Texas has become the latest target in a series of cyber attacks on local government entities in the United States. St…
ECB cyber attack went unnoticed for months
A cyber attack that has forced the European Central Bank (ECB) to temporarily shut down one of its websites went unno…
What does Cisco’s $8.6m payout mean for vendor accountability?
Eight years after the filing of a lawsuit against Cisco on behalf of US public sector customers, and more than a deca…
VMware enters talks to acquire Pivotal
VMware has entered negotiations to acquire the virtualisation specialist Pivotal in a move that would unite the Dell-…
One million fingerprints exposed by security firm, claim researchers
A vast trove of biometric records containing more than a million fingerprints has been left exposed in a publicly acc…
Mayor of London quizzes King’s Cross over facial recognition roll-out
The property developers who secretly rolled out facial recognition software across a 67-acre site in London’s K…
Broadcom eyes Symantec’s enterprise business
The chipmaker Broadcom has entered negotiations to acquire Symantec’s enterprise business, according to two rep…
North Korea spends proceeds of cyber crime on WMDs
North Korea’s far-reaching cyber campaigns have generated around $2bn for the country’s burgeoning weapon…
Nvidia urges Windows customers to issue patches
The chipmaker Nvidia is calling on Windows customers to install patches for a range of recently discovered vulnerabil…
Monzo urges 480,000 customers to reset pin codes
The digital bank Monzo has called on 480,000 customers to reset their pin codes after leaving them exposed in an inte…