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IT workers ‘the riskiest users of technology’
TalkTalk ‘receives ransom demand’ for cyberattack
TalkTalk experiences ‘significant and sustained cyberattack’
'Collaboration needed' to combat low-impact cybercrime
A new report finds that in the world of business, it is in fact IT workers who are the riskiest users of technology.
Karl Thomas • 24 Oct 2015 • 2 min. read
TalkTalk’s chief executive has confirmed that she has received a ransom demand from an individual or group claiming responsibility for the cyberattack.
Karl Thomas • 23 Oct 2015 • 2 min. read
It has been revealed that TalkTalk has been subject to a “significant and sustained cyberattack”, with criminals likely to have accessed personal and banking details belonging to its customers.
Greater collaboration between the UK’s technology industry and police forces is essential to successfully tackle “high-volume, low-impact cybercrime”, a new report advises.
Karl Thomas • 22 Oct 2015 • 2 min. read
Apple: It is impossible to access encrypted data on iPhones
Apple has once again reiterated its claim that it is technically impossible for it to access encrypted data on iPhones that are running iOS 8 or higher and even if it was possible, it would be apprehensive to perform such an action.
Karl Thomas • 22 Oct 2015 • 3 min. read
Sony agrees to $8 million settlement over 2014 data breach
Sony Pictures Entertainment says that it will pay out $8 million to its employees, over a data breach last year. The studio was attacked by cybercriminals over the release of the movie The Interview.
Karl Thomas • 21 Oct 2015 • 1 min. read
Privacy
CIA director’s personal email account ‘breached by teen’
It has been claimed that the director of the CIA has had his personal email account breached by a teenager, with social engineering playing a part in the hack.
Karl Thomas • 20 Oct 2015 • 2 min. read
LTE vulnerabilities puts Android devices at risk of attack
Vulnerabilities that have been found in LTE networks leave Android devices open to a DDoS attack, according to the Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (CERT/CC) at Carnegie Mellon University.
Karl Thomas • 19 Oct 2015 • 1 min. read
Facebook to alert users to state-sponsored cyberattacks
Facebook has revealed that it will let its users know if their accounts have been subject to state-sponsored cyberattacks.
Karl Thomas • 19 Oct 2015 • 2 min. read