Taking out the satellites

Insecurity experts Symantec have uncovered a sophisticated hacking campaign launched from computers in China burrowed deeply into satellite operators, defence contractors and telecommunications companies in the United States and southeast Asia.

Put the candle back

Android users are being warned about a new ‘Frankenstein’ virus that combines the worst features of different malware to form a dangerous threat.

Eye-tracking and fMRI prove it

Boffins have used the latest gear to prove the long understood belief that no-one  reads security warnings.

GDPR does not apply to football

Spanish football league La Liga has defended the privacy policy of its app after admitting it was accessing the microphone and GPS of Android users.

Security risk

IBM has banned its staff from using portable removable storage as it feels that it is a security accident waiting to happen. 

Admins could not be bothered to update

There are more than 400 sites using the open source Drupal CMS serving up  crypto-jacking software, according to a new security report.

You probably weren't expecting this

In the days before the internet of things (IoT) you could be pretty much assured that your toaster, your fridge, your car and your washing machine were just going to break down and you'd have to call an engineer to fix them.

Still wants to force tech companies to install backdoors to encryption

The US Department of Justice is refusing to give up on its plans to force tech companies to build tools into smartphones and other devices that would allow access to encrypted data in criminal investigations.

Data lost

Cloudflare got its skates on to fix a bug which could have exposed shedloads of user data.

Cryptojacking attacks grow.

Cryptojackers are starting to hit the operational technology used in critical industrial infrastructure.