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Researchers make easy work of Android lockscreen security
Lasers can ‘immobilize driverless cars’
UK businesses ‘number one target for cybercriminals'
GM ‘spends 5 years’ fixing car security vulnerability
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have demonstrated how easy it is to bypass Android lockscreen security.
Karl Thomas • 16 Sep 2015 • 2 min. read
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 Thomas • 15 Sep 2015 • 1 min. read
The UK has become the number one target for cybercriminals, with its businesses increasingly under attack.
Karl Thomas • 14 Sep 2015 • 1 min. read
General Motors has spent up to five years fixing a security vulnerability that left millions of cars susceptible to being hacked.
Karl Thomas • 11 Sep 2015 • 2 min. read
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 Thomas • 09 Sep 2015 • 1 min. read
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 Thomas • 08 Sep 2015 • 2 min. read
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 Thomas • 04 Sep 2015 • 1 min. read
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 Thomas • 03 Sep 2015 • 2 min. read
ACSC releases its first cybersecurity threat report
The first unclassified cybersecurity Threat Report from the The Australian Cyber Security Centre has been released.