Security News > 2018 > April

Gmail’s new ‘Confidential Mode’ won’t be completely private
2018-04-17 11:36

Have you ever wished it were possible to delete an email from a recipient’s inbox days, weeks or months after it was sent? If so and you're a Gmail or G Suite user, it looks as if Google might be...

Hijacking Emergency Sirens
2018-04-17 11:29

Turns out it's easy to hijack emergency sirens with a radio transmitter....

Microsoft built its own custom Linux OS to secure IoT devices
2018-04-17 11:18

Finally, it's happening. Microsoft has built its own custom Linux kernel to power "Azure Sphere," a newly launched technology that aims to better secure billions of "Internet of things" devices by...

IBM Releases Open Source AI Security Tool
2018-04-17 11:12

IBM today announced the release of an open source software library designed to help developers and researchers protect artificial intelligence (AI) systems against adversarial attacks. read more

“Privacy is not for sale,” says Telegram founder
2018-04-17 11:02

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has spoken out after Russia started blocking Telegram encrypted messaging.

Could an Intel chip flaw put your whole computer at risk?
2018-04-17 10:26

All it would take is a low-level programming bug in your computer's CPU.

Build up your security credentials at SANS London June 2018
2018-04-17 10:12

Train to outwit the cyber criminals Promo Even as IT systems grow and become more complex, so new and ingenious methods for stealing vital data or holding organisations to ransom proliferate at an...

Millions of Apps Leak Private User Data Via Leaky Ad SDKs
2018-04-17 09:15

Mobile apps leak personal data via insecure ads that transmit ad-targeting data insecurely.

US, UK Detail Networking Protocols Abused by Russian Cyberspies
2018-04-17 07:17

A joint technical alert issued on Monday by the United States and the United Kingdom details how cyberspies believed to be working for the Russian government have abused various networking...

Facebook admits it does track non-users, for their own good
2018-04-17 05:53

Oh that snitch-code? It's just a little thing to make the web more convenient ... for Facebook and its advertisers Facebook's apology-and-explanation machine grinds on, with The Social Network™...