mobile and broadband provider?

8 years ago

Stagefright Poses Serious Risks One Year After It First Surfaced

ANALYSIS: One year after the Stagefright Android flaw was first reported, its effects are widespread. More than 100 related flaws…

8 years ago

KeySniffer Flaw Exposes Wireless Keyboard Typing

Keystrokes from wireless keyboards transmit with no encryption and can be intercepted from hundreds of feet away

8 years ago

BlackBerry DTEK50 Is ‘World’s Most Secure Android Smartphone’

BlackBerry DTEK50 falls back on it security credentials in bid to stay relevant in competitive Android smartphone market

8 years ago

Cisco: Ransomware Is Only Going To Get Worse

Ransomware will exploit server vulnerabilities, proliferate across networks and use encryption to hide itself, says Cisco report

8 years ago

Security Firms And Police Fight Back Against Ransomware

No More Ransom offers decryption keys to encourage ransomware victims not to pay

8 years ago

O2 Confirms Customer Data For Sale Online

Details were reportedly stolen using credentials leaked from a gaming site three years ago

8 years ago

DNC Email Scandal Shows What Must Be Done to Prevent Breaches, Leaks

ANALYSIS: Once again the Democratic Party has been seriously embarrassed by an email leak scandal. But without the leaks the…

8 years ago

Hackers Collect £15,000 For Pornhub Exploit

The attack provided complete access to Pornhub's database and exposed two PHP flaws

8 years ago

BlackBerry Packs Good Dynamics Apps Into Microsoft Azure

Good Dynamics Secure Mobility Platform now available in Microsoft Azure Marketplace

8 years ago

Estonia Wants UK ‘Data Embassy’ To Protect Citizen Data Amid Cyberattack Fear

Threat of cyberattacks prompt Estonian officials to investigate possibility of using UK data centres for citizen data

8 years ago

ONS Figures Show UK Cybercrime Doubled In Past Year

Office for National Statistic report shows that one in ten people are victims of fraud or cybercrime

8 years ago

ARM And Symantec Team Up For Open Trust Protocol IoT Security Standard

ARM, Symantec and others address Internet of Things security challenge with new protocol

8 years ago

‘Apple’s Stagefright’: iOS And Mac Users Urged To Update Immediately

iOS 9.3.3 and Mac OS X 10.11.6 fix a range of vulnerabilities but none so important as a TIFF flaw…

8 years ago

HTTpoxy Flaw Re-emerges After 15 Years And Gets Fixed

After lying dormant for years, flaws in the HTTP Proxy header used in programming languages and applications, such as PHP,…

8 years ago

Oracle Issues Its Largest Patch Update Ever

Oracle's July Critical Patch update fixes 276 different vulnerabilities. Will 200-plus flaws be typical for future updates?

8 years ago

Google Is Adapting AMP To Deliver Faster Online Ads

Google wants to stop the rise of ad blockers by offering industry-wide technology to make online ads safer, faster and…

8 years ago

Mozilla Firefox will Block Flash Content To Save Battery And Boost Security

Curtains for Flash? Next month Firefox will block certain Flash content deemed “not essential to the user experience”

8 years ago

TalkTalk Loses More Broadband Customers But Makes Fibre Gains

TalkTalk's cyberattack hangover continues but revenues largely flat and company is optimistic about York FTTP pilot

8 years ago

BlackBerry Pushes Mobile Security Credentials And Signs US Government Contracts

BlackBerry says businesses need better mobile security and agrees software deals with US government and coastguard

8 years ago

Code Hooking Opens Security Product Vulnerability

Fresh concern raised about the security of the very products designed to protect users from cyber nastiness

8 years ago

Ransomware Gangs ‘Willing To Bargain’

Most ransomware groups now have responsive and friendly customer-service operations, finds a study

8 years ago

Windows Now Running Two Versions Of Flash

Installer bug means many Windows systems must now keep two distinct versions of Flash Player up to date

8 years ago

Researchers Warn Of Rio 2016 Malware As Olympic Searches Return Threats

Cybercriminals will likely target Rio 2016 as researchers warn Olympic searches are already returning threats and federation websites compromised

8 years ago