Creator of Petya ransomware volunteers to ‘crack’ modified malware variant
The original creator of Petya ransomware is now offering to help combat a modified version of the germ that shut down computers belonging to thousands...
IoT
Routers to toys, is the smart home really just an unsafe home?
It is a well-known fact that smart home devices, despite being dubbed as flag-bearers of next-generation technology, fare poorly when it comes to warding off hackers and protecting consumers' privacy....
Cloud is the answer to the cybersecurity question
Brian Kelly, Chief Security Officer at Rackspace retired from the military in 1995, after 21 years of service. This was around the time that Kevin Mitnick was making waves in...
Fake news, data privacy and General Elections
There is currently some bad blood between the Qataris and the Arabs. Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar is supposed to have said that Israel's relationship with...
WannaCry hackers promise more lethal cyber-attacks in June
Hackers behind the WannaCry ransomware attack have warned that they will launch more malicious codes in June to hack into more computers and phones around the world. TheShadowBrokers, the hacker...
Current Affairs
Russian hackers trading email addresses and passwords of British MPs
E-mail addresses and passwords belonging to thousands of British MPs, parliamentary staff, and other top officials are being traded by...
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Ransomware attacks infect stored files at UCL and ... -
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Putin calls Russian hackers ‘patriotically minded’ and ‘free-spirited’ -
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Al-Jazeera confirms ‘systematic and continual’ cyber-attacks on all ... -
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Facebook to become a ‘hostile environment’ for terrorist ...
Features
Top 5 most notorious hacking groups in history
A number of hacking groups have gained notoriety in the last couple of decades thanks to their penchant for getting past security firewalls of large companies as well as government...
Eight things to do if you want to break data protection rules
Jeremy Swinfen Green, Teiss’s Head of Consulting, offers some advice on keeping this side of the data protection law and avoiding accidental data leaks. The news that an individual employee...
Top five biggest cyber-attacks in the UK
The UK has been at the receiving end of the some of the biggest cyber-attacks in recent times. These have often resulted in the virtual destruction of IT systems, leakage...
8 easy ways to spot fake news
A lot has been written about fake news recently and it makes sense to have an idea how to detect it. The efforts you take will partly depend on why...
Threats
WannaCry ransomware could disable Britain’s latest £3.5bn aircraft carrier
Britain's latest aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, could be vulnerable to cyber-attacks in future as several of its systems are...
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South Korean firm pays $1m to recover files ... -
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Mexican government targeted journalists with spyware-laced messages -
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WiMax router vulnerability lets hackers track customers’ internet ... -
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US workers more prone to identity theft than ... -
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This is what happens to your data after ...
