iPhone backups can be slurped for Mother Russia, say researchers. By John Leyden Kremlin-linked spies have been blamed for cooking up malware called Xagent, which targets victims running macOS to…
Day: February 15, 2017
Whitehall’s identity crisis: HMRC and Verify
Verify is the flagship of the Government Digital Service (GDS). It’s an online identity system designed to let citizens securely access all sorts of public services with ease. But now…
Inside Confide, the chat app 'secretly used by Trump aides': OpenPGP, OpenSSL, and more
Security experts skeptical of encrypted messenger’s claims. By Shaun Nichols Rumors that President Donald Trump’s aides are using an encrypted messaging app called Confide has landed the software firmly in…
UK targeted by 'dozens' of serious cyber attacks each month
Britain’s security has been threatened by 188 high-level cyber attacks in the last three months, according to a government security chief. Ciaran Martin, chief executive of the National Cyber Security…