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Cybercrime
Europol makes 12 arrests in Remote Access Trojan crackdown
New insurance policy covers cyberbullying
Is the UK’s Trident nuclear program at risk from cyberattack?
Malware
Apple removes hundreds of malicious apps after major malware attack
Europol have been working alongside a number of European law enforcement authorities in an attempt to crackdown against the use of Remote Access Trojans.
Kyle Ellison • 15 Dec 2015 • 1 min. read
Cyberbullying and online abuse is a growing problem, and one insurance company is taking it so seriously that’s it’s willing to cover those who fall victim to harassment on the internet.
Kyle Ellison • 14 Dec 2015 • 1 min. read
Former British defence secretary Des Brown called on the British Prime Minister to hold an ‘end-to-end assessment’ of the Trident nuclear program’s cybersecurity, or risk potential weaknesses in the system.
Kyle Ellison • 27 Nov 2015 • 1 min. read
Apple has removed more than 300 malicious apps after confirming the first major breach to its iOS app store.
Kyle Ellison • 21 Sep 2015 • 1 min. read
37 million relationship cheats could be exposed by Ashley Madison hack
The 37 million users of hacked infidelity site Ashley Madison are at risk of having their names and private details leaked, reports The Verge.
Kyle Ellison • 20 Jul 2015 • 2 min. read
North America is running out of IPv4 addresses
The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) is no longer able to issue IPv4 addresses, activating an 'unmet requests' policy for the first time,
Kyle Ellison • 03 Jul 2015 • 1 min. read
UK government tackles online abuse with anti-trolling website
The UK government has launched a new website designed to support victims of online abuse, while offering practical advice on how to report the abusers.
Kyle Ellison • 02 Jul 2015 • 1 min. read
Privacy
New iPhone update blocks apps from seeing other apps you've installed
Apple will reportedly introduce a new privacy update for the iPhone that will prevent installed iOS apps from seeing which other apps have been downloaded to the device.
Kyle Ellison • 25 Jun 2015 • 1 min. read
LinkedIn to stick with invite-only bug bounty program
LinkedIn will continue a bug bounty program that pays out to a closed group of security researchers, claiming that an invite-only approach reduces the number of irrelevant reports.
Kyle Ellison • 19 Jun 2015 • 1 min. read