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Stopping The Six Nations Rugby Ticket Scammers

John Grimm, senior director at Thales e-Security, examines how e-ticketing scams at the Six Nations championship can be thwarted

8 years ago

These ‘Hack-Proof’ RFID Chips Could Stop Your Cash Being Stolen

MIT researchers have created RFID chips, which they believe will vastly improve security of credit cards, key cards and warehouse…

8 years ago

eBay ‘Won’t Fix’ JavaScript Flaw That Exposes Users To Malware, Phishing

Flaw in eBay custom descriptions could allow for the execution of malicious JavaScript, but no fix appears to be on…

8 years ago

Oracle To Kill Off Java Browser Plugin

Oracle admits time is running out for browser plugins and suggests Java developers migrate to another platform

8 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Privacy

The issue of privacy has never been in the spotlight as much as it is now, but what do you…

8 years ago

Lenovo ShareIT App Secured By ‘12345678’ Password

File-sharing app safeguarded by world's worst password, as Chinese PC maker rushes out security fixes

8 years ago

Government Offers Support To Cybersecurity Startups

Government hopes advice and cybersecurity support will help startups flourish, gain investment and protect the UK from an attack

8 years ago

Symantec Partner Scares Web Users Into Buying Overpriced Software

Researchers find a member of Symantec's partner program was offering bogus tech support and overpriced software to web users

8 years ago

Linux Trojan Takes Screenshots And Captures Audio

Linux.Ekoms.1 takes a screenshot every 30 seconds but audio capture function remains dormant for now

8 years ago

It’s Official – We Are All Still Rubbish At Passwords

“123456” and “Password” hold on to top spots as most-popular passwords, SplashData survey finds

8 years ago

‘LostPass’ Phishing Scam Can Steal LastPass Credentials

Security researcher devises method of stealing LastPass login details using browser notifications and API

8 years ago

Health And Finance Mobile Apps Riddled With Security Issues

Arxan research finds 90 percent of apps have at least two major security flaws

8 years ago

Exploiting Silent Circle’s Secure Blackphone

The highly secure device could have been exploited, were it not for the responsible disclosure by a security researcher

8 years ago

Pop-Under Malvertising Attack Hits Adult And Streaming Sites With Ransomware

Dodgy ads install CryptoWall ransomware on PCs with out of date Flash plug-ins in latest malvertising attack

8 years ago

Google Delivers Five Critical Vulnerability Patches To Nexus Devices

Google fixes 12 Android vulnerabilities for Nexus smartphones and tablets, including a severe media related remote code execution flaw

8 years ago

Understanding The Convenience Of IoT And The Security Trade-Off

Andy Thomas from CSID Europe looks at how the Internet of Things could pose a security risk to your business,…

8 years ago

BlackBerry CEO Criticises Apple, Others For Not Working With Governments

BlackBerry chief John Chen says technology and governments should work together, claiming privacy would not be the victim of cooperation

8 years ago

Researcher Accesses Details Of 13m Mackeeper Users

Controversial security app MacKeeper says no payment details stolen and flaw is fixed

8 years ago

Ageing Algorithm Poses Browsing Risk, Warns Facebook

Cloudflare, Facebook warn browsing in developing countries will be risker when SHA-1 algorithm is retired

8 years ago

Majority Of Brits Want Total Control Over Their Online Data

BCS study finds that many of us are also unhappy with how companies collect data from us

8 years ago

Malvertising Assault Targets DailyMotion

Security researchers warn that even the most popular sites are targets for malvertising assaults

8 years ago

French Police Looking To Ban Tor Network And Free Wi-Fi

Crackdown on insecure and unsecured networks follows Paris terrorist attacks last month

8 years ago

Obama Asks For Tech Cooperation After Terrorist Attacks

Silicon Valley urged to help authorities tackle militant groups using social networks and tech tools

8 years ago

New Flash Malvertising Attack Affects Major Porn Sites

Researchers detect a new Flash malvertising campaign targeting users of several "moderately" popular adult portals

8 years ago

User Behaviour Based Biometrics: The New Frontier

Ryan Wilk from NuData Security tells us why a new approach to biometrics could provide better and more effective security…

8 years ago

UK ISPs ‘At Risk Of Attack’ Due To Security Failings

However recent TalkTalk attack has raised company awareness of security vulnerabilities

8 years ago

Adele Fans Claiming Personal Data Breach

Those looking to buy tickets on Adele.com say they saw details of other customers when logging out

8 years ago

Dell Helps PC Owners Remove ‘Superfish-Like’ Rogue Certificate

Dell confirms it installed certificate but says it was to help customer service, nohing malicious

8 years ago

Superfish-Like Rogue Certificates ‘Found Pre-installed’ On Dell PCs

A number of Dell users say they found self-signed root certificates on their laptops and want to know why and…

8 years ago