CyberSecurity

Insurance firms lob sueball at security firm Trustwave for failing to protect consumers

Lexington and Beazley insurance companies are seeking $30 million in recovery costs from Trustwave.

Jul 10, 2018

The biggest data breaches of 2018 so far

Check out three of the worse cyber attacks of 2018 so far.

Jul 10, 2018

Selling memory card just deleting your intimate photos? No, data may still be retrievable

A new research shows 36 out of 100 second-hand memory cards still contain selfies, personal documents, and even intimate photos.

Jul 9, 2018

Are you a Bitcoin owner? Old ransomware now acts like a coinminer, sneaks into funds

Rakhni either sneaks into your folder to know if you have Bitcoin funds or installs a coinminer app on your computer.

Jul 9, 2018

Over 50% smartphones are not password protected, says Kaspersky

The survey by Russia-based cyber security company Kaspersky Lab showed that less than 48 per cent of people password-protect their mobile devices and just 14 per cent of people encrypt their files and folders to avoid unauthorized access.

Jul 6, 2018

Is Google reading your emails? Search giant explains how it uses your messages amid Gmail controversy

Google addresses a couple of questions and misconceptions on how it handles Gmail messages and the vetting process before third-party developers can gain access to Gmail.

Jul 4, 2018

Intrusive bug attacks Samsung Galaxy phones by sending user's personal photos to contacts

Affected devices include the Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9 Plus, Galaxy Note 8, Galaxy S8, and Galaxy S8 Plus, among others.

Jul 3, 2018

LTE exploit can snoop into users' browsing activity, redirect them to malicious sites

There are three methods of attacking the data link layer of the LTE network and they all involve an impairment of privacy.

Jul 2, 2018

Facebook had data-sharing partnership with 52 firms, including Alibaba, Huawei, Amazon, Apple

There are concerns Facebook has been using semantics to share data beyond a US FTC consent decree, requiring the site to obtain permission before collecting more data than a person's privacy settings allow.

Jul 1, 2018

RAMpage vulnerability attacks android devices

RAMpage vulnerability attacks Android smartphones that were released since 2012

Affected Android devices may have compromised information such as passwords stored in a password manager or browser, emails, photos, instant messages, and other sensitive data.

Jun 29, 2018

Coin miner malware samples grew to 2.9 mn in Q1: McAfee

In Q4 2017, around 400,000 samples of the CoinMiner or CoinMiner-FOZU! malware were found.

Jun 28, 2018

Mozilla Firefox to roll out new security tool that you can't find in Google Chrome

Firefox Monitor allows users to check if one of their accounts has been exposed to a known data breach.

Jun 28, 2018

What is WPA3? Biggest security upgrade in Wi-Fi in over a decade

Wi-Fi Alliance began certifying WPA3 with better security, smarter features. Though as per the organisation, mass adoption will only begin in 2019.

Jun 26, 2018

Careless employees blamed for most data breaches: Study

Small business owners and C-level executives revealed human error committed by employees resulted in a data breach at their organisation.

Jun 24, 2018

Cisco finds 24 vulnerabilities in switches, firewalls, security appliances [Full List]

Of the 24 security flaws, 19 were classified as "critical" and 5 were "high."

Jun 23, 2018

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