Don’t rush to deploy 5G if you want IoT security, agency warns
Flaws in 2G, 3G and 4G networks could be repeated in 5G, says EU IT security agency
Peter Sayer | 30 Mar | Read more
Stories by Peter Sayer
Latvian mobile operator invites cyber attackers to have a go
Security researchers wanting to test the kind of malware that could break public networks now have a place to do so in safety
Peter Sayer | 10 Mar | Read more
How to secure your CMS without patching
In as little as four hours, the bad guys can reverse engineer a software patch for an open-source content management system (CMS) and build an exploit capable of turning millions of websites into spammers, malware hosts or DDoS attackers. A German project aims to beat the bad guys to it, without a patch.
Peter Sayer | 27 Jun | Read more
Cebit showcases security after Snowden
It's almost four years since Edward Snowden leaked U.S. National Security Agency documents revealing the extent of the organization's surveillance of global internet traffic, but he's still making the headlines in Germany.
Peter Sayer | 20 Mar | Read more
BlackBerry readies a more secure version of the Samsung Galaxy S7
Secusmart, the BlackBerry subsidiary that secures the German Chancellor Angela Merkel's smartphone, will roll out a version of its SecuSuite security software compatible with Samsung Electronics' Knox platform later this year.
Peter Sayer | 20 Mar | Read more
Fears of election hacking spread in Europe
The French government will not allow internet voting in legislative elections to be held in June because of the "extremely elevated threat of cyberattack," it said Monday.
Peter Sayer | 09 Mar | Read more
Cog Systems offers more secure version of HTC A9 smartphone
It sounds like a smartphone user's worst fear: Software that starts up before the phone's operating system, intercepting and encrypting every byte sent to or from the flash memory or the network interface. This is not some new kind of ransomware, though, this is the D4 Secure Platform from Cog Systems.
Peter Sayer | 28 Feb | Read more
Police arrest man suspected of building million-router German botnet
Last year, someone turned a German internet service provider into a million-router botnet. German police think they will soon have the culprit.
Peter Sayer | 24 Feb | Read more
Accenture wants to help businesses secure their blockchains
Accenture wants to help businesses use blockchain technologies more securely by locking away the encryption keys they use to sign transactions.
Peter Sayer | 09 Feb | Read more
Donald Trump offers cybersecurity warning: 'No computer is safe'
Donald Trump showed off his IT security credentials at a New Year's Eve party, suggesting that the best way to keep secrets from hackers is a huge air gap.
Peter Sayer | 03 Jan | Read more
‘Distributed guessing’ attack lets hackers verify Visa card details
Add credit card fraud to the list of things that distributed processing can speed up.
Peter Sayer | 03 Dec | Read more
Implantable medical devices can be hacked to harm patients
It's possible to transmit life-threatening signals to implanted medical devices with no prior knowledge of how the devices work, researchers in Belgium and the U.K. have demonstrated.
Peter Sayer | 02 Dec | Read more
One million broadband offline in Germany; 'external influence' blamed
Almost one million Deutsche Telekom customers have been struggling to get online since Sunday afternoon.
Peter Sayer | 29 Nov | Read more
Japanese government denies report that its defense forces were hacked
Japanese government officials have denied reports that a secure network used by the country's defense forces was attacked earlier this year.
Peter Sayer | 28 Nov | Read more
Britain's wartime codebreaking base could host a national cyber security college
Plans are afoot to build the U.K.'s first National College of Cyber Security at Bletchley Park, the birthplace of the country's wartime codebreaking efforts.
Peter Sayer | 25 Nov | Read more