Security Management

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

Hacked Companies ‘Should Go Public’, Says Ex-Minister

Former defence secretary Liam Fox also calls for new government investment in cybersecurity protection

8 years ago

US Government, Spooks, Tech Giants Meet For ISIS Showdown

Silicon Valley meets US government and others to discuss ways to combat terrorist use of social media

8 years ago

Clickjacking Campaign Exploits European Cookie Law

Malwarebytes warns of advertising scam tricking users via the European cookie popup notification

8 years ago

Etihad Airways Considers Legal Action Over Three-Year-Old Data Breach

Details of 7,000 Etihad Airways customers appear to have been leaked by an email marketing agency

8 years ago

Dutch Government Opts Against Encryption Backdoors

For sure, we will not weaken encryption by insisting tech firms share encrypted communications, says Holland

8 years ago

Time Warner Cable Warns 320,000 Users Of Possible Hack

Corporate security under scrutiny again as Time Warner tells customers to change passwords after possible hack

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Dodgy ads install CryptoWall ransomware on PCs with out of date Flash plug-ins in latest malvertising attack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

Linode Resets Passwords After Possible Breach

Hosting firm resets all passwords after user credentials found on an “external server”, following DDoS 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

BBC Website, iPlayer Outage Blamed On DDoS Attack

BBC blames “technical issue” for outages, but insiders point to a distributed denial of service attack

8 years ago

Microsoft To Warn Of State-Sponsored Hacks

Collision course? Redmond to warn its users when any government attempts to hack into its services

8 years ago

California Joins US Voter Breach Investigation

Probe begins after a database of confidential US voter information was published online

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

5 IT Christmas Nightmares – How To Avoid The Festive Fallout

Bob Janssen, founder and CTO at RES, shares tips on how to avoid the torture created for IT teams over…

8 years ago

Livestream Warns Customers Of Possible Data Breach

Warns customers to reset passwords after 'third party' accesses sensitive account information

8 years ago

Hyatt Hotels Admits Malware Infection Of Payment System

Checking into a Hyatt Hotel this Christmas? Might want to think twice about handing over a credit card

8 years ago

You’re NOT Fired! How CISOs Can Impress The Board

Security specialists share their top tips on how information security officers can win over the boardroom

8 years ago

Software Glitch Grants Early Release To Thousands Of US Prisoners

Thousands of US prisoners released early from prison, after software glitch went unchecked for 13 years

8 years ago

Celebrity Hacker Arrested By Homeland Security

Christmas fail. Hacker stole celebrity sex tapes and film scripts, and then tries to sell them to uncover agent

8 years ago

Britain Is Now A Top Ransomware Target

Nearly one in ten of all emails infected by ransomware targeted the UK over 2015, Bitdefender reveals

8 years ago

Cisco Reviews Code After Juniper Backdoor Revelation

Cisco says voluntary review is to reassure customers and says it has no indication of unauthorised code in its equipment

8 years ago

What Should Chief Security Officers Ask Santa For This Christmas? (Part 2)

We asked the tech industry what CSOs should ask Santa for, and we had so many great suggestions we needed…

8 years ago

Juniper Discovers Backdoor Code In Firewall

"Now how did that get there?" Juniper finds sneaky code in firewall kit and rushes out patch

8 years ago

What Should Chief Security Officers Ask Santa For This Christmas? (Part 1)

It’s that time of the year when chief security officers (CSOs) can ask Santa for a wee bit of help.…

8 years ago

BitTorrent In Corporate Networks A Sign Of Breaches: BitSight

While Bittorrent is not a direct cause of malware, networks that use the peer-to-peer service are much more likely to…

8 years ago