Security Management

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

Magento Flaw Puts Millions Of Ecommerce Sites At Risk

Ebay-owned back end system releases patches to fix a number of damaging vulnerabilities

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

A Look At Linux, Android Zero-Days And The Perils Of Patches

BLOG: A zero-day vulnerability is reported against Linux and Android, but the real risk lies in known issues that users…

8 years ago

Hacked Toy Firm VTech Restores Some Online Functions

Kids toy manufacturer VTech says it's "very sorry" for hack that exposed the data of 6.4 millions children

8 years ago

California Anti-Encryption Bill Targets Smartphones

Like a recent New York State bill, the law seeks to ban the sale of mobile devices that can't be…

8 years ago

Irish Government Websites Taken Down By DDoS Attacks

DDoS attack knocks Irish government websites offline, soon after major cyberattack on Irish lottery

8 years ago

GCHQ Developed Encryption Software ‘Has Backdoor’

Do we believe them? GCHQ denies software it developed to encrypt VoIP calls has a backdoor

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

Dridex Trojan Evolves To Continue Banking System Spree

Dridex redeveloped by its gang, as it continues to loot bank accounts around the world, IBM researchers warn

8 years ago

EU Regulators Keen To Restrict US Data Transfers

Europe plays hardball with America as the two side rush to agree new data transfer deal, before deadline

8 years ago

Apple Issues First OS X, iOS Security Updates For 2016

Apple's Mac OS X 10.11.3 and iOS 9.2.1 debut with patches to help improve protection against potentially exploitable vulnerabilities

8 years ago

NHS Cyber Security ‘Far Weaker Than Thought’

Remote and mobile working practices putting the NHS at great risk, Sophos survey finds

8 years ago

Facebook For Android Adds Tor Option For Anonymity

Tired of been tracked? Android users can browse Facebook using the anonymity service Tor

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

Data Breaches And Inside Jobs Head UK Firms’ Fraud Risk Fears

EY says British firms are looking to protect against fraud at all levels

8 years ago

Asda Website Flaw Exposes Shoppers For Almost Two Years

A vulnerability in Asda's website found by a security consultant in March 2014 was left unchecked, but Asda claims no…

8 years ago

Only Half Of Companies Are Confident In Their Cyber-Security

Cisco report finds worrying security shortcomings in many industry sectors

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

Gartner: Security And ‘Over Running’ Projects Could Threaten IoT Adoption

Gartner says IoT will be incorporated in half of all new business processes by 2020, but fears still persist

8 years ago

Anonymous DDoS Attack Targets Nissan

Nissan suspends main websites after Anonymous targets Japanese carmaker over hunting of whales and dolphins

8 years ago

Mozilla Discontinues Persona Password Security Service

Two years after giving it up to be a community project, Mozilla is now shutting its Persona Web authentication operations…

8 years ago

Clean Clothes A Data Loss Risk As 22,000 USB Sticks Lost At Dry Cleaners In 2015

More than 22,000 USB sticks and mobile phones forgotten as security precautions get taken to the cleaners

8 years ago

Trend Micro Patches Password-Leaking Software Flaw

Google security researcher reveals vulnerability in Trend Micro security software

8 years ago

Companies Prepared To Pay Up £690,000 Ransom To Avoid Cyberattack

Are you nuts? Nearly a quarter of companies willing to pay ransom to prevent cyber attack, new survey reveals

8 years ago

Police Arrest Member Of Cyber Extortionists DD4BC

Scotland Yard involved in European raids and arrest of key member of DDoS extortionist gang DD4BC

8 years ago

Microsoft Delivers Final Patch Tuesday For Windows 8

Older versions of Internet Explorer and Windows 8 OS receive their last ever Patch Tuesday update

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

Incognito Bug Reveals All Your Private Browsing Secrets

Unwelcome flaw could display your darkest secrets when you’re least expecting it

8 years ago