Security
Hackers can bypass verification limits on Visa cards
Researchers have described the findings as "significant" and called on banks to improve contactless payment card security
'Five Eyes' alliance calls for backdoor access to WhatsApp and other encrypted communications
GCHQ has suggested that tech firms' communication services should be able to surreptitiously add intelligence agents to conversations or group chats
New York Attorney General's Office opens probe into Capital One data breach
Personal details of more than 100 million people in the US and Canada were compromised in the data breach - linked to a misconfigured firewall
Netherlands' government: Staff shouldn't use Office due to privacy problems over telemetry
Report recommends against using Office Online or Office mobile apps over exfiltration of data
Websites using Facebook's 'Like' button subject to GDPR data rules
Social media plug-ins, such as Facebook's 'Like' button, make a website operator a joint data controller, European Court of Justice rules
Microsoft announces general availability of Azure Security Centre for IoT
IoT Azure security tool can identify configuration issues before they can be used in a cyber attack
106 million US and Canadian Capital One accounts compromised
Former AWS engineer, named as Paige Thompson, arrested over Capital One security breach that took advantage of a misconfigured firewall to access accounts stored in S3 bucket
Eleven zero-day vulnerabilities in VxWorks expose more than two million devices worldwide
Security researchers warn that six of the 'URGENT/11' vulnerabilities are critical and could facilitate remote access attacks on embedded devices
WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins spared jail in the US over links to Kronos banking Trojan
Judge sentences Hutchins to one year of 'supervised release' and fines him $100 for each count as restitution for victims of Kronos
Malware attacks down by 20 per cent, while ransomware-as-a-service has boomed
Ransomware-as-a-service attacks on UK organisations have tripled over the past year, claims SonicWall
Immunity's penetration testing utility now includes an exploit for BlueKeep flaw
Wormable Windows vulnerability Bluekeep can self-propagate from one vulnerable system to another
New 'highly targeted' mobile malware, dubbed 'Monokle', linked to Russian hackers
Researchers believe the malware was created by STC, a Russian company accused of interfering in the 2016 US presidential election
China's Security Ministry is running APT17 cyber-espionage group, claims Intrusion Truth
Intrusion Truth has revealed details of three individuals believed to be members of APT17
'Critical' vulnerability in VLC Media Player downgraded after VideoLAN claims the flaw was fixed 16 months ago
Reporter, MITRE and CERT-Bund all criticised for failing to check security flaw before issuing warnings
Anonymous data can be 'de-anonymised' to reveal people's real identities, researchers warn
Machine learning algorithm can identify 99.98 per cent of people in any anonymised dataset, claim Imperial College researchers
Contractor pleads guilty to planting 'logic bomb' in client's software
David Tinley faces a fine of up to $250,000 and ten years in prison
Facebook expected to settle with FTC today, paying $5bn over data handling and agreeing to new controls
The FTC is expected to announce the agreement on Wednesday
VPN security flaw could enable attackers to crack a network without user name or password
Warning over VPNs from Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet and Pulse Secure after researchers uncover new security flaw
Bulgarian tax office hacker accused of looking for data on the country's prime minister and other VIPs
Police in Bulgaria claim the results of the search were found on the hackers' PC
Government still unable to make a decision about Huawei use in UK 5G networks
Official review into Huawei's use in 5G networks claims current 'protections' are inadequate
Warning over 'onslaught' of new Windows malware after Bluekeep details were published on GitHub
GitHub Bluekeep explainer significantly lowers the bar for writing malware similar to NotPetya and WannaCry
Equifax to pay up to $700m over data breach of 147 million consumer records
Consumers affected by the Equifax breach will be able to claim up to $20,000 each in compensation
Warning over critical security flaw in VLC Media Player
Exploits expected to emerge within days to take advantage of 9.8-rated critical security flaw in VLC Media Player
Russian FSB intelligence agency contractor hacked - loses 7.5TB of data
FSB projects to de-anonymise Tor and isolate Russia from the internet exposed
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