Accenture Security is to acquire Symantec’s Cyber Security Services business from Broadcom. No financial terms were disclosed regarding the acquisition, which is expected to close in March 2020, subject to customary conditions. The impending Symantec deal is the latest in

Mozilla released a security update for a critical zero-day vulnerability that affects the Firefox browser and the vulnerability fixed in 72.0.1 and Firefox ESR 68.4.1. The vulnerability affects both Firefox, Firefox ESR and the successful exploitation of the vulnerability could

Interpol is celebrating after a region-wide operation led to a drastic reduction in the number of routers in southeast Asia infected with cryptomining malware. Operation Goldfish Alpha began in June 2019 after intelligence identified over 20,000 compromised routers in the

TikTok has been forced to patch several critical vulnerabilities which may have allowed hackers to hijack user accounts and steal personal data. Check Point researchers discovered the flaws in the wildly popular social media platform, including one SMS link spoofing

UK businesses were deluged with cyber-attacks in 2019, with the average firm hit by over half a million attempts to compromise systems, according to new stats from Beaming. The Hastings-based business Internet Service Provider (ISP) extrapolated the findings from data

TikTok is the most popular video-sharing app, it has more than 1.3 billion users worldwide. TikTok in news for the last few months, because of the potential risks embedded within the app. Last December a lawsuit filed stating that “TikTok

A flaw in the popular TikTok app could allow attackers to hijack any user account just by knowing the mobile number of the victim. Security experts from CheckPoint have discovered a critical vulnerability in the popular TikTok app that could

Google has tweaked its Project Zero disclosure policy in a bid to drive more thorough patch development and improved adoption. The new direction for 2020 centers around one major change: from January 1 this year the firm will implement a

Apple’s senior director of global privacy has confirmed that the company scans photos uploaded to the iCloud for evidence of illegal activities such as child sexual abuse. Jane Horvath made the admission while speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

The city of Las Vegas is licking its wounds after suffering a cyber-attack on its computer network. It is not yet known whether any sensitive information was compromised in the incident, which took place in the early hours of Tuesday

Nigerian online betting company SureBet247 has told the public not to be deceived by “false” reports that the firm has suffered a serious data breach. According to the website iAfrikan.com, over 32GB of SureBet247 data, spread across six databases, has

Global rights groups have joined forces to demand that Google tackles the problem of budget Android smartphones pre-installed with privacy infringing apps that users can’t remove. Over 50 organizations, including the UK’s Privacy International, today asked the tech giant to

A new piece of ransomware called SNAKE appeared in threat landscape, the malware is now targeting company networks. The SNAKE is a new ransomware that is threatening enterprises worldwide along with most popular ransomware families such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi,

The new version of Predator the Thief malware distributed through fake invoice documents aimed to steal sensitive user information. The malware was first observed by Fortinet in July of 2018, the threat actors behind the malware family upgrading it in

Sir Richard Branson is so hacked off with cyber-criminals ripping off his name and image that he has released an animated guide to spotting online scams. The video features two extremely pink cartoon renderings of the Virgin founder who work

In the first major cybersecurity acquisition of 2020, Israeli company Armis has been acquired by private equity firm Insight Partners. Under the terms of the agreement, Insight will acquire the company for cash at a valuation of $1.1bn, with participation