20 Jan

Not everyone’s wild about Microsoft’s Pluton security chip: PC makers turn it off

PCs coming this year with Microsoft’s integrated Pluton security chip won’t be locked down to Windows 11, and users will have the option to install

Author rabih
20 Jan

Cyberbullying: Words do Hurt When it Comes to Social Media

Most parents may find it difficult to relate to today’s form of cyberbullying. That’s because, for many of us, bullying might have come in a

Author rabih
20 Jan

UK mulls making MSPs subject to mandatory security standards where they provide critical infrastructure

Small and medium-sized managed service providers (MSPs) could find themselves subject to the Network and Information Systems Regulations under government plans to tighten cybersecurity laws

Author rabih
20 Jan

Privacy is for paedophiles, UK government seems to be saying while spending £500k demonising online chat encryption

Opinion The British government’s PR campaign to destroy popular support for end-to-end encryption on messaging platforms has kicked off, under the handle “No Place To

Author rabih
20 Jan

‘Now’ would be the right time to patch Ubuntu container hosts and ditch 21.04 thanks to heap buffer overflow bug

The CVE-2022-0185 vulnerability in Ubuntu is severe enough that Red Hat is also advising immediate patching. The flaw allows a process inside a Linux user

Author rabih
20 Jan

NortonLifeLock and Avast tie-up falls under UK competition regulator’s spotlight

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has invited comments from industry and interested parties about NortonLifeLock’s proposed $8bn purchase of fellow infosec outfit Avast. The

Author rabih
20 Jan

Red Cross forced to shutter family reunion service following cyberattack and data leak

Humanitarian organization the International Red Cross disclosed this week that it has fallen foul of a cyberattack that saw the data of over 515,000 “highly

Author rabih
20 Jan

Being “Threat-Led” is the answer. Your ISO certificate won’t save you from a breach!

Advertorial I’ve seen it countless times. Another CISO walks into a board meeting and muddles through stats showing their compliance status. Great, you’re 75% compliant

Author rabih
20 Jan

McAfee Enterprise and FireEye rename themselves ‘Trellix’

LogoWatch Newly combined security outfits McAfee Enterprise and FireEye have revealed a new name: “Trellix”. Readers may find the name familiar, as another tech company

Author rabih
20 Jan

McAfee’s and FireEye rename themselves ‘Trellix’

LogoWatch Newly combined security outfits McAfee Enterprise and FireEye have revealed a new name: “Trellix”. Readers may find the name familiar, as another tech company

Author rabih
20 Jan

McAfee and FireEye rename themselves ‘Trellix’

LogoWatch Newly combined security outfits McAfee and FireEye have revealed a new name: “Trellix”. Readers may find the name familiar, as another tech company used

Author rabih
20 Jan

Singapore gives banks two-week deadline to fix SMS security

A widespread phishing operation targeting Southeast Asia’s second-largest bank – Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) – has prompted the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to introduce

Author rabih
19 Jan

Need to prioritize security bug patches? Don’t forget to scan Twitter as well as use CVSS scores

Organizations looking to minimize exposure to exploitable software should scan Twitter for mentions of security bugs as well as use the Common Vulnerability Scoring System

Author rabih
19 Jan

Sniff those Ukrainian emails a little more carefully, advises Uncle Sam in wake of Belarusian digital vandalism

US companies should be on the lookout for security nasties from Ukrainian partners following the digital graffiti and malware attack launched against Ukraine by Belarus,

Author rabih
19 Jan

Vulnerabilities and censorship tools among hot new features in Beijing’s Olympics app

Toronto-based Citizen Lab has warned that an app required by Beijing law to attend the 2022 Olympics contains vulnerabilities that can leak calls and data

Author rabih
19 Jan

US mergers doubled in 2021 so FTC and DoJ seek new guidelines to stop illegal ones

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DoJ) Antitrust Division are launching a joint public inquiry as a first step to modernising

Author rabih
18 Jan

Crypto.com acknowledges ‘unauthorized activity’ on servers, maintains no funds have been lost

Crypto.com, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, has denied reports that the firm lost nearly $15m in Ethereum in a possible network intrusion over the weekend. According

Author rabih
18 Jan

How to Protect Your Social Media Accounts

Social media is part of our social fabric. So much so that nearly 50% of the global population are social media users to some degree

Author rabih
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