Security
Google in deal to transfer full medical records from US healthcare company, claims whistleblower
Google denies whistleblower claims that it plans to "mine patient information" and "sell or share data with third parties"
Labour Party's DDoS attack 'unsophisticated' and not even categorised by the NCSC
Cloudflare and the NCSC play down the scale of the 'large and sophisticated' DDoS attack on the Labour Party
Magento users advised to install latest update to thwart attacks exploiting remote code execution security flaw
The security flaw enables attackers to inject a malicious payload into a merchant's website site
Should security shift from defence to containing attacks?
The risks of cyber attack are more than doubling every year. So should CIOs and CISOs rethink how they organise IT security, Nic Fearn asks
Labour Party targeted in DDoS attack
Attack may be linked with complaints from activists that the portal for ordering election leaflets had failed
US Cyber Command uploads new malware samples linked to North Korean state-backed financial heists
The samples include loaders, backdoors, and backdoor builders
Microsoft to apply California's Consumer Privacy Act across the US
California's new privacy law was approved in June 2018 - in the teeth of opposition from internet companies
Amazon Echo Show, Sony Smart TVs and Netgear routers all cracked in Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019
Pwn2Own 2019 contestants share a total of $315,000 in this year's Pwn2Own contest in Tokyo with Team Fluoroacetate crowned 'Master of Pwn'
Hosting provider SmarterASP.NET hit by ransomware attack
Majority of customers don't have access to their data yet
Amazon patches Ring Video Doorbell vulnerability that could allow hackers to breach owner's Wi-Fi network
Ring vulnerability attributed to device's use of insecure HTTP rather than encrypted HTTPS
Microsoft urges users to patch Windows systems vulnerable to BlueKeep attacks
BlueKeep exploit attempts are increasing, warns Microsoft, and the worst is still to come
Trend Micro: 68,000 user accounts compromised by ex-employee
Trend Micro confesses to compromise that led to user account details finding their way into the hands of a criminal third party
Morrisons: £55m payout over 2014 'grudge' leak of payroll data 'grossly unjust'
Morrisons tells Supreme Court that it should not be held vicariously liable for payroll data leak by senior IT internal auditor Andrew Skelton
Facebook wielded user data as a bargaining tool, according to leaked internal documents
The Facebook documents were leaked from a civil suit against Facebook
Ex-Twitter employees charged with spying for Saudi Arabian government
One former Twitter employee arrested on Tuesday in Seattle - form Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos warns that there will be more
Bridging the gap: Can DevOps help embed security into app development?
DevOps is designed to bring developers and operations more closely together. Ahead of Cyber Security Live later this month, Nic Fearn asks: Can it also encompass security as well?
'DarkUniverse' APT referenced in 2017 Shadow Brokers leak uncovered by Kaspersky
DarkUniverse developed its full-featured malware from scratch but went quiet shortly after the Shadow Brokers leak
Who 'owns' cyber security?
Ahead of Cyber Security Live later this month, Nic Fearn asks: With cyber crime rocketing, who in your organisation should have ultimately 'ownership' of IT security?
Laser light commands could enable hackers to hijack Google Home and Amazon Echo personal assistants
The researchers claim that virtually any device featuring a microphone and voice-control software could be hijacked
Proofpoint buys inside-threat management firm ObserveIT for $225m
Deal to close before the end of the year
Google's quantum supremacy is real. Now we urgently need quantum-safe encryption, says UKNQT's Sir Peter Knight
'There's a lot at stake in rewiring the world in terms of encryption and we all depend on getting it right'
Warning after new Windows BlueKeep exploit identified over the weekend
New Bluekeep exploit picked-up by security specialists 'Bluepot' honeypot network
US to licence Huawei suppliers "very shortly", says US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross
Number of US suppliers to Huawei "frankly more than we would've thought", admits Ross
Sir Tim Berners-Lee's Inrupt start-up secures £5m investment to help protect users' data online
The idea behind Berners-Lee's Inrupt is to flip the rules of who controls data on the web
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