CyberCrime

Consumers Are ‘Confused’ About Security And Privacy Priorities

Consumers are deeply conflicted over national security versus privacy, but still willing to share data with social networks

8 years ago

How To Maximise Data Protection In Today’s Threat Landscape

Peter Galvin, VP of strategy, Thales e-Security, offers a step by step guide on how security teams can ensure their…

8 years ago

Hacking Forum Hack Exposes 473,000 Members And 2.2m Posts

Nulled.IO forum used to sell credentials and cracks is itself hacked, potentially allowing law enforcement to solve other attacks

8 years ago

Rio 2016: Criminals Go For Gold With Olympic Ticket Scams

Kaspersky Lab report warns against Olympic tickets that seem too good to be true

8 years ago

How Fuzzing Can Make A Large Open Source Project More Secure

Emily Ratliff of the Linux Foundation explains the considerations to take when planning to fuzz your open source project

8 years ago

Spam Emails Getting Nastier, Kaspersky Lab Warns

Spam levels are falling, but Kaspersky Lab says that malicious emails are increasingly becoming malicious and criminalised

8 years ago

SWIFT Warns Of Malware Attack On Second Bank

SWIFT continues to deny compromise of its systems, but warns of fresh attack on an unnamed bank

8 years ago

US Government Warns Hackers Have Exploited SAP Flaw For Six Years

The importance of applying patches in a timely manner highlighted after warning of a SAP flaw fixed in 2010

8 years ago

Pornhub Launches Bug Bounty Programme For Security Researchers

PornHub offers up to £17,300 to anyone who discovers security flaws on the site

8 years ago

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Update Tackles Exploited Flash And IE Flaws

“Critical” patches for zero-day vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Adobe Flash, and Windows

8 years ago

Business Apps Remain Corporate Security ‘Blindspot’

Popular business apps used across many enterprises are leaky and present security risks, warns Wandera, but it won't say which…

8 years ago

Online Scams Leave One In Ten Out Of Pocket

Nearly half of consumers targeted by online scams in 2015, with one in ten losing money, Kaspersky report finds

8 years ago

Ransomware Promises Donation To Children’s Charity

How low can they go? New ransomware scam promises kid charity donation AND tech support for three years

8 years ago

Facebook Blocked From Taking Biometric Data From Users

California court rules that social media giant should not have access to personal details garnered from photographs

8 years ago

Microsoft: Brazil Suffers Most Malware Infections In The World

Microsoft reports increase in the number of vulnerabilities affecting Windows systems around the world

8 years ago

GoDaddy Sites Hijacked By Malvertising Attack

Websites of two US television stations hacked to display malware-ridden ads, Malwarebytes reports

8 years ago

RSA: The World Is Not Ready For IoT

Security specialists at RSA have warned that too many companies have implemented IoT "security through obscurity"

8 years ago

Google Encrypts All Blogspot Domains With HTTPS

Google switches on Blogspot HTTPS by default, allowing admins and users an opportunity to encrypt their traffic

8 years ago

Tuto4PC Slams Cisco’s Claim The Company Infected 12 Million Computers

Tuto4PC seeks legal advice over claims it is a "shady malware distribution enterprise."

8 years ago

Cisco: 12 Million Computers Infected By Tuto4PC Malware

Cisco security researchers say they have found that Tuto4PC software includes a secret Trojan virus

8 years ago

Microsoft Patches Office 365 Flaw That Exposed Files And Emails On Federated Accounts

Microsoft patches Office 365 vulnerability that had not been exploited in the wild despite its relative ease

8 years ago

Ransomware Makes Up Quarter Of UK Malware Attacks, Warns ESET

Britain continues to be ransomware epicentre, as ESET researchers warn of a sudden spike in attacks

8 years ago

German Nuclear Plant Is ‘Riddled’ With Malware

After anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster, German nuclear plant admits widespread malware infection

8 years ago

Phishing ‘Behind Majority Of Data Breaches’

Verizon report reveals huge rises in human error as users continue to fall for popular scams

8 years ago

Spotify Denies Hack After Hundreds Of User Details Appear Online

Names, passwords among leaked details, although Spotify maintains all is fine

8 years ago

‘Elite’ Dating Site BeautifulPeople.com Leaks Details Of 1.1m Users

Names, addresses and incomes among details of BeautifulPeople.com users now up for sale

8 years ago

Is Your Love Life Putting Your Data At Risk?

Gary Newe, technical director, F5 Networks, explains how individuals and companies can protect themselves from dating app disaster

8 years ago

Fake Social Button Plug-in Redirects To Exploit Kit, Warns Malwarebytes

Notorious Angler exploit kit is hiding as social buttons on hacked WordPress websites, says Malwarebytes

8 years ago

The Struggle For Both Privacy And Security

Ian McEwan, VP EMEA, Egnyte, examines the difference between privacy and security, and how we can achieve both

8 years ago

British Spy Agencies Have Carried Out Bulk Data Collection For Years

British intelligence agencies have been bulk collecting our personal data to a “staggering extent”

8 years ago