Teenage girls who spend a lot of time online and on social media could become the UK’s spies of the future, Britain’s intelligence agency hopes. GCHQ is launching a competition…
Month: January 2017
Thousands warned they may be victims of rogue webmaster
Police in the Netherlands are contacting more than 20,000 people who they suspect had their data stolen by a rogue web developer. They say the man coded a backdoor into…
Critical flaw lets hackers take control of Samsung SmartCam cameras
A command injection vulnerability gives attackers full control over the cameras. By Lucian Constantin The popular Samsung SmartCam security cameras contain a critical remote code execution vulnerability that could allow…
'More cyber attacks in north Wales than street crime'
More crimes are being committed in cyberspace in north Wales than on the streets, its police and crime commissioner has claimed. North Wales PCC Arfon Jones also warned businesses were…
Barts Health Trust launches cyber attack probe
England’s largest NHS Trust has been hit by a cyber attack, it has emerged. Barts Health Trust, which runs The Royal London, St Bartholomew’s, Whipps Cross, Mile End and Newham…
Social media used to harvest fake charity donations
The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau’s (NFIB) Proactive Intelligence Team have indentified an emerging fraud where social media platforms are being used to attract members of the public to donate money…