You’ve been hearing about ransomware attacks where people and companies are paying hackers real money to get access to their locked computer systems. Recently, a Kentucky critical care facility and aCalifornia hospital were victims of the Locky ransomware attack. That

Hot on the heels of Adobe’s Q1 2016 earnings figures, which included record overall revenue of $1.38 billion and record Creative Cloud revenue of $733 million, EMEA journalists were recently briefed on the company’s plans for Creative Cloud in 2016

Microsoft has released its latest transparency figures for the second half of 2015, ending December. It’s the latest report from the tech giant detailing how many demands the company gets from US and global law enforcement, and intelligence agencies. The

Apple thinks its new iPad Pro would make a great replacement for the 600 million or so ageing PCs out there. That’s a pretty ambitious target and one that it’s unlikely to hit, especially when it comes to the business

Dell Inc is set to announce an agreement on Monday to sell its non-core information technology consulting division to Japan’s NTT Data Corp for $3.5 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. The move will allow U.S. computer

Google’s efforts to keep users safe might be forcing other email providers to make better security decisions. In February, the company started flagging unencrypted emails, allowing Gmail users to know whether they’re sending emails to, or receiving emails from, providers

ROME — Silicon Valley’s battle over encryption is heading to Europe. In the United States, the F.B.I.’s demands that Apple help “unlock” an iPhone used by a mass killer in California opened a heated debate on privacy. After recent attacks

BRAND-NAME SOFTWARE BUGS with flashy public relations campaigns are commonplace since the Heartbleed vulnerability was announced in 2014 with a media-friendly name, logo, and web site. But another bug is on the horizon that is setting a new bar for

A zero-day vulnerability discovered within Apple’s OS X operating system allows hackers to exploit key protection features and steal sensitive data from devices. Speaking at at the security conference SysCan360 2016 in Singapore, SentinelOne researcher Pedro Vilaça said on Thursday

ocial media accounts affiliated with Anonymous have released a new video statement announcing that the hacker group would once again “strike back” against Islamic State followingTuesday’s terror attacks in Brussels. Anonymous released a similar video on November 14, one day after

A web portal used by Americans to apply for and monitor health coverage under the Affordable Care Act endured hundreds of hacking attempts over a period of 18 months, a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has revealed. The

With the FBI reportedly employing the services of an Israeli forensic software company to access the San Bernardino shooter’s locked iPhone, you might be forgiven for thinking that the back and forth legal battle between Apple and the FBI is finally coming

U.S. CHARGES IRAN-LINKED HACKERS: The Justice Department announced indictments for seven hackers associated with the Iranian government for cybercrimes, The Post reports. “The crimes include disrupting U.S. banks’ public websites from late 2011 through May 2013, and with breaking into

Nerves are still raw over Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in Brussels. Our nation’s great national security debate is focused on the specter of violence posed by the Islamic State. But the indictment handed up yesterday by the Justice Department makes clear

The administrators of the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) program, which looks to spread knowledge and know-how about measures to prevent being hacked, has come under fire from security organizations for its own lax security and its late response to related

With March Madness in full swing and the Sweet Sixteen kicking off, there’s some bad news for basketball fans: most of the Top 10 US sport sites have been found to have vulnerabilities, and are serving active code from risky