CyberCrime

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

DDoS Assaults Target UK As Bot Attacks Hit New High

UK remains a major target for criminals as Imperva report reveals South Korea is now the main source of DDoS…

8 years ago

Beware Of Bank Heists For The Digital Age

Kaspersky Lab's Kirill Slavin takes a look at the tactics being used by some of the new generation of tech-savvy…

8 years ago

Almost All Apps Have Flaws, Trustwave Study Finds

2016 Trustwave Global Security Report reveals shocking cybercrime trends

8 years ago

Android Users Warned Of New Mobile Malware Surge

Check Point report sees HummingBad exploits push mobile malware to new highs

8 years ago

Lizard Squad Returns To Take Down Blizzard Servers In DDoS Attack

Infamous hacking team stages impressive yet destructive comeback with DDoS attack on online gaming titan

8 years ago

Journalist Convicted Of Aiding Anonymous Newspaper Hack

Journalist jailed for two years for helping Anonymous hack the computer system of his former employer, the LA Times

8 years ago

Box CEO Supports Apple In FBI Battle But Looks At Privacy Shield Alternatives

Box CEO Aaron Levie says there needs to be a discussion between the tech industry and authorities about digital regulation…

8 years ago

FBI Paid Hackers To Unlock San Bernardino iPhone

FBI reportedly paid “grey hat” hackers a one-off fee to crack the iPhone of a dead terrorist

8 years ago

BT Creates 900 Jobs To Boost Cyber Security Operations

BT wants to bolster security services for consumers, businesses and governments and hopes graduate recruitment will aid skills shortage

8 years ago

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Tackles Tame Badlock Flaw

Much hyped “critical” Badlock flaw tamer than first thought, and only warrants “important” label

8 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…

8 years ago

Anonymous Programmer ‘Patches’ Petya Ransomware

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

8 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

8 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

8 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

8 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

8 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'

8 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

8 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

8 years ago

US Visa System Contains Security Flaws

Ever been to the US? Travel database of US state department contains flaws that could allow hackers to steal visa…

8 years ago

China Domain Proposals Prompt Web Crackdown Fears

Government proposal to create 'whitelist' of approved websites raises fears of further crackdowns on web users in China

8 years ago

‘Crucial’ Badlock Vulnerability Affects Windows, Samba

Samba and Microsoft engineers have warned system administrators to expect a critical patch on 12 April

8 years ago

TechWeek Readers Back Authorities Over Apple In Encryption Battle

Poll: 54 percent of readers say law enforcement agencies should be able to access phone data - but most say…

8 years ago

FBI ‘Independently Cracks’ iPhone And Drops Case Against Apple

FBI announces it has accessed the locked iPhone belonging to the San Bernardino shooter, claiming it "no longer requires the…

8 years ago

Ransomware Recovery Worries IT Professionals

Security professionals pessimistic of recovery chances amid growing ransomware menace

8 years ago

Hackers Target Water Treatment Plant

Verizon security report reveals possible risks to citizens if utilities are hijacked, after water treatment tampered with several times during…

8 years ago

Apple: Update iOS And Mac OS X Immediately To Avoid SIP Security Risk

Update for iOS and OS X users will keep them protected from damaging zero-day vulnerability

8 years ago

America To Charge Iranian Nationals Over Cyber-Attacks – Report

DoJ to file hacking charges against six Iranian nationals accused of hacking banks and New York dam

8 years ago