Security News

Black Hat 2018: Xerox CISO on why the tech industry needs to simplify
2018-08-09 18:54

Dan Patterson interviewed Alissa Johnson, Xerox Chief Information Security Officer, at Black Hat. She discussed defining IT processes, simplifying the tech industry, and more.

Revealed: El Reg blew lid off Meltdown CPU bug before Intel told US govt – and how bitter tech rivals teamed up
2018-08-09 06:26

Panel spills beans on beans spilled Black Hat Next time you leave things to the last minute, remember this well.…

Facial recognition tech to be used on Olympians and staff at Tokyo 2020
2018-08-07 14:58

NEC to provide NeoFace kit to 40-plus venues for the games Automated facial recognition systems from Japanese biz NEC will be used on staffers and athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.…

Big Tech Firms Agree on 'Data Portability' Plan
2018-07-25 17:07

Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter unveiled plans Friday to make it easier for users to take their personal data and leave one online service for another. read more

Intel Smart Sound Tech Vulnerable to Three High-Severity Bugs
2018-07-25 17:04

Intel patches three flaws that could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on impacted systems.

Privacy Questions Raised as Tech Giants Join Forces on Data Portability
2018-07-24 11:00

Security researchers have concerns about the privacy implications of Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter's Data Transfer Project.

Brit tech forges alliance to improve cyber security as MPs moan over 'acute scarcity' of experts
2018-07-19 15:41

We're even short 'moderately specialist' types ... A cross-sector alliance incorporating leading UK organisations has been created in response to government plans to develop a national...

US voting systems (in Oregon) potentially could be hacked (11 years ago) by anybody (in tech support)
2018-07-17 19:59

ES&S admits a handful of systems were shipped with PCAnywhere tool A US voting machine manufacturer has admitted some of its systems sold in the early 2000s had a remote access tool installed.…

Departing Apple Engineer Stole Autonomous Car Tech: FBI
2018-07-11 01:18

An ex-Apple engineer on Monday was charged with stealing secrets from a hush-hush self-driving car technology project days before he quit to go to a Chinese startup. Xiaolang Zhang was in custody...

95% of companies want humans and tech to work together to fight phishing
2018-07-10 14:54

More than half of companies are plagued with phishing emails on a regular basis, and awareness training often isn't enough, according to an IronScales report.