Global digital Security and privacy product provider Avast has announced the appointment of Nick Viney as senior vice-president and general manager for its Telco, Internet of Things (IoT) and Family security business unit. Viney joins Avast from Cyber 1 –

A new system to detect and remove scam adverts from the internet has been launched in the UK. As reported by ITV, the UK Scam Ad Alert tool – set up by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Internet

Researchers from Positive Technologies Security discovered multiple vulnerabilities with GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP) that let attackers target network users. The GTP is the protocol used to transmit user data and control traffic on 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G networks. Attackers

The NHS has confirmed that 113 internal email accounts were compromised and used to send malicious spam outside the health service around two weeks ago. A brief NHS Digital statement issued on Friday revealed that the incident occurred between Saturday

A database allegedly belonging to Ariix Italia was exposed online on an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket, it includes 30,000+ Italian sales agents’ personal data. Researchers at cybernews.com recently uncovered an unsecured Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) bucket that contains more than 36,000

Zero-day vulnerabilities have been discovered that could impact millions of IoT devices found in data centers, power grids, and elsewhere. The flaws, dubbed Ripple20, were detected by the JSOF research lab in a widely used low-level TCP/IP software library developed

Six senior eBay employees have been charged with intimidating and cyber-stalking the couple behind an online newsletter whose media coverage they didn’t like. The executives, who no longer work for the online marketplace, allegedly sent a stream of terrifying deliveries

AI and machine learning technologies need training and human intervention to work as expected. Speaking as part of ESET’s Virtual World event, CTO Juraj Malcho said there are perceptions that AI is evil or mysterious, but “it is not magic,

Nearly half (46%) of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) regularly share confidential files via email, including financial and employee data in spreadsheets, according to a new study from the Lanop Accountancy Group. This is despite the fact that 60% have

Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks discovered new six vulnerabilities with D-Link wireless home router let attackers launch remote attacks. The vulnerabilities found with the DIR-865L model of D-Link routers, those are mostly used in home-based environments. In the current

Claims of a global DDoS attack have been dismissed, with evidence showing it was caused by a misconfiguration. The issue was apparently caused by a misconfiguration at T-Mobile in the USA. Mike Sievert, CEO of T-Mobile, claimed in a statement

IT professionals have been placed under extreme pressure to support mass home working over the past few months, with two-thirds reporting an increase in security issues, according to Ivanti. The endpoint security firm polled 1600 global IT professionals to better

Magecart attackers have been busy again, installing digital skimming code onto the websites of several popular retailers over recent weeks. The first brand affected was US accessories provider Claire’s. Security company Sansec spotted an unknown third party registering the “claires-assets”

Online sports retailer Wiggle is investigating a suspected cyber-attack after receiving a series of complaints from customers. Concerns were raised after customers received emails confirming orders for items from Wiggle that they had not placed. The suspicious orders were set

Threat actors hiding malware in adult content are targeting mobile users over those who turn to their PCs to get turned on. Research published by Kaspersky found that while PC threats masquerading as pornography fell by 40% in 2019, attacks

Online food delivery service Delivery Hero has confirmed a data breach affecting its Foodora brand. The cybersecurity incident has exposed the account details of 727,000 customers in 14 different countries. Information exposed in the incident included names, addresses, phone numbers,