Security firms hijack New York trees to monitor private workforce
Employee management tech raises eyebrows in the Big Apple
Security17 Nov 2022 | 57
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Iranian cyberspies exploited Log4j to break into a US govt network
It's the gift to cybercriminals that keeps on giving
Security16 Nov 2022 | 8
Germany says nein to Qatari World Cup spyware, err, apps
Norway, France also sound data privacy alarms
Security16 Nov 2022 | 38
Swiss bankers warn: Three quarters of retail Bitcoin investors are in the red
Little fish lured into the market help whales cash out
Security16 Nov 2022 | 70
What do the US midterm election results mean for a federal privacy law?
Analysis Spoiler: it may hinge on California's voting block
Personal Tech15 Nov 2022 | 11
Commercial repair shops caught snooping on customer data by canny Canadian research crew
Naming no names, but study finds trustworthy techs are hard to find
Personal Tech15 Nov 2022 | 67
NARROWER TOPICS
Russia-based Pushwoosh tricks US Army and others into running its code – for a while
Updated Russian data trackers … what could possibly go wrong?
Security15 Nov 2022 | 20
World Cup apps pose a data security and privacy nightmare
Unless you're fine with Qatar snoops remotely accessing your phone
Security11 Nov 2022 | 61
Europe calls for joint cyber defense to ward off Russia
EC veep: 'Cyber is the new domain in warfare'
CSO11 Nov 2022 | 9
Australia blames Russia for harboring health insurance hackers
Crims accessed 10 million customer records and are releasing intimate medical details
Cyber-crime11 Nov 2022 | 21
Republican senators tell FTC to back off data security, surveillance rules
And they don't like the states' 'patchwork' privacy laws, either
Legal10 Nov 2022 | 24
VMware warns of three critical holes in remote-control tool
Anyone can pretend to be your Windows IT support and take command of staff devices
Patches09 Nov 2022 |
Microsoft squashes six security bugs already exploited in the wild
Patch Tuesday Plus: Fixes from Intel, AMD, Citrix and more
Patches09 Nov 2022 | 5
Swiss Re wants government bail out as cybercrime insurance costs spike
Giant forecasts premiums rising to $23b by 2025
Security08 Nov 2022 | 33
FBI: Russian hacktivists achieve only 'limited' DDoS success
OK, so you've got a botnet. That don't impress me much
Cyber-crime08 Nov 2022 | 6
All the US midterm-related lies to expect when you're electing
Don't like the results? The election must have been rigged
Research07 Nov 2022 | 149
Can confidential computing stop the next crypto heist?
Tech giants and startups hype next big thing in security
Cyber-crime07 Nov 2022 | 18
Breached health insurer won't pay ransom to protect customers, warns of more attacks
Australia's Medibank uses a government-approved Band-Aid to cover a gaping 10-milion-record wound
Cyber-crime07 Nov 2022 | 14
SolarWinds reaches $26m settlement with shareholders, expects SEC action
One 8-K filing, two bombshells
Cyber-crime04 Nov 2022 | 14
French-speaking voleurs stole $30m in 15-country bank, telecoms cyber-heist spree
Smooth 'OPERA1ER' hit orgs around the world over four or more years
Cyber-crime04 Nov 2022 | 10
Royal Mail customer data leak shutters online Click and Drop
Customers complain of exposed order info, multiple charges — but still no postage
Security03 Nov 2022 | 25
US Treasury thwarts DDoS attack from Russian Killnet group
Yet another pathetic 'stunt' from pro-Kremlin criminals
Cyber-crime02 Nov 2022 | 5
Ransomware cost US banks $1.2 billion last year
Up 188% on 2020 but could be because financial institutions were encouraged to report incidents
Cyber-crime02 Nov 2022 | 2
Ritz cracker giant settles bust-up with insurer over $100m+ NotPetya cleanup
Deal could 'upend the entire cyber-insurance ecosystem and make it almost impossible to get meaningful cyber coverage'
CSO02 Nov 2022 | 55
Dropbox admits 130 of its private GitHub repos were copied after phishing attack
Personal info and data safe, stolen code not critical, apparently
Cyber-crime01 Nov 2022 | 2
OpenSSL downgrades horror bug after week of panic, hype
Relax, there's more chance of Babbage coming back to life to hack your system than this flaw being exploited
Patches01 Nov 2022 | 3
Government by Gmail catches up with UK minister... who is reappointed anyway
Home Secretary 'nominally in charge' of nation's security apologizes for breach of tech protocols
Security01 Nov 2022 | 156
German cops arrest student suspected of running infamous dark-web souk
Deutschland im Deep Web destroyed
Cyber-crime01 Nov 2022 | 11
Education tech giant gets an F for security after sensitive info on 40 million users stolen
Chegg it out: Four blunders in four years
CSO31 Oct 2022 | 6
Apple boosts bug bounties but may not fix some bugs in past operating systems
Where's your spirit of Ventura?
OSes28 Oct 2022 | 9
Purpleurchin cryptocurrency miners spotted scouring free GitHub, Heroku accounts
This is why we can't have nice things
Research27 Oct 2022 | 14
Cisco AnyConnect Windows client under active attack
Make sure you're patched – and update VMware Cloud Foundation, too, by the way
Patches26 Oct 2022 | 7
Health insurer Medibank's data breach diagnosis keeps getting worse
All four million customers at risk of having records of medical treatments exposed
Cyber-crime26 Oct 2022 | 11
FTC slaps down Drizly CEO after 2.4m user records stolen from 'careless' booze app biz
Analysis At least this'll give some ammo to CISOs dying for stronger IT defenses
CSO26 Oct 2022 | 10
PayPal ditches passwords, at least on Apple devices
No more reusing, recycling passwords
Security25 Oct 2022 | 14
Uncle Sam says Chinese agents tried to interfere with Huawei criminal case in US
Beijing also sought to recruit academics and officials in America, and more claimed
Security24 Oct 2022 | 9
Payment terminal malware steals $3.3m worth of credit card numbers – so far
With shops leaving VNC and RDP open, quelle surprise
Cyber-crime24 Oct 2022 | 14
DHL named most-spoofed brand in phishing
With Microsoft and LinkedIn close on shipping giant's heels
Research24 Oct 2022 | 4
Apple perfects vendor lock-in with home security kit
Company won't stop until you need an iPhone to operate every facet of your life
Offbeat24 Oct 2022 | 48
As Russia wages disinfo war, Ukraine's cyber chief calls for global anti-fake news fight
'Completely new approaches should be developed to prevent the influence of this propaganda'
Security22 Oct 2022 | 62
Team Interpol: Metaverse Police
Attempted revival of virtual reality is only just beginning and already the cops just want to take a look around
Bootnotes21 Oct 2022 | 18
Health insurer's infosec incident diagnosis goes from 'take a chill pill' to emergency ward
Updated Australia's Medibank says it's been shown stolen data that includes details of treatments administered to customers
Cyber-crime20 Oct 2022 | 12
Cost of a health insurance security breach? NY watchdogs say it's $4.5m
Hundreds of thousands of people's sensitive info poorly protected
CSO19 Oct 2022 | 1
Verizon prepaid accounts hijacked by SIM swap crooks
Nightmare for those with one-time security codes texted to their phones
Security19 Oct 2022 | 7
The only Windows 10 updates for the year are coming. Spoiler alert: It's just security
What did you expect, HoloLens-ready Minesweeper and new skins for Calculator?
OSes19 Oct 2022 | 16
Tear in Microsoft Azure Service Fabric can give attackers full admin privileges
Orca Security disclosed the bug, and older versions remain vulnerable
Research19 Oct 2022 |
Germany stands down cyber boss over Russian ties
Involvement with lobby group that welcomed Putin's pals presses buttons
Security19 Oct 2022 | 14
'Fully undetectable' Windows backdoor gets detected
SafeBreach supposedly spots somewhat stealthy subversive software
Security18 Oct 2022 | 21
NSA urges enterprises to watch China, Taiwan tensions
Have you thought about your supply chains, partnerships, and how far they reach?
Security18 Oct 2022 | 2
Japanese giants to offer security-as-a-service for connected cars
NTT Communications and Toyota’s parts maker Denso plan a ‘Security Operation Centre for Vehicles’
Security18 Oct 2022 | 20
Cops swoop after crooks use wireless keyfob hack to steal cars
Hotwiring is so 2021
Cyber-crime18 Oct 2022 | 116
Ex-WSJ reporter says he was framed in elaborate 'hack-and-smear' operation
Wild story of a multinational law firm, cyber-mercenaries, a sheikh, and more
Security18 Oct 2022 | 12
Phishing works so well crims won't bother with deepfakes, says Sophos chap
People reveal passwords if you ask nicely, so AI panic is overblown
Research17 Oct 2022 | 15
Infosec still (mostly) a boys club
Feature Women who do join get paid and promoted less, leave faster. What can be done to stop that?
Security15 Oct 2022 | 118
'Baby Al Capone' to pay $22m to SIM-swap crypto-heist victim
Too young to drive, old enough to bribe AT&T staff, apparently
Cyber-crime15 Oct 2022 | 18
Store credit card numbers in a debug log, lose millions of accounts. Cost? $1.9m
That's roughly 300,000 Shein crop tops
Cyber-crime14 Oct 2022 | 4
Microsoft extends deadline for partners to improve their clients' security with unauthorised Azure AD tweaks
Partners may be dragging the chain a little – perhaps you'd like to hurry them up?
Channel14 Oct 2022 |
India set to extend deadline for absurd infosec reporting requirements
60 days becomes five months and counting, without any indication government can process or learn from flood of trivial incident reports
Security14 Oct 2022 | 6
Mormon Church IT ransacked, data stolen by 'state-sponsored' cyber-thieves
Don't get your underwear in a twist
Cyber-crime14 Oct 2022 | 54
Insurer Medibank hit by targeted cyberattack
Hot on heels of Optus and Dialog breaches, criminals turn sights to insurance sector
Cyber-crime13 Oct 2022 | 1
Scanning phones to detect child abuse evidence is harmful, 'magical' thinking
Exclusive Security expert challenges claim that bypassing encryption is essential to protecting kids
Security13 Oct 2022 | 142
US election workers slammed with phishing, malware-stuffed emails
It's almost like there's some midterms coming up
Security12 Oct 2022 | 6
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