NHS Trusts have been caught running thousands of outdated and unsupported Windows XP machines, despite a developing threat landscape and GDPR on the horizon.
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Businesses Must Prepare For Bigger And Badder DDoS Attacks In 2017
Rise of the botnets levies threats at businesses and governments
Nintendo Bug Bounty Programme Rewards Hackers For 3DS Vulnerabilities
Nintendo has launched a bug bounty programme, offering rewards of up to $20,000 for vulnerabilities around its 3DS family of systems
Mirai UK Botnet Consists Mostly Of TalkTalk Routers
The Mirai botnet has spread like wildfire and now infects 2,398 home routers across the UK, with 99 percent of them being Talk Talk routers.
ICO Fines Top UK Charities For Data Protection Breaches
ICO fines RSPCA and British Heart Foundation for "wealth screening" to get more donations
Nuance And Smart Toy Maker Faces Privacy Complaint
Toys that spy? Formal complaint filed in the US against toy maker and Nuance Communications
Millions Of Passwords, Emails And Usernames Stolen From Dailymotion In...
More than 85 million usernames and email addresses have been stolen by unrevealed hackers
IBM Watson for Cyber Security Expands With Beta Launch
40 organisations are now part of the effort to train Watson for Cyber Security in an effort to improve security intelligence
Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter And Google Will Create Shared Database To...
A shared database will be used to flag up content that appears to be trying to spread terror speech
Home Office Grants Another £26m For Police Cloud And Data...
The funding is to support a cloud data-access programme, DNA database, data analytics lab and other schemes
Five New Malware Variants Discovered Every Second
Security researchers have added more than 115 million malware samples to their databases so far this year, with Windows viruses making a comeback
Fake News Campaigns to Increase in Frequency, Security Experts Say
ANALYSIS: With the possibility that fake news may have impacted the US election, people are giving a new look to propaganda and misinformation
Obama Urges Trump To Boost Cyber-Security
Federal study calls for efforts on government-sponsored hacking and insecure Internet-connected devices
Credit Cards Hacked In Six Seconds Using Distributed Technique
Visa's online payment system fails to pick up on multiple invalid credit card attempts across multiple websites
Computers & Car Electronics Fried By USB Attack
Laptops, smartphones, gaming consoles and in-car displays are amongst the systems vulnerable to the USB-based electrical shock attack
MAD Concept Of Deterrence Doesn’t Apply In World Of Cyber War
ANALYSIS: The rules of traditional warfare don't apply in cyber war, even to the point where it's hard to tell if the war has started or who you're fighting
AWS Shield To Safeguard Web Apps From DDoS Nastiness
Amazon introduces AWS Shield managed service to protect against crippling DDoS attacks
Talk Talk And Post Office Broadband Taken Offline After Mirai Botnet...
Mirai botnet strikes again, attacking routers and cutting-off broadband
Apple iPhones Hit With Calendar Spam Touting Cheap Designer Goods
Unwanted event invitations continue to appear in iPhones calendars, but Apple remains silent on the matter
Up To 26,500 National Lottery Online Accounts Are Breached
National Lottery and experts suggest accounts breached by reusing compromised credentials
Dropbox CEO Talks European Expansion, Brexit, Trump And IPO
IN-DEPTH: Drew Houston outlines plans for European expansion and how Dropbox will change the conversation from syncing files to syncing teams
FBI ‘Hacked 8,700 Users’ In Tor Sting
Court documents reveal US investigators hacked thousands of suspects' computers around the world
‘Snooper’s Charter’ Repeal Petition To Be Considered...
The petition is to be considered for parliamentary debate after receiving more than 130,000 signatures
Deutsche Telekom: Cyberattack Could Have Taken 900,000 Routers Offline
Deutsche Telekom refuses to rule out "external parties" as it rolls out software upgrade to affected routers
Hackers ‘Can Eavesdrop Via Earphones’ By Re-Working...
Attackers can record sound from hacked systems, even when microphones are muted, switched off or unplugged, finds a study
One In Four Wi-Fi Hotspots Ripe For Hack Attacks
Cyber security firm Kaspersky finds that large amounts of Wi-Fi hotspots still lack solid security
Election Recount Unlikely To Reveal Evidence Of Vote System Hacking
ANALYSIS: Despite the suspicions a group of computer scientists, a recount of close presidential election tallies in three states won't change the results and is unlikely to show evidence of vote system hacking
Ask Search Bar Adware Exploited By Malicious Actor To Deliver Malware
Malicious actors have been found to be using the Ask search bar software to distribute malware of its users machines
San Francisco Public Transport Hit By Ransomware Attack
Passengers ride for free after ransomware shuts down Muni staff computers in San Francisco
Cross Channel: Cyber Security Pitfalls And Barracuda Hunting Cloud...
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