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Cybercrime
UK businesses are unprepared for potential data breaches
Malware
Google Play security tightened with human screening process
Dark Purple's 'killer USB' will fry your computer's circuit board
9-year-old cybersecurity expert hacks Android smartphone in minutes
Many UK businesses are unequipped to respond to potential data breaches, according to two new independent reports published this week.
Kyle Ellison • 20 Mar 2015 • 1 min. read
Google is taking additional security measures to shut out malware from its app store by introducing a human screening process.
Kyle Ellison • 19 Mar 2015 • 1 min. read
USB drives have been known to carry viruses and malware, but a Russian electronics expert has now created a thumb drive that will literally fry your computer's circuit board with a high voltage surge.
Kyle Ellison • 18 Mar 2015 • 1 min. read
Wondering how secure your Android smartphone is? Well, a 9-year-old cybersecurity expert has demonstrated how hackers could steal contacts, call logs and messages within just 15 minutes.
Kyle Ellison • 17 Mar 2015 • 1 min. read
Digital Security
Hacker holds South Korean nuclear plant to ransom
A hacker who claims to have stolen sensitive data belonging to South Korea’s nuclear power plants is demanding money to keep the information private.
Kyle Ellison • 16 Mar 2015 • 1 min. read
Obama administration seeks more power to tackle botnets
The Obama administration wants greater power to shut down botnets, responding to the growing threat of cybercrime and increasingly complex, modern techniques.
Kyle Ellison • 13 Mar 2015 • 1 min. read
Scams
Hackers phish for data with fake Apple Watch giveaway
Apple fans keen to get their hands on the Apple Watch are advised to think before they click, after hackers exploited a wave of enthusiasm around the launch with a phishing scam linked to a fake giveaway.
Kyle Ellison • 12 Mar 2015 • 1 min. read
80 percent of global merchants fail card data security tests
Around 80 percent of global merchants including retailers, financial institutions and hospitality firms have failed interim tests which show they are not in compliance with card data security standards.
Kyle Ellison • 11 Mar 2015 • 1 min. read
Privacy
US lawmakers want taxi apps to check driver fingerprints
Ride-sharing taxi apps Uber, Lyft and Sidecar have been asked by US lawmakers to adopt fingerprint-based background checks for their drivers,
Kyle Ellison • 10 Mar 2015 • 1 min. read