Security News > 2018 > November

Driver loses his car to hackers. TWICE.
2018-11-30 11:09

He slapped a tracker on the new one and installed CCTV... which did a fine job of recording the thieves' 90-second-long relay attack.

Man-in-the-middle attacks: A cheat sheet
2018-11-30 11:08

Cybercrime takes on a lot of forms, with one of the oldest and most dangerous being man-in-the-middle attacks. Here's what you need to know about MITM attacks, including how to protect your company.

What is a man-in-the-middle attack?
2018-11-30 11:00

Here's a quick rundown of what a man-in-the-middle attack is, and why it's so dangerous.

Q: If Pesky Pepper had a peek at patient papers, at how many patient papers did Pesky Pepper peek? A: 231
2018-11-30 10:52

Bored secretary at GP fined for sneaky look at medical records A bored trainee secretary at a GP practice has been fined for snooping on the health records of colleagues, friends and strangers.…

Support whizz 'fixes' screeching laptop with a single click... by closing 'malware-y' browser tab
2018-11-30 07:54

Nope, no new computer for you. Move along On Call Welcome once more to On Call, our weekly column where Reg readers share their tales of tech support problems solved.…

Facebook Mulled Charging for Access to User Data
2018-11-30 06:07

Facebook on Wednesday said it considered charging application makers to access data at the social network. Such a move would have been a major shift away from the policy of not selling Facebook...

The top tech news of 2018, ranked
2018-11-30 05:58

It's been a wild of a year for tech. Here are the biggest tech news stories on our readers' minds.

Federal Prosecutors Discuss SamSam Indictments
2018-11-30 05:48

In the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report, hear prosecutors discuss the indictments of two Iranians in connection with SamSam ransomware attacks. Also: Updates on allegations that Google...

The fundamentals of network security and cybersecurity hygiene
2018-11-30 02:00

Infrastructure and network security The two fundamental building blocks to ensuring that your data is secure are physical infrastructure and network security. Understanding and protecting your...

Here's another 45,000 reasons to patch Windows systems against old NSA exploits
2018-11-30 01:58

It's 2018 and UPnP is still opening up networks - this time to leaked SMB cyber-weapons Earlier this year, Akamai warned that vulnerabilities in universal plug-and-play (UPnP) had been exploited...