By Chris Baraniuk, Technology reporter The “live” surveillance of British web users’ internet communications has been proposed in a draft technical paper allegedly prepared by the government. If made law,…
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UK E-commerce Fraud Jumps 18% in 2016
By Phil Muncaster E-commerce payment fraud soared by 18% from 2015 to 2016, while online banking fraud dropped as cyber-criminals changed tactics to target users directly, according to Financial Fraud…
How fake data could lead to failed crops and other woes
By Mark Ward, Technology correspondent There’s a new cyber threat on the horizon. And it’s fiendishly subtle and potentially very dangerous. Fake data – altering databases and documents without anyone…
Poor Passwords, Cloud and Network Complexity Plague Orgs
By Tara Seals An array of organizations still vulnerable to brute force attacks as attackers target default or easily-guessed usernames and passwords to breach enterprise defenses. That’s according to Ixia’s…
Security flaws 'undiscovered for years'
Security holes known as zero-day vulnerabilities can lie dormant for up to 10 years, a study has suggested. And this means that hackers have plenty of time to develop sophisticated…
One-Fifth of Websites Still Running SHA-1, Risking Security Issues
By Steve Evans The death knell for security standard SHA-1 has been sounding for a number of years now, and Google’s cracking of it in February turned the volume up…