CyberCrime

SNP Manifesto Pledges Support For Innovation And Privacy

SNP wants research institutions and the private sector to collaborate and commercialise innovations but won't back any 'Snooper's Charter'

9 years ago

Plaid Cymru Wants 30Mbps Broadband And Powerful Local Ofcom

Plaid Cymru outlines support for better communications, Welsh language online services and more powers from Westminster

9 years ago

Robot That Bought Ecstasy On Dark Web Freed By Police After Three Months

The Random Darknet Shopper had bought 10 yellow pills containing 90mg of ecstasy each as part of artists' experiment

9 years ago

Security Expert Hauled Off Flight After Aeroplane Tech Warning

Overkill much? FBI removes leading security expert from commercial flight after he warned of in-flight vulnerabilities

9 years ago

WikiLeaks Condemned For Sony Pictures Email Publication

'Its just not cricket'. WikiLeaks slated for publishing hacked Sony Pictures documents

9 years ago

HSBC Notifies US Customers Of Data Breach

HSBC customers in America have had their personal account information exposed in a data breach

9 years ago

Unsafe US eVoting Machines Exposed In New Report

Forget hanging chads. Damning report highlights shocking security of voting terminals used in American elections

9 years ago

Booby-Trapped Hugo Boss Advert Is The Most Stylish Malware Of This Season

‘Malvertising’ attack came from advert on Huffington Post and several other news sites

9 years ago

Conservatives Vow To Make UK The ‘Technology Centre Of Europe’ With Election Win

Tories say technology will create jobs, aid regional development and overhaul public services, but suggest more surveillance powers will be…

9 years ago

UK Now Second Biggest Global Target For Cybercrime

Over a million new malware threats are being created every day, Symantec report reveals

9 years ago

Labour Manifesto Makes Broadband, Open Data And Mobile Coverage Pledges

Labour says the UK's strengths in digital technology can help economic growth and revamp public services

9 years ago

Europol And Security Firms Take Down ‘Polymorphic’ Beebone Botnet

Joint operation between authorities and security firms helps to take down 'wormlike' Beebone

9 years ago

AT&T Slapped With ‘Largest Ever’ US Data Breach Fine

US regulator sanctions AT&T over breaches at three overseas call centres that exposed valuable customer data

9 years ago

Islamic State Hacks French TV Station TV5Monde

Mon dieu! French culture minister demands urgent meeting after Islamic State blacks out TV broadcasts

9 years ago

FBI Warns Of Islamic State Campaign Against WordPress Sites

Islamic State sympathizers are targeting WordPress vulnerabilities according to the FBI

9 years ago

White House Breach Blamed On Russian Hackers

The White House network breach was carried out by hackers “likely working” for the Russian government

9 years ago

‘Dyre Wolf’ Bank Transfer Scam Nets Criminals $1bn To Date

Sophisticated bank transfer cyber scam uses 'advanced social engineering' to fleece US companies

9 years ago

US Sanctions To Tackle Cyber Hacker Scourge

Hackers outside US will be financially punished after United States launches a cyber sanctions program

9 years ago

Lebanese Hackers Behind Volatile Cedar Spy Campaign

Hackers linked to Lebanese political group are behind a 'well managed' espionage campaign, warns researcher

9 years ago

5 DNS Attack Vectors You Need To Be Wary Of – And How To Defend Against Them

Chris Marrison, consulting solutions architect, Infoblox, explains how to protect your organisation against some of the most sneaky and damaging…

9 years ago

Sketchy Checkout: How PoS Malware Could Be Putting Your Card Data At Risk

Retailers beware, your PoS terminals could be opening you up to a world of malware, Trustwave tells TechWeekEurope

9 years ago

Router Hack Inserts Ads And Porn Into Websites

Fraud scheme uses router hack to intercept Google Analytics tags and replace them with smut and adverts

9 years ago

Threat-Sharing Cybersecurity Bill Gets Public Airing

Proposed law to allow American companies to share cybersecurity threats with government, without being sued

9 years ago

Avast: Here’s Why Smartphone Security Really Matters

Around 50 million Android users were hit by some form of security issue last year, firm tells TechWeekEurope

9 years ago

PoSeidon Malware Attacks Credit Card Transactions

PoS terminals in high-street stores are being put at risk, Cisco researchers find

9 years ago

Only Two Percent Of UK Big Businesses Have Insurance Against Cyber-Attacks

Government report says the UK should aim to be a global centre for cyber security insurance

9 years ago

White House Hires Ex-Facebook Director For Tech Modernisation

Former engineering boss at Facebook hired as the first ever director of IT at the White House

9 years ago

NJRat Trojan Returns To Life, Warns PhishMe

A remote access trojan, last seen a year ago, is making a reappearance warns security researcher

9 years ago