A bill to tackle online abuse and cyber crime is being introduced by Plaid Cymru MP Liz Saville Roberts. It aims to make it an offence to post content that is discriminatory, threatening and causes distress. Internet service providers and

Cybercrime is now the second most reported economic crime and has affected at least a third of organizations in the past 24 months, yet many businesses are still underprepared, a PWC report has found. According to the Global Economic Crime Survey, cybercrime

Edward Snowden, the whistleblower whose NSA revelations sparked a debate on mass surveillance, has waded into the arguments over the FBI’s attempt to force Apple to help it unlock the iPhone 5C of one of the San Bernardino shooters. The

PayPal is probably the most regular recipient of phish scams and perhaps by now its users are also well aware of this fact. However, it is still important to learn about the newest of all phishing scam campaigns that are

Anand Prakash, an Indian hacker, came across a flaw in Facebook account security, and reported it to Facebook’s Security Vulnerability page. Facebook fixed the issue within a day and for Mr. Prakash’s honesty, handed him a bounty of $15,000. How

(CBS) — Hackers compromise log-in passwords time and time again. Our passwords are our first line of defense, but most of us know little about what makes a strong password. CBS 2’s Lionel Moise reports on steps we can take

An Orlando, Florida-based resort firm has reported a cyber breach that may have affected its payment card network for almost a year and a half, including past the time it was first notified. Rosen Hotels Resorts Inc. learned on Feb.

The FBI is no better than hackers when it comes to “violating” security measures of the iPhone, a leading Apple executive has said in an interview. Apple’s Eddy Cue defended the company’s refusal to help the FBI unlock an iPhone

Despite the rush to patch systems at risk to the massive transport layer security (TLS) vulnerability, known as DROWN, hundreds of cloud services are still at risk of attack. According to two independent research firms, Netskope and Skyhigh Networks, a

In late February, Google disclosed that one of its self-driving cars hit a city bus in the company’s hometown of Mountain View, California. It was the first accident that Google truly had to blame on its autonomous car software. The

During the first month of the year, malware destined to aid hacking crews and bored script kiddies carry out DDoS attacks was very popular, as cyber-security firm Check Point is reporting. During the past year, DDoS attacks have reached an

NEW malware that targets mobile banking apps of Australia’s big banks has been detected. The sophisticated virus infects Android users and can steal password details and even thwart two-factor authentication. In a concerning discovery for mobile bankers, the malware was

Every cloud in the sky is unique, as is every computing cloud. Microsoft has its own view of what its cloud is all about, what it’s made of, and the tools it provides to help connect Microsoft-powered private clouds with

The war to close down security vulnerabilities is never-ending, but the new “DROWN” vulnerability is one of the biggest to rear its ugly head in recent months. A group of security researchers from a number of different universities and research

Malware and weaponized attacks are keeping IT and business decision makers up at night, especially against the backdrop of cloud and mobility in the enterprise. According to the first-ever Dell Data Security Survey, nearly three in four (73%) of decision-makers

Guests who recently lodged at Rosen Hotels & Resorts properties in theme-park destination Orlando, Fla. must hope their data hasn’t been taken for a wild ride, after the hospitality company announced its properties have suffered a long-undiscovered payment card data