Security
Improving your cyber hygiene during the coronavirus pandemic
Back in December, self-proclaimed futurists bombarded our news feeds with predictions for the year ahead. But Q1 set the tone...
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The growing threat of adversarial attacks
Recently I attended the launch of Dark Data, the latest book by Imperial College’s emeritus professor of mathematics, David Hand,...
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Marketing giant Maropost exposes 95 million email records and doesn't seem to care about it
The CyberNews research team discovered an exposed database belonging to Maropost, containing 95 million user email addresses, as well as client email logs.
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We uncovered a secret network of 27 app developers in the Google Play store
Update May 22: Updated to include the results of analysis of 2NAD apps by mobile security firm Pradeo. Update April...
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Safeguarding utilities from cyberattack
The risks associated with cyberattacks on key infrastructure are increasingly appreciated, and the scale of the challenge was emphasized by...
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Domain names are a risk for coronavirus-themed phishing attacks
The coronavirus battleground is shifting to your web browser, as the market for domain names themed to covid-19 hot up...
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The world of business is finally doing cybersecurity right
Almost every news story you read features scary tales of corruption, incompetence, and even disaster. In a world of 24-hour...
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The sophisticated business strategies of the modern cybercriminal
The common perception of the modern hacker is a lone wolf operating out of their basement, but the reality could...
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Protecting you and your business from the hidden risks of remote working
Only a few months ago, technologists and futurists gazed into their virtual crystal balls to predict what we can expect...
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Report: unidentified database exposes 200 million Americans
The CyberNews research team uncovered an unsecured database that contained contained more than 200 million detailed user records, putting an astonishing number of people at risk.
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Mapping the consequences of cyber-physical attacks
At the start of this year, the World Economic Forum (WEF) published their annual Global Risks Report, and while there...
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Corporates face ransomware threat as coronavirus phishing campaigns spread
If there's one group of people rubbing their hands with glee, rather than sanitiser, it's cybercriminals. With people desperate for...
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How disinformation and data-driven propaganda is making citizens vulnerable
The arrival of the internet allowed users from all over the world to think beyond their geographical borders. Together they...
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Accenture research highlights the slow pace of progress on cybersecurity
Stories of cyber attacks on corporations and their leaders are becoming all too commonplace, but Accenture’s third State of Cyber...
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To thwart cyberattacks, we need to think like hackers
A common Hollywood trope is the use of ex-convicts to help catch a criminal mastermind that has confounded the very...
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Popular dating app leak puts millions of women at risk
During our research into dating apps, we’ve discovered that it is possible to track OkCupid users and find their exact location.
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Network Rail data leak highlights free wifi risk
A security researcher has discovered a vulnerability that left the personal data of 10,000 UK rail passengers exposed. C3UK provides...
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How teenagers can slip into a life of cybercrime
Former US congressman Beto O'Rourke is perhaps inadvertently the archetypal image of hackers in the public consciousness. As a teenager,...
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Secure voting isn’t so secure, because of human voters
Democracy has taken something of a battering in recent years, with Freedom House bemoaning the retreat of democracy around the...
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We found PayPal vulnerabilities – but PayPal called them trivial
In the news, it seems that PayPal gives a lot of money to ethical hackers that find bugs in their...
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