It is possible to enjoy videogames by applying practical security measures that will keep us safe. In this article, we look at 8 security tips.
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Apple has resolved a serious security vulnerability known as Ins0mnia in its latest update.
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British police have today announced the arrest of six people in connection with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that attempted to bring down websites belonging to – amongst others – a national newspaper, a school and a number of online retailers.
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The Ashley Madison attack could be one of the most notable instances of cybercrime in 2015. Here's a timeline of the key events.
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Introduction It might not have escaped your notice that I write quite a lot about support scams, an issue in which most commentators in the security industry take only sporadic interest and tend to regard as of only niche interest. (As when a scammer is damaging their brand or product in some way, for instance
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Dolphin and Mercury Android browsers have major vulnerabilities, allowing for remote code execution and arbitrary reading and writing of files.
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The Ashley Madison data breach has created fresh cybersecurity threats for all organizations. A company response plan is needed. Here's what you need to know.
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1995 was a landmark year for technology, the internet and home computing. We can thank Windows 95 for a lot of the perks we find ourselves with today.
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FTC has the authority to hold organisations to account for failing to deliver tough cybersecurity measures.
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It’s important to ensure your child's data and devices are secure at school and at home. Check out our to back to school digital security guide.
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In this hi-tech age, your face is increasingly becoming a digital ID or authenticating who you are online. We look at how facial recognition software works.
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There is the very real possibility that members of the infidelity website Ashley Madison may be subject to extortion threats.
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Is your child an internet security genius? If cybersecurity is their thing and you think it could be their future livelihood, here’s what you can do to harness that potential for a career that is exciting and financially lucrative. Sign up for free online courses Signing up for the CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) course
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The new Windows 10 update doesn’t offer any detail as to what it fixes or improves, leaving many to question why the tech giant has been so vague.
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The computer system in the Bundestag is now offline, to allow technicians to perform essential maintenance work.
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The internet is arguably the new frontier for communication, collaboration and business but, with criminals also using it for ill-gotten gains, it does have its bad parts too. And this is making life difficult for parents struggling to keep up with their child’s technology obsession. In bygone eras, parents’ concerns over their children were relatively
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Web.com reveals that was the victim of a data breach this month, which affected up to 93,000 of its customers.
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Cybersecurity in higher education was top of mind and top of the agenda at the latest Campus Technology conference, in Boston.
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The Impact Team have released stolen Ashley Madison data on the dark web, which includes personal information belonging to 37 million users of the website.
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Mumsnet, the phenomenally popular British parenting website, has suffered an attack from hackers which has seen users' accounts breached, and passwords stolen. And the damage doesn't end there...
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A major security vulnerability study into modern cars has finally been released, two years after it was originally intended to be published.
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With children gradually going back to school in Latin American regions, it’s time to remind our children of the importance of IT security.
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Phishing may well be one of the oldest online scams in the world, but it’s also one of the most effective and commonly deployed. Here’s what to be aware of.
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IRS admits that the data breach it experienced in May is far bigger than previously thought.
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The cybersecurity skills gap is a security problem and in the US the National Initiative For Cybersecurity Education (NICE) is seeking to reduce that gap.
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Lenovo has announced that LSE,a virtually unremovable software, is no longer being installed on its products.
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A new study shows that applications belonging to the BitTorrent family are vulnerable to DRDoS attacks.
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Significant issues evident in Apple products have been patched with a raft of new updates.
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Security Researcher Joshua Drake has published about a vulnerability in the heart of Android that could allow attackers to steal information from Android devices through remotely execute code via a crafted MMS. Potentially 95% of Android devices should be vulnerable. Have you checked yours?
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Is it time to revalue the role of anti-malware? Maybe, but uninformed or intentionally misleading mutterings about signatures are not where to start.
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Internet Defense Prize goes to researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology for designing a tool that detects a new class of C++ vulnerabilities.
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Don't be cyber-flashed by a pervert. Make sure that your iOS device's AirDrop settings are configured properly to protect your eyes from unpleasantness.
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Researchers have hacked into a Corvette with a simple text message, taking control over its brakes.
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An international team of hackers and traders who benefited from illegal pre-publication access to company finance updates have been charged with fraud.
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A data security loophole discovered in Facebook needs to be fixed, according to a software engineer.
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There is a huge shortage of skilled professionals in cybersecurity. We take a look at six young geniuses who may be the future of the industry.
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The recent Firefox attacks are an example of active in-the-wild exploitation of a serious software vulnerability.
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Glasses that are capable of blocking facial recognition technology are to go on sale in Japan next year.
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The Information Commissioner's Office is “making enquiries” into a major data breach at Carphone Warehouse in the UK.
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If Black Hat is becoming the new RSA, then DEF CON is oozing toward Black Hat, it seems, and B-Sides is the new DEF CON. This year it got some Ikea furniture to spruce up its mom’s basement. Not totally commercial, but definitely more – first apartment folding furniture – chic; the basement just got upgraded.
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A hacker has developed a device that is capable of hacking into most modern cars by bypassing the rolling code security system.
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This year at Black Hat, the focus was as much on hacking the intersections of data as on a specific computer platform.
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An alarming number of computers in the Welsh National Health Service (NHS) are running Windows XP.
Is that really an appropriate level of security for computers that could be holding patients' medical information?
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Blackhat grew! Not only did the hacker types leave their mom’s basement and get jobs, some even were forced to start explaining security to the CEO. A few succeeded in this new role, but enough to convince the execs that if something bad happens in IT, it happens to the execs shortly thereafter.
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Windows 10 offers more personalisation and integration than ever before. We take a look at the privacy implications of this.
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Wordpress has announced its latest update, urging all users to download version 4.2.4 immediately.
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Hackers are using a commercially available VPN network in China to obscure the origin source of their activities.
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Senior research fellow Righard J. Zwienenberg on why the Internet of Things could be *the* key security issue for the foreseeable future.
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This article looks at the core idea behind applying ISO 27001.
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Hacker sends woman images of herself and her boyfriend, which were captured through their own webcam.
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