Security Management

Mspy Admits Blackmail Attack, Denies Data Breach

Child monitoring firm denies massive data leak but admits that it was approached by blackmailers

9 years ago

DDoS Attacks Double In A Year As Akamai Warns Of Future IPv6 Threat

Akamai says attackers are changing tactics with DDoS now lasting longer but using less bandwidth

9 years ago

NetUSB Flaw Exposes Millions Of Routers

Newly uncovered legacy vulnerability could put millions of routers at risk

9 years ago

Managing The Threat Of Privileged Account Misuse

Employee training and accountability are two of the most important tools in decreasing internal risk, says Zoltán Györkő, CEO at…

9 years ago

Financial Firms ‘Take Up To Three Months’ To Detect Cybersecurity Threats

Retailers fare even worse, taking up to six months to identify threats, Arbor Networks survey finds

9 years ago

Security System Cons Hackers By Dishing Out Fake Passwords

The ErsatzPasswords system lets you know when an attempted hack takes place - and tells you what the attacker was…

9 years ago

Look Out – Cybercriminals Are Getting Smarter, Says Trend Micro

Hackers launching a increasing mix of old and new style attacks, Trend Micro survey finds

9 years ago

What Can We Learn From Our Cyber Security Mistakes?

Carl Leonard, principal security analyst at Websense, explains how cyber attacks in the past year have affected businesses

9 years ago

Naikon Hackers Take Aim At Asia-Pacific Nations, Warns Kaspersky

New hacker collective is snooping on government, civil and military targets in a number of Asian countries

9 years ago

United Airlines Offers Airmiles For Bug Bounty Hackers

Hack our website, but please not our aeroplanes – the invite from United Airlines to friendly hackers

9 years ago

Two Arrested Over Naked Selfies App

Two men behind an app that trawls through private photo albums looking for naked selfies face prison sentences

9 years ago

Venom Virtualisation Vulnerability Could Impact Cloud, Data Centre Security

11-year-old Venom could impact thousands of organisations and 'millions' of users - but will it be as bad as Heartbleed?

9 years ago

Kaspersky Lab Opens European Research Hub In London

New Kaspersky research centre will play an integral role in providing real-time threat intelligence to customers and partners around the…

9 years ago

Coffee-Lovers Beware – Cybercriminals Could Have Hacked Your Starbucks Account

Starbucks customer accounts hacked through smartphone apps, report claims

9 years ago

Jamie Oliver Website Serves Up Malware Once Again

Once was not pukka, twice was downright careless, but Jamie Oliver website serves up malware for the third time

9 years ago

EU and US Edge Closer To Data Sharing Agreement

Europe and the US close to data-sharing agreement for security and law enforcement purposes

9 years ago

US Dispatches Mission To Muzzle Russian Cyber Security Threats

Expedition to Eastern Europe examines ways to combat growing cyber threat from Russia

9 years ago

Unpatched SAP Applications Expose Enterprises To Cyber-Attacks

More than 95 percent of companies running SAP applications are failing to apply software patches on a timely schedule leaving…

9 years ago

The Changing Face Of Hacktivism

Lieberman Software Corporation CEO Philip Lieberman looks at how hacktivism has evolved to become a global threat

9 years ago

Kaspersky – We Blocked Over 2.2 Billion Security Threats In Q1 2015

Kaspersky Labs report detects ‘monumental’ amount of threats in the first three months of 2015

9 years ago

Cisco Partners With Airbus For Cybersecurity, IoT, Cloud

Cisco makes play in defence, security and satellite communication market with Airbus partnership

9 years ago

Lenovo Laptops Found To Have More Major Security Flaws

‘Massive security risk’ in Lenovo computers discovered by security firm IOActive

9 years ago

Should Tech Bosses Be Responsible For Data Breaches?

C-level tech executives should be held accountable for loss of data, Tripwire survey claims

9 years ago

Revealed – The Spammiest Nations On Earth

Sophos report reveals US still leads the way in terms of spam volume worldwide

9 years ago

SSL Flaw Leaves 25,000 iOS Apps Open To Attack

A bug in a popular iOS library means user data can be intercepted by attackers using any SSL certificate for…

9 years ago

RSA Hammers Home Fact That Hackers Are Winning

BLOG: Many themes emerged at RSA and many vendors seem resolved to the fact that you can't stop attacks, but…

9 years ago

What Is The Security Impact Of Wearables In The Workplace?

Chema Alonso, CEO of Telefonica subsidiary Eleven Paths, discusses the security implications of introducing a wear your own device (WYOD)…

9 years ago

Report: Password Controls Actually Increase Crackability

Security firm finds that common password control methods mean half of all passwords now only follow a dozen common patterns

9 years ago

Four Ways UK SMBs Can Mitigate Data Breach Risk

How can an SMB avoid compromising its data? Andrew Thomas from CSID says it boils down to four easily digestible…

9 years ago