Karl Thomas

Independent Correspondent



148 articles by Karl Thomas

Researchers make easy work of Android lockscreen security

Researchers make easy work of Android lockscreen security

Researchers make easy work of Android lockscreen security

Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have demonstrated how easy it is to bypass Android lockscreen security.

Karl Thomas16 Sep 20152 min. read


Lasers can ‘immobilize driverless cars’

Lasers can ‘immobilize driverless cars’

Lasers can ‘immobilize driverless cars’

An expert says that a $60 homemade laser kit can be used to disable driverless cars, by convincing its sensors that phantom objects are in its way.

Karl Thomas15 Sep 20151 min. read


UK businesses ‘number one target for cybercriminals'

UK businesses ‘number one target for cybercriminals'

UK businesses ‘number one target for cybercriminals'

The UK has become the number one target for cybercriminals, with its businesses increasingly under attack.

Karl Thomas14 Sep 20151 min. read


GM ‘spends 5 years’ fixing car security vulnerability

GM ‘spends 5 years’ fixing car security vulnerability

GM ‘spends 5 years’ fixing car security vulnerability

General Motors has spent up to five years fixing a security vulnerability that left millions of cars susceptible to being hacked.

Karl Thomas11 Sep 20152 min. read


The sad stats on state of cybersecurity: 70% attack go unchecked

The sad stats on state of cybersecurity: 70% attack go unchecked

The sad stats on state of cybersecurity: 70% attack go unchecked

A finance expert says that cybercrime is a major worry for American citizens. And, with up to one billion data records breached in the US alone last year, there is a lot to be concerned about.

Karl Thomas09 Sep 20151 min. read


Cybercrime

Mozilla’s Bugzilla breached

Mozilla’s Bugzilla breached

Cybercrime

Mozilla’s Bugzilla breached

A cybercriminal has stolen and used “security sensitive information” from Mozilla’s Bugzilla to launch attacks on Firefox users, it has been revealed.

Karl Thomas08 Sep 20152 min. read


This could ruin your date: another site under attack

This could ruin your date: another site under attack

This could ruin your date: another site under attack

Match.com becomes the latest dating website to be targeted by cybercriminals, with experts finding that it has been subjected to a malvertising attack.

Karl Thomas04 Sep 20151 min. read


UK police website crashes twice courtesy of DDoS attack

UK police website crashes twice courtesy of DDoS attack

UK police website crashes twice courtesy of DDoS attack

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack puts the Greater Manchester Police website offline twice, with a Twitter user allegedly from Lithuania claiming responsibility.

Karl Thomas03 Sep 20152 min. read


ACSC releases its first cybersecurity threat report

ACSC releases its first cybersecurity threat report

ACSC releases its first cybersecurity threat report

The first unclassified cybersecurity Threat Report from the The Australian Cyber Security Centre has been released.

Karl Thomas03 Sep 20152 min. read