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Antivirus, firewall and IDS products

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Smartphone users unaware of hacking risks

  More than half of mobile users are unaware that hackers can take control of their smartphones

• August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14

  Finance and retail applications most vulnerable to breaches

  Finance and retail applications are most susceptible to hacking attacks because of data input by customers, according to research

• August 22, 2014 22 Aug'14

  GCHQ produces BYOD guidelines for organisations

  GCHQ's IT security arm provides guidance to organisations who want to allow employees to use personal devices at work

• August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14

  Courier firm UPS warns of potential data breach

  UPS has found malware at 51 franchises in 24 US states, which may have compromised customers' credit and debit card information

• August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14

  National Crime Agency calls for public to update security software

  The National Crime Agency (NCA) is launching a campaign to make people aware of the dangers of being online without security software

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  Android banking apps susceptible to hacking

  A vulnerability in Android applications built on the Apache Cordova platform has sparked new fears over mobile banking

• August 11, 2014 11 Aug'14

  USB-connected devices present cyber vulnerabilities

  Connecting devices to computers using a USB port could lead to security breaches, say Berlin-based researchers

• August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14

  Time puts servers at risk of denial-of-service attacks

  The Network Timing Protocol, which is used to keep servers on the internet synchronised, could become a major vector of attack for hackers

• August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14

  Russian hackers steal over a billion usernames and passwords

  A group of Russian cyber criminals have attacked 500 million email addresses and gained 1.2 billion usernames and passwords

• August 05, 2014 05 Aug'14

  Malware incidents make up 25% of CERT-UK's work in first 100 days

  Over half the incidents reported to CERT-UK in the first three months of its operation were not related to critical national infrastructure

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Barclays passes government’s ‘internet-born threat’ test

  Barclays Bank has been awarded the government’s cyber security certificate for digital banking services after independent tests of services such as Pingit

• June 24, 2014 24 Jun'14

  CIO interview: Thierry Bedos, CTO, Hotels.com

  Hotels.com packs a huge digital punch globally, but is still striving for the perfect omni-channel customer experience

• June 24, 2014 24 Jun'14

  Legitimate apps used for 2014 mobile malware push, reveals McAfee

  The manipulation of legitimate mobile apps and services played a key role in the expansion of mobile malware, says McAfee

• June 10, 2014 10 Jun'14

  Commoditisation drives down security software spending to $20bn in 2013

  The increased commoditisation of end-point security software meant spending grew at a lower rate than expected in 2013, compared with 2012

• June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14

  Get Safe Online apologises for site collapse

  Get Safe Online website collapses after calls for firms to protect their systems against GameOver Zeus Trojan