Security News > 2018

Cyber security has gone through many changes over the past decade. From being a niche sector, rarely taken seriously or understood, to underpinning national security, economic growth and the...

Red Hat has decided to pull microcode patches for one variant of the Spectre exploit after users complained that updates had caused their systems to stop booting. read more

Are Biometrics as a Form of Authentication Over-hyped and Unreliable? read more

Botnet Also Pushes Ransomware, Cryptocurrency, 'Virtual Kisses'The operators of the Necurs botnet continue to target victims with phishing campaigns designed to infect them with banking malware,...

Security Experts Assess the Impact of Spectre and MeltdownSome projects related to Singapore's Smart Nation initiative have been postponed as a result of concerns about the Spectre and Meltdown...

Last year, multiple industry verticals saw the extreme effects of ransomware, with WannaCry and Petya leading the pack in terms of damage. To make matters worse, according to a report by...

With the GDPR deadline looming on May 25, 2018, every organization in the world that transmits data related to EU citizens is focused on achieving compliance. And for good reason. The ruling...

The EFF and Lookout are reporting on a new piece of spyware operating out of Lebanon. It primarily targets mobile devices compromised by fake secure messaging clients like Signal and WhatsApp....

The Internet of Things (IoT) is bringing about a new era of connectivity in the digital age, connecting critical business sectors through a network of secure data flow, analytics, and management....

Cybercriminals have stolen a massive trove of Norway's healthcare data in a recent data breach, which likely impacts more than half of the nation's population. An unknown hacker or group of...