security

Uber Driver/Customer Data Sharing Raises Privacy Concerns

Uber disclosed info on 14 million of its users to US law enforcement and regulatory agencies, according to its transparency…

9 years ago

Cyber-Attack On UK Power Sites Could Cost £442bn

Water systems and power grids all at possible risk of attack, report warns

9 years ago

Security Concerns ‘Prevent’ Mainstream Container Adoption

Cloud experts believe security concerns will stop containers superseding VMs for now but, in 18 months, it could be a…

9 years ago

Malvertising Campaign Hits Top Dutch Sites

Campaign utilising malicious ads has hit most of the Netherlands' most popular websites, affecting millions of users

9 years ago

Cybercriminals Boost Professionalism As Zero-Day Flaw Discoveries Spiral Out Of Control

The rate of zero day vulnerability discoveries doubles in 2015 from 2014, as advanced attackers exploit, stockpile and resell High-Value…

9 years ago

Box Zones Lets Customers Store Data In Europe In AWS, IBM Data Centres

Box Zones will launch in May, finally letting users store data in Ireland, Germany, Japan and Singapore, boosting privacy and…

9 years ago

Hackers Expose Philippines Voter Database

The breach could be the biggest-yet hack of government-held data, according to Trend Micro

9 years ago

Anonymous Programmer ‘Patches’ Petya Ransomware

Petya ransomware had originally hidden in email attachments and effectively bricks a victim’s computer

9 years ago

WordPress.com Rolling Out Free HTTPS Encryption

All custom domains hosted by WordPress.com are to receive the free security upgrade

9 years ago

Fake CEO Email Scam Nets Fraudsters £1.6 Billion

Email from the boss? Better check it is really from the CEO and not a lowly fraudster, warns the FBI

9 years ago

FBI Admits Unlocking Method Is Useless On Current iPhones

Only older iPhone models can be unlocked using current methods, FBI says, as debate rumbles on

9 years ago

National Childbirth Trust Hit By Major Data Breach

Details of over 15,000 expectant parents leaked, including email addresses

9 years ago

Hackers Will Crack Hotmail And Gmail For Just £90

Dell SecureWorks report warns that business is booming for the dark web as hacking gets more professional and profitable

9 years ago

Mumblehard Linux Spamming Botnet Finally Taken Offline

Thousands of servers running Linux and BSD had been affected by one of world's most damaging botnets

9 years ago

Biometrics Offers The ‘Perfect Balance’ Of Security And Usability

Biometrics technology has been around for a while, now it’s time to utilise it properly, Intelligent Environments CTO tells TechWeekEurope

9 years ago

Windows 10 Adobe Flash Critical Flaw Is Being ‘Actively Exploited’

Windows 10 users at risk as Adobe readies patch for 'critical vulnerability' that is being 'actively exploited'

9 years ago

DocuSign Integrates eSignatures In IBM, Cisco Services

DocuSign reveals new partners, including deal with IBM for technology integration, collaboration and APIs via Bluemix cloud

9 years ago

Panama Papers Breach Reveals Astonishingly Lax Network Security

ANALYSIS: While the vast quantity of information revealed in the breach of the Mossack Fonseca law firm far exceeds the…

9 years ago

White House Refuses To Support Draft Encryption Bill

Obama refuses to enter debate surrounding controversial draft bill, that will require tech firms to help crack encryption

9 years ago

Malware-Packed Fake Android Apps Infect Millions Of Users

More than one hundred apps posing as legitimate software on Google Play found to be infected, according to Russian researchers

9 years ago

Apple Fixes iOS 9 Lock Screen Bypass Flaw

Flaw could have allowed anyone to access a locked iPhone without needing to enter a passcode

9 years ago

Swipebuster Uses Open API To Identify Tinder Users

Tinder's privacy comes into question as new service lets people find out who is using the application

9 years ago

WhatsApp Switches On Full End-To-End Encryption For All Users

Update to WhatsApp should protect users from government snooping and cybercriminals

9 years ago

Microsoft Rapidly Patches Serious Phishing Flaw

The bug, which could have allowed attackers to take over user accounts, was patched in 48 hours

9 years ago

IPhone 6S Security Bug Bypasses Lock Screen Using Siri

iPhone devices running iOS 9.3.1 can also be unlocked using TouchID fingerprint reader

9 years ago

Hackers ‘Publish’ Identity Data Of 49m Turks

The leaked database of detailed identity information previously circulated in the criminal underground

9 years ago

Ministry Of Defence To Spend £40m On Cyber Security Centre

The new centre is to defend the UK's military networks and systems and coordinate cyber-defence operations

9 years ago

Open Network Insight Project Builds On Big Data To Improve Security

The open-source effort, which is backed by Cloudera, Intel, eBay and others, is seeing early adoption, as organizations aim to…

9 years ago

Panama Papers Leak Pinned On Server Breach

Did 2.6 TB worth of data come from the breach of Mossak Fonseca’s email server in 2015?

9 years ago

Google Pulls Taliban-Supporting Mobile App From Google Play

App spreading Taliban propaganda was live for two days before Google noticed its error and removed it

9 years ago