Security News

Tech Giants Warn of Crypto Flaw in Infineon Chips
2017-10-16 13:55

Microsoft, Google, HP, Lenovo and Fujitsu have warned customers of a potentially serious crypto-related vulnerability affecting some chips made by German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon...

High-Tech Bridge Launches Free Service for Testing Mobile Apps
2017-10-12 11:26

Web security company High-Tech Bridge announced on Thursday the launch of a free online service that allows mobile application developers to test their iOS and Android apps. read more

US Reviewing Better Tech Identifiers After Hacks: Trump Aide
2017-10-03 17:02

US officials are studying ways to end the use of social security numbers for identification following a series of data breaches compromising the data for millions of Americans, a Trump...

Equifax Ex-CEO Blames 'Human Error, Tech Failures' for Breach
2017-10-03 08:33

Richard Smith Offers Explanation in Written Testimony Submitted to Congress"Human error and technology failures" led to the massive Equifax breach, the company's former CEO, Richard Smith says in...

Ex-CEO Blames 'Human Error, Tech Failures' for Equifax Breach
2017-10-02 17:33

Richard Smith Offers Explanation in Written Testimony Submitted to Congress"Human error and technology failures" lead to the massive Equifax breach, the company's former CEO, Richard Smith says in...

Trojanized Avast CCleaner Attack Targeted Major Tech Firms
2017-09-22 12:33

Supply Chain Attack May Have Backdoored Hundreds of High-Profile TargetsAn attack campaign involving a trojanized version of the CCleaner Windows utility, built and distributed by British...

CCleaner Malware Infects Big Tech Companies With Second Backdoor
2017-09-21 01:31

The group of unknown hackers who hijacked CCleaner's download server to distribute a malicious version of the popular system optimization software targeted at least 20 major international...

Breach at Used Tech Goods Seller CeX Exposes Two Million Customers (Security Week)
2017-08-30 13:09

CeX, a second-hand technology goods chain, is notifying up to 2 million of its online customers that their personal details may have been compromised. read more

Tech firms band together to take down Android DDoS botnet (Help Net Security)
2017-08-29 16:59

An ad-hoc alliance of tech firms has managed to seriously cripple an Android-based botnet that was being actively used to DDoS multiple content providers. The botnet, dubbed WireX by the...

Tech Firms Unite to Neutralize WireX Android Botnet (Security Week)
2017-08-28 17:24

Major New WireX Android Botnet Neutralized by Cross-Vendor Collaborative Research read more