The Chinese government says accusations that it was involved in cyberattacks against U.S. transportation contractors are "totally groundless and untenable."
Martyn Williams |
19 Sep |
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The launch of Apple's mobile payment system could prove a turning point in the battle to secure your debit and credit card information from hackers.
Martyn Williams |
12 Sep |
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Smartphones sold in California will soon be required to have a kill switch that lets users remotely lock them and wipe them of data in the event they are lost or stolen.
Martyn Williams |
26 Aug |
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The U.S. National Security Agency built a "Google-like" search engine to give domestic and international government agencies access to details of billions of calls, texts and instant messages sent by millions of people, according to The Intercept.
Martyn Williams |
26 Aug |
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Over a thousand major enterprise networks and small and medium businesses in the US have been compromised by a recently discovered malware package called "Backoff" and are probably unaware of it, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a cybersecurity alert.
Martyn Williams |
23 Aug |
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The theft of personal data on 4.5 million patients of Community Health Systems by hackers in China highlights the increasing degree to which hospitals are becoming lucrative targets for information theft.
Martyn Williams |
19 Aug |
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A major U.S. hospital operator says hackers based in China broke into its computer systems and stole data on 4.5 million patients.
Martyn Williams |
19 Aug |
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A seemingly constant stream of data breaches and this week's news that Russian hackers have amassed a database of 1.2 billion Internet credentials has many people asking: Isn't it time we dumped the user name and password?
Martyn Williams |
11 Aug |
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There's still much that's unclear about Tuesday's revelation that a small group of hackers in Russia have amassed a database of 1.2 billion stolen user IDs and passwords. The company that disclosed the incident, Hold Security, didn't offer any fresh information Wednesday, but here are five questions we'd like to see answered (and a bonus one that we already know the answer to).
Martyn Williams |
07 Aug |
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Don't worry, you're not the only one with more questions than answers about the 1.2 billion user credentials amassed by Russian hackers.
Martyn Williams |
07 Aug |
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Criminals in Russia have amassed a huge database of 1.2 billion stolen user names and passwords and half a billion email addresses, a U.S.-based Internet security company said Wednesday.
Martyn Williams |
06 Aug |
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The hack of credit-card-processing terminals at PF Chang's hit 33 of the company's locations across the U.S. and continued for around eight months, the company said Monday.
Martyn Williams |
05 Aug |
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Six people have been indicted on charges of running an international ring that resold tickets bought through compromised StubHub accounts for some of New York's biggest concerts and sporting events.
Martyn Williams |
24 Jul |
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Fake apps dressed up to look like official ones but actually designed to steal user data are increasingly targeting Android phone users, according to a study by Trend Micro.
Martyn Williams |
17 Jul |
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In the battle to keep your personal information private, it's not just hackers you have to worry about but lax security and stupidity.
Martyn Williams |
12 Jul |
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