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Snoopers Charter: Joint Committee says Bill needs Major Edits
Snoopers Charter: Joint Committee says Bill needs Major Edits“Intrusion by the state must only be done reluctantly and on grounds of necessity”, says a Joint Committee looking into the proposed...
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VTech Tells Customers to ‘Assume Responsibility’ Following Breach
VTech Tells Customers to ‘Assume Responsibility’ Following BreachConsumer electronics firm VTech has changed its T&Cs following a major data breach last year in an apparent attempt to shift...
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Dyre Trojan Silenced After Moscow Raid
Dyre Trojan Silenced After Moscow RaidRussian police may have disrupted the cybercrime gang behind the infamous Dyre banking trojan after offices were raided in Moscow late last year, according to a...
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Faux Insiders Represent the Greatest Cyber-threat to Organizations
Faux Insiders Represent the Greatest Cyber-threat to OrganizationsWhen it comes to presenting the largest risk to organizations, the insider threat is perhaps the most dangerous. In most cases, it’s...
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Leaky Mobile Apps Expose Personal Info for Millions
Leaky Mobile Apps Expose Personal Info for MillionsA full quarter of all mobile apps have at least one high-risk security flaw, while 35% of communications sent by mobile devices are unencrypted. This...
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Deloitte: Cybersecurity Moves to the Offensive
Deloitte: Cybersecurity Moves to the OffensiveOrganizations with a sophisticated approach to cybersecurity are no longer satisfied with locking the doors after the robbery has been committed. There is...
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Online Dating Fraud Warning Ahead of Valentine’s Day
Online Dating Fraud Warning Ahead of Valentine’s DaySecurity experts have warned ahead of Valentine’s Day that users of online dating sites have a higher chance of being hit by fraud than virtually any...
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Symantec Warns of Netflix Malware and Scams
Symantec Warns of Netflix Malware and ScamsSecurity experts are warning users to beware of new malware and information stealing phishing campaigns piggy backing on the global popularity of Netflix. The...
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Google Doubles Down on ‘Right to be Forgotten’ Removals
Google Doubles Down on ‘Right to be Forgotten’ RemovalsGoogle has extended the scope of its “right to be forgotten” removals to cover all of its global search sites, in a bid to appease privacy...
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Skype Hit in Latest Malvertising Push
Skype Hit in Latest Malvertising PushMalvertising campaigns continue to rage around the web, but the latest campaign shows that non-browser-based applications can also be hit. Skype, the popular...
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BlackEnergy Gang Likely Targeted Ukraine Railroad, Mining Interests
BlackEnergy Gang Likely Targeted Ukraine Railroad, Mining InterestsThe BlackEnergy cyber-attackers behind the outages in two power facilities in Ukraine in December likely attempted similar attacks...
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Hexadite Gains HP Support in Series A Funding
Hexadite Gains HP Support in Series A FundingMore good news from the cybersecurity funding world: Hexadite has closed $8 million in a Series A funding round from Hewlett Packard Ventures, Ten Eleven...
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UK Teen Arrested Following CIA Director Hack
UK Teen Arrested Following CIA Director HackA UK teen arrested last week on cybercrime offences is thought to be responsible for hacking the email account of CIA director John Brennan last year. The...
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Cisco Firmware Warning as Bug Found in Universal Small Cell Kit
Cisco Firmware Warning as Bug Found in Universal Small Cell KitCisco is warning enterprise customers of a medium-severity flaw in its Universal Small Cell devices which could allow attackers to...
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Tribunal Rules GCHQ Hacking Legal
Tribunal Rules GCHQ Hacking LegalRights groups have promised to challenge a ruling by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal approving GCHQ hacking as lawful. The case – brought by Privacy International and...
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Bank Details of 100,000 Brits for Sale Online
Bank Details of 100,000 Brits for Sale OnlineStolen banking details of more than a million people (including 100,000 Brits) are being sold on the internet by a group of cyber-criminals for as little as...
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Low-Skilled Social Engineering Attacks Become more Prevalent
Low-Skilled Social Engineering Attacks Become more PrevalentA major rise in social engineering has been seen over the past few months, mostly using very standard attack tactics. Speaking to...
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NYPD Slammed over Use of Stingray Surveillance Tech
NYPD Slammed over Use of Stingray Surveillance Tech New York police have used stingray surveillance technology to monitor citizens’ mobile device activity over 1000 times during the past seven years...
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Enisa: Backdoors Will Undermine Society and Industry
Enisa: Backdoors Will Undermine Society and Industry The EU’s network and information security agency Enisa has become the latest big-name institution to publicly support strong encryption and claim...
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Patients Sent Away as Ransomware Hits Hollywood Hospital
Patients Sent Away as Ransomware Hits Hollywood HospitalA Californian hospital has been forced to cancel appointments and send patients to other hospitals after what appears to have been a ransomware...
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