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Fourteen Years Later, Wi-Fi Is Finally Getting the Security Facelift it Needs
It seems every year brings a new cybersecurity concern for businesses. In 2016, employers across Europe and the …
Trump’s iPhone Security Practices Are Awful
Good news: President Donald Trump has apparently stopped using an old Android phone, which is probably one of the easiest targets for a …
ZipperDown Vulnerability Could Hit 10% of iOS Apps
A newly announced vulnerability in iOS (and, just maybe, Android) could be an avenue for exploitation through misbehaving apps. The …
Server? What server? Site forgotten for 12 years attracts hacks, fines
A web server set up by an enterprising student for a conference in 2004 and then forgotten about has left the University of Greenwich …
Malwarebytes CrackMe 2: contest summary
About three weeks ago, we published our second CrackMe. It triggered a lot of interest, and we got many high-quality …
IDG Contributor Network: The art of machine speed execution
If I had walked into most boardrooms and proposed security automation five years ago, I would’ve gotten laughed at. Or even worse, kicked …
Mobile Giants: Please Don’t Share the Where
Your mobile phone is giving away your approximate location all day long. This isn’t exactly a …
Pet Tracker Flaws Expose Pets and Their Owners to Cybercrime
In a future where everything is connected, cybercriminals may not need to target you to steal your personal data. They can hack your pets …
Companies may think they are ready for GDPR, but their employees are not
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) comes into forces this week – on May 25 – but 57 percent of employees still don’t know what …
New Mac cryptominer uses XMRig
A new Mac cryptominer was discovered this week, after affected users saw their fans whirring out of control and a process named …
EU antitrust official sees more scrutiny for Facebook, others
ROME (Reuters) – Facebook and other tech giants may attract more regulatory scrutiny in future because of their market power, a senior EU …
Comcast bug made it shockingly easy to steal customers’ Wi-Fi passwords
A security hole in a Comcast service-activation website allowed anyone to obtain a customer’s Wi-Fi network name and password by entering …
AWS GDPR Data Processing Addendum – Now Part of Service Terms
Today, we’re happy to announce that the AWS GDPR Data Processing Addendum (GDPR DPA) is now part of our online Service Terms. This means …
School Hackers Changed Grades And Tried To Get A Free Lunch
School districts around the U.S. are busy wrapping up their academic …
Google Under Fire For Revealing Rape Victims’ Names
Google’s autocomplete function is causing the company problems once again by revealing information that’s legally protected. The …
Addressing the Massive Cybersecurity Skills Gap: Where Do We Begin?
There are an estimated 350,000 open cybersecurity positions in the U.S., according to a 2017 report from Cybersecurity Ventures. And it …
90 percent of financial institutions targeted by ransomware in the last year
Robbing a bank used to involve a mask, a gun and a fast car, but these days it’s more likely to be done via the safer and no less lucrative …
What you need to know about Speculative Store Bypass, the Spectre-like ‘Variant 4’ CPU flaw
The ghosts of the Meltdown and Spectre will haunt the computing industry for years to come. But now that the initial patching efforts for …
Put an Extra Passcode On Your Cellphone Account
This post is part of a weeklong series to help our readers improve their digital security. Follow along …
The State of Information Sharing: 20 Years after the First White House Mandate
Finally! Actionable guidance for ISACs and enterprises on what threat intel to share, how to share it, and which key technologies will …
Countdown to GDPR
Anybody who is involved in cyber security or data protection will be acutely aware that the General Data Protection Regulation – better …
New Spectre-like flaw found in CPUs using speculative execution
A new flaw that can allow an attacker to obtain access to sensitive information on affected systems has been discovered in modern CPUs. …
Donald Trump’s smartphone security: an inconvenient truth
According to Politico, US President Donald Trump hasn’t been following the advice of his security team, and is resisting their attempts …
North Korea-linked Sun Team APT group targets deflectors with Android Malware
A North Korea-linked APT group tracked as Sun Team has targeted North Korean deflectors with a malicious app that was published in the …
OpenPath raises $7M to help you access your office with your phone
If you’ve ever worked in an office building, chances are somebody issued you a keycard or NFC-enabled badge to open the doors to the …
Hackers exploit Verge blockchain vulnerabilities to steal over $1.7M — again
Anonymous cryptocurrency Verge can’t seem to catch a break. It appears that hackers have again exploited the vulnerabilities in Verge’s …
Turla Mosquito: A shift towards more generic tools
Turla is a notorious espionage group, and has been active for at least ten years. It came to light in 2008, when Turla breached the US …
Email fraud still a significant threat to businesses
Not so long ago the idea of email fraud mainly involved Nigerian princes asking for your help to liberate a few million dollars. Things …
Microsoft: We’re giving you all Euro-style GDPR rights over how we use your data
Video: To comply with EU, Google simplifies privacy …
Why the GDPR Is Important, Even for Businesses Outside the EU
The General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR is one of the hottest topics of discussion among online business owners. Late May, when many …
Intel Set to Patch Two New Meltdown,Spectre Vulnerabilities
Two new variants of the Spectre and Meltdown side-channel vulnerabilities were publicly disclosed on May 21, impacting CPUs from multiple …
Yubico and LastPass bring NFC-based two-factor authentication to the iPhone
Have you wished that the iPhone supported hardware-based two-factor authentication? If you’re a LastPass user, that dream is now a …
Smart Phishing Defence
If you take a closer look at phishing URLs for a while, you are able to identify them at a glance. There are typical patterns in phishing …
UK water firms, power plants with crap cyber security will pay up to £17m, peers told
Problem: they can’t pay like banks …
Valimail raises $25M in additional funding for its email authentication service
Valimail helps businesses ensure that nobody can impersonate them over email. That’s not a sexy business to be in, but very much a …
Google And Microsoft Are Warning About A Troubling New Chip Bug — Here’s What You Need To Know
Google and Microsoft have warned of a fresh vulnerability affecting vast numbers of modern processors. It resembles the Meltdown and …