UK government ponders tougher rules for dodgy apps
The UK DCMS is waving a potential new ‘code of practice’ in front of tech firms to get their opinions on whether they should be held accountable to it.
The UK DCMS is waving a potential new ‘code of practice’ in front of tech firms to get their opinions on whether they should be held accountable to it.
A set of reports has been published that alleges some countries are using malware to spy on political opponents, activists and journalists.
Operation Diànxùn used a fake Huawei career site to target telecoms professionals with the apparent aim of getting hold of 5G technologies.
IoT adoption is taking off at a rapid pace, and so is the rate at which connected devices are being compromised by hackers.
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The UN is calling for an investigation into reports that the owner of the Washington Post may have had his phone hacked by the Saudi Crown Prince.
In response to a question about WhatsApp hacking in parliament, the Indian home affairs Minister revealed the apparently limitless snooping power at his disposal.
Google’s Project Zero security team has revealed a vulnerability in iOS that exposed large numbers of users to a hack that allowed the installation of a monitoring implant.
A new variant of mobile malware, dubbed ‘Agent Smith’, which re-directs advertising funds to cybercriminals, has been identified and its infected 25 million smartphones already.
Cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky has reported that FinSpy, a piece of malware that allows private information to be stolen from smartphones, has made a reappearance.
34 tech and telecoms companies have signed a pledge to fight cyberattacks from criminal enterprises and nation-states.
Law firm Doyle APC has filed a class action lawsuit against Intel for the design defect found in all of Intel’s x86-64x CPUs.
Nokia has published its latest Threat Intelligence Report, which shows that ransomware attacks went through the roof this year, largely via Android devices.
The Nokia Threat Intelligence Report reckons there was a sharp increase in compromised smartphones in 2016 and warned about IoT device vulnerabilities.
Mobile operators and their will lose millions of dollars to fraudsters as rogue surveillance companies, confidence tricksters and identity thieves increasingly exploit the weaknesses of a decades old telecoms protocol, its claimed.
The first major outbreak of malware has been found in Apple’s own iOS App Store, the vendor has disclosed.
A report by Alcatel-Lucent’s Motive Security Labs (formerly Kindsight Security Labs) has estimated some 16 million mobile devices globally were infected by malware in 2014, with network attacks also on the rise putting both personal and business data at risk.
Nokia has opened a mobile broadband security centre in Berlin, which the Finnish infrastructure specialist said is designed as a collaboration and knowledge sharing hub for operators, partners, governments and academic institutions.
News of an extremely advanced malware attack on Belgacom, members of the European Union and a well-known Belgian cryptographer, has been downplayed by stakeholders in the information security (infosec) industry.
A report by Alcatel-Lucent’s Kindsight Security Labs shows that mobile infections are growing at an alarming rate, with an increase of 17% in the first half of 2014 compared to a 20% increase for the whole of 2013.
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