Russian hackers break into air-gapped US networks
Hacked vendors
US Homeland Security has found evidence that Russian hackers have broken into supposedly secure, "air-gapped" or isolated networks owned by utilities.
Companies don't have enough skilled security staff
Things are going to get worse
Analyst outfit Gartner has warned that two thirds of companies do not have the in house staff able to deal with security issues.
Taking out the satellites
Insecurity experts Symantec have uncovered a sophisticated hacking campaign launched from computers in China burrowed deeply into satellite operators, defence contractors and telecommunications companies in the United States and southeast Asia.
Android users told to beware of Frankenstein virus
Put the candle back
Android users are being warned about a new ‘Frankenstein’ virus that combines the worst features of different malware to form a dangerous threat.
Technology proves no-one reads security warnings
Eye-tracking and fMRI prove it
Boffins have used the latest gear to prove the long understood belief that no-one reads security warnings.
GDPR does not apply to football
Spanish football league La Liga has defended the privacy policy of its app after admitting it was accessing the microphone and GPS of Android users.
IBM bans removable storeage
Security risk
IBM has banned its staff from using portable removable storage as it feels that it is a security accident waiting to happen.
Admins could not be bothered to update
There are more than 400 sites using the open source Drupal CMS serving up crypto-jacking software, according to a new security report.
Hackers down security cameras
You probably weren't expecting this
In the days before the internet of things (IoT) you could be pretty much assured that your toaster, your fridge, your car and your washing machine were just going to break down and you'd have to call an engineer to fix them.
Still wants to force tech companies to install backdoors to encryption
The US Department of Justice is refusing to give up on its plans to force tech companies to build tools into smartphones and other devices that would allow access to encrypted data in criminal investigations.