Security News > 2018 > June

UK.gov's long-awaited, lightweight biometrics strategy fails to impress
2018-06-29 04:08

Officials gather up previous canned statements, adds contents page... er... Analysis The Uk government's lightweight biometrics strategy has failed to make any serious policy recommendations – and...

How polite: Fun-bucks coin miners graciously ease off CPU pounding
2018-06-29 00:33

Conniving crypto creeps caught covertly concealing coin-crafting computer crime code Cryptocurrency-mining malware writers are dialing back their use of your compute cycles in order to avoid detection.…

Et tu, Gentoo? Horrible gits meddle with Linux distro's GitHub code
2018-06-28 23:58

If you downloaded anything from project's hub repos, consider it compromised If you have fetched anything from Gentoo's GitHub-hosted repositories today, dump those files – because hackers have...

Startup bank Monzo: We warned Ticketmaster months ago of site fraud
2018-06-28 23:36

Compromised payment cards detected in April, JavaScript code meddling revealed in June Online bank Monzo said it warned Ticketmaster that something weird was going on in early April, two months...

Another Facebook Quiz App Left 120 Million Users' Data Exposed
2018-06-28 21:18

People are still getting over the most controversial data scandal of the year, i.e., Cambridge Analytica scandal, and Facebook is under fire yet again after it emerges that a popular quiz app on...

Micro Focus’ File Governance Suite takes on GDPR compliance and ransomware
2018-06-28 20:36

Micro Focus announced availability of Micro Focus File Governance Suite, helping customers archive and recover targets faster than traditional backup systems, and assisting with government and...

Enea announces Qosmos Probe 2.0 for cybersecurity
2018-06-28 20:28

Enea announced the availability of the Qosmos Probe 2.0 configured as a Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) sensor, designed to strengthen cyber threat hunting capabilities at Security Operations Centers...

The IEEE is against mandated encryption backdoors
2018-06-28 20:13

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has added its voice to the chorus of security experts, privacy advocates, lawmakers and other prominent individuals who are against the...

Ticketmaster Blames Third Party Over Data Breach
2018-06-28 20:02

Ticketmaster UK has had thousands of personal customer information compromised. This may include name, address, email address, telephone number, payment details and Ticketmaster login details, the...