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Cybercrime

Polish airline LOT grounded by ‘first attack of its kind’

Polish airline LOT grounded by ‘first attack of its kind’

Cybercrime

Polish airline LOT grounded by ‘first attack of its kind’

Hackers are being blamed for an attack which grounded 1,400 passengers set to fly on Polish airline LOT.

Karl Thomas22 Jun 2015


Privacy

Reddit goes HTTPS, joins Wikipedia at security table

Reddit goes HTTPS, joins Wikipedia at security table

Privacy

Reddit goes HTTPS, joins Wikipedia at security table

Popular meme site Reddit has announced that it will soon encrypt all traffic with HTTPS by default.

Karl Thomas19 Jun 2015


Privacy

DuckDuckGo traffic up after Apple integration and privacy issues

DuckDuckGo traffic up after Apple integration and privacy issues

Privacy

DuckDuckGo traffic up after Apple integration and privacy issues

Privacy search engine DuckDuckGo has seen traffic rocket after recent widely publicized privacy scares, according to the company.

Karl Thomas18 Jun 2015


Cybercrime

Top US baseball team accused of hacking rival

Top US baseball team accused of hacking rival

Cybercrime

Top US baseball team accused of hacking rival

The St. Louis Cardinals, one the United States's top major league baseball teams, is being investigated for allegedly hacking into the computer systems of sporting rivals.

Graham Cluley17 Jun 2015


Privacy

EU data protection regulation overhaul inches closer

EU data protection regulation overhaul inches closer

Privacy

EU data protection regulation overhaul inches closer

The 28 EU member states have taken a significant step towards a historic overhaul of EU-wide data protection laws, first proposed three years ago.

Karl Thomas16 Jun 2015


How To

A beginner's guide to starting in InfoSec

A beginner's guide to starting in InfoSec

How To

A beginner's guide to starting in InfoSec

Much ink has been spilt about the shortage of people trained in information security – especially the lack of women in the industry. Lysa Myers discusses.

Lysa Myers16 Jun 2015


Privacy

Wikipedia switches to HTTPS by default

Wikipedia switches to HTTPS by default

Privacy

Wikipedia switches to HTTPS by default

Wikimedia has announced that all of its web properties – including the enormously popular crowd-sourced dictionary Wikipedia – will now use HTTPS encryption by default.

Karl Thomas15 Jun 2015


Privacy

Snapchat bolsters security with optional Two-factor authentication

Snapchat bolsters security with optional Two-factor authentication

Privacy

Snapchat bolsters security with optional Two-factor authentication

Snapchat has added an option for two-factor authentication in its latest update, followed in the footsteps of Apple, Twitter and Facebook.

Karl Thomas12 Jun 2015


Cybercrime

FBI trace celebrity iCloud hacks to Chicago home

FBI trace celebrity iCloud hacks to Chicago home

Cybercrime

FBI trace celebrity iCloud hacks to Chicago home

The FBI has seized a computer, cellphones and storage devices belonging to a Chicago man thought to be responsible for last year's iCloud hacks.

Kyle Ellison11 Jun 2015