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Ambiguous new Windows 10 update ‘improves functionality’
Bundestag computer system goes offline
Web.com experiences data breach
Privacy
Impact Team releases stolen Ashley Madison data online
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.
Karl Thomas • 21 Aug 2015 • 2 min. read
The computer system in the Bundestag is now offline, to allow technicians to perform essential maintenance work.
Karl Thomas • 20 Aug 2015 • 1 min. read
Web.com reveals that was the victim of a data breach this month, which affected up to 93,000 of its customers.
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.
Karl Thomas • 19 Aug 2015 • 4 min. read
Cybercrime
Car security vulnerability study finally sees light of day
A major security vulnerability study into modern cars has finally been released, two years after it was originally intended to be published.
Karl Thomas • 19 Aug 2015 • 2 min. read
IRS data breach more severe than originally thought
IRS admits that the data breach it experienced in May is far bigger than previously thought.
Karl Thomas • 18 Aug 2015 • 1 min. read
Lenovo disables ‘unremovable software’
Lenovo has announced that LSE,a virtually unremovable software, is no longer being installed on its products.
Karl Thomas • 17 Aug 2015 • 2 min. read
BitTorrent family susceptible to DRDoS attacks
A new study shows that applications belonging to the BitTorrent family are vulnerable to DRDoS attacks.
Karl Thomas • 17 Aug 2015 • 1 min. read
Apple releases major security updates
Significant issues evident in Apple products have been patched with a raft of new updates.
Karl Thomas • 14 Aug 2015 • 1 min. read