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Scams

Hackers phish for data with fake Apple Watch giveaway

Hackers phish for data with fake Apple Watch giveaway

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 Ellison12 Mar 2015


Privacy

Superfish: Lenovo goes on the bloatware offensive

Superfish: Lenovo goes on the bloatware offensive

Privacy

Superfish: Lenovo goes on the bloatware offensive

Its been just under three weeks since February 19th, when Lenovo became entangled in a web of controversy over its preinstallation of Superfish's Visual Search adware on some of its popular consumer laptops during last year's holiday shopping season.

Aryeh Goretsky12 Mar 2015


Privacy

The human cost of phone hacking

The human cost of phone hacking

Privacy

The human cost of phone hacking

Phone hacking ruined the lives of celebrities, and - in at least one case - almost drove a victim to suicide.

Graham Cluley11 Mar 2015


Cybercrime

80 percent of global merchants fail card data security tests

80 percent of global merchants fail card data security tests

Cybercrime

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 Ellison11 Mar 2015


Privacy

US lawmakers want taxi apps to check driver fingerprints

US lawmakers want taxi apps to check driver fingerprints

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 Ellison10 Mar 2015


Cybercrime

US military looks to 3,000 new security hires by 2016

US military looks to 3,000 new security hires by 2016

Cybercrime

US military looks to 3,000 new security hires by 2016

The United States' military is looking to hire 3,000 cybersecurity professionals to man its infosec unit over the next nine months.

Alan Martin10 Mar 2015


Digital Security

Operating System Vulnerabilities, Exploits and Insecurity

Operating System Vulnerabilities, Exploits and Insecurity

Digital Security

Operating System Vulnerabilities, Exploits and Insecurity

iOS and OS X the most vulnerable operating systems? Don't confuse vulnerabilities with exploits, or patch frequency with insecurity.

David Harley10 Mar 2015


Ransomware

CryptoFortress mimics TorrentLocker but is a different ransomware

CryptoFortress mimics TorrentLocker but is a different ransomware

Ransomware

CryptoFortress mimics TorrentLocker but is a different ransomware

ESET assess the differences between CryptoFortress and TorrentLocker: two very different strains of ransomware.

Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé09 Mar 2015


Cybercrime

Three men indicted in 'one of the largest' data breaches in US history

Three men indicted in 'one of the largest' data breaches in US history

Cybercrime

Three men indicted in 'one of the largest' data breaches in US history

The US Department of Justice has charged three men with what is being described as “one of the largest reported data breaches in US history,"

Kyle Ellison09 Mar 2015