Facebook is coming under increasing pressure over its encryption plans after the NSPCC and 100 other organizations signed an open letter warning that more secure messaging could undermine child safety. The social media giant is set to roll out end-to-end

A new critical Bluetooth vulnerability discovered in Android Bluetooth system that allows remote attackers silently execute arbitrary code remotely and take the complete device control. Researchers discovered that the vulnerability affected Android Oreo 8.0 to Android Pie 9.0 and there

Women-owned small business (WOSB) Sentar Inc. has been awarded a potential $164m task order to provide cybersecurity support to the Defense Health Agency. Sentar announced yesterday that it had won the task order from the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC)

New research by AI-driven commercial insurance products provider Corvus has found that governments are more vulnerable to cyber-attacks than other organizations. A report on the security of municipal governments and agencies identified three key factors that made governments particularly soft

A set of vulnerabilities in the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) exposes tens of millions of devices to the risk of cyber attacks. Researchers at IoT security firm Armis discovered a set of five serious vulnerabilities in the implementation of the

Human error caused 90% of cyber data breaches in 2019, according to a CybSafe analysis of data from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). According to the cybersecurity awareness and data analysis firm, nine out of 10 of the 2376

Microsoft has warned that inadequate security on web applications and internet-facing servers is allowing hackers to use web shells in their tens of thousands each month to launch attacks. Web shells are pieces of malicious code typically implanted onto web

Twitter has become the latest major social platform to articulate its deepfake policy, claiming it will remove “manipulated media” only if it causes harm. In a blog post earlier this week, head of site integrity, Yoel Roth, and group product

Microsoft published an interesting report that investigates web shell attacks, the IT giant says it detects 77,000 active web shells daily. According to a report published by Microsoft, the company detects an average of 77,000 active web shells, spreading across

Researcher published details about a backdoor mechanism he found in HiSilicon chips, but he did not report it to the vendor due to the lack of trust in it. The Russian security expert Vladislav Yarmak has published technical details about

Security experts are warning of new phishing campaigns designed to capitalize on global fears of the fast-spreading coronavirus. Last week saw the first reported UK infections of the virus, known for now as 2019-nCoV, after it spread around the world

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned Americans to be on the lookout for cyber-based romance scams. The Richmond, Virginia, branch of the FBI said criminals used the most romantic day of the

YouTube has issued a public reminder that deepfakes related to the 2020 US presidential election are banned from its video service. The Google-owned company has said that it doesn’t want its platform to be exploited as part of any deliberate

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, part of RELX, is to acquire global provider of fraud prevention and risk management solutions, Emailage. Under the terms of the deal, Emailage will become a part of the Business Services group of LexisNexis Risk Solutions. News

Security researchers are warning of a new ransomware strain containing functionality to target industrial control systems (ICS) — evidence that cyber-criminals are gearing up for more attacks on such environments. Discovered in mid-December last year, EKANS joins just a handful

More than 80% of UK businesses still don’t have cyber-related insurance despite widespread recognition of the risks associated with rising threat levels, according to Gallagher. The insurer polled 1000 UK business leaders in organizations of various sizes, and nearly two-fifths