Robert Scammell
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22 Mar
Facebook password blunder may have exposed more than social media accounts
Hundreds of millions of Facebook users had their account passwords visible in plain text to the platform’s employees, potentially creating security vulnerabilities on third-party sites that use the same passwords, cybersecurity experts have warned.
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22 Mar
Beyond the honeypot: How military-inspired deception tactics are snaring cybercriminals
During World War II, a ghost army fooled Adolf Hitler.
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20 Mar
NotPetya, WannaCry: The privatisation of nation-state capabilities threatens us all
Few people know more about the threat of cyber terrorism than Malcolm Taylor.
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19 Mar
NVIDIA autonomous vehicles given a ‘Safety Force Field’ to prevent crashes
GPU maker NVIDIA has created software for autonomous vehicles that adds an extra safety net to prevent collisions.
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19 Mar
Vote Leave fined £40,000 for sending unlawful Brexit “spam texts”
The UK’s data watchdog has fined Vote Leave £40,000 for sending unlawful campaign texts during the 2016 Brexit referendum.
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18 Mar
$2bn Lyft IPO beats Uber in race to go public
Ride-hailing company Lyft has announced an initial public offering in which 30.77 million shares will be sold between $62 and $68 per share.
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15 Mar
Canada proposes cryptocurrency regulation amid QuadrigCX scandal
Canada is proposing a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency exchanges, which is being seen as a direct response to the loss of $137m in crypto assets in the ongoing QuadrigaCX scandal.
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15 Mar
Netflix algorithm repurposed to detect tumours
Researchers have repurposed a Netflix algorithm designed to predict users’ film preferences to assist with biological image analysis.
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14 Mar
Hackers steal passport details from Pakistani Government site
Cyberattackers have compromised a Pakistani Government website, allowing them to log the keystrokes of visitors entering sensitive information into a passport application site.
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13 Mar
What can the crypto world learn from the QuadrigaCX cold wallet lockout?
Cold wallets, an offline piece of hardware designed to protect large amounts of cryptocurrency from being hacked, are considered best-practice among exchanges.
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12 Mar
Global far-right effort to influence Brexit unearthed by researchers
Researchers have found evidence of far-right Twitter accounts using suspicious means such as bots to amplify pro-Brexit content, with a “significant” number originating from outside of the UK.
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11 Mar
NHS goes RPA with digital robot trial at Chelsea and Westminster Trust
An NHS trust is to trial software robots to automate administrative parts of its corporate services arm.
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11 Mar
FOI reveals snail-like breach response time before GDPR
Prior to the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), UK businesses routinely had a sloppy breach response time, taking an average of three weeks to report a data breach to the UK’s data watchdog.
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8 Mar
The Dragon has landed. What’s next for the NASA-SpaceX partnership?
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule has splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean, successfully completing the first unmanned test mission of a commercial crew capsule to the International Space Station (ISS).
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7 Mar
While Russia sows discord online, China is on a PR offensive
China is using state-sponsored social media influence to create a distorted positive image of itself to the West, according to security researchers.
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6 Mar
Cryptocurrency volatility is putting Europeans off from investing
Europeans are warier of cryptocurrency than those in emerging markets, with cryptocurrency volatility playing a major role in their scepticism.
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4 Mar
Open source breaches increase 71% in five years
There has been a surge in open source breaches over the past five years, with just over a quarter of companies reporting a confirmed or suspected breach in the past year alone.
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4 Mar
Machine learning model classifies lung cancer slides in under a minute
Researchers have developed a machine learning model that can classify different types of lung cancer in less than a minute.
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1 Mar
It pays to be good: Teen hacker bags $1m in bug bounties
A teenager has become the first person to make $1m from bug bounties, a programme that rewards ethical hackers for finding security exploits and vulnerabilities in an organisation’s network.
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28 Feb
Qbot banking malware is back – and even cybersecurity vendors are infected
A new strain of Qbot malware is spying on corporations around the world to steal their financial information and has even infected multiple cybersecurity vendors, according to information security firm Varonis.
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27 Feb
Bangladesh embassy website hijacked in cryptojacking escalation
The Bangladesh embassy in Cairo website is under the control of cybercriminals in a serious case of cryptojacking escalation, according to infosecurity company Trustwave.
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25 Feb
MIT nanotech makes plant genetic engineering “universal”
MIT researchers have developed a genetic tool that uses nanotechnology to improve plant genetic engineering in a bid to improve resistance to tough conditions, such as drought or fungal infections.
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25 Feb
MWC: Qualcomm 5G chips target laptops, VR and… phones
Chip maker Qualcomm has announced a range of 5G offerings for laptops, mixed reality headsets and mobile phones.
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22 Feb
Biochemical modification could aid more resilient crops
Scientists have shown how plants can be modified to respond to their environment, aiding the development of crops that are more resilient in high-stress conditions.
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20 Feb
Software aids development of kite and drone renewable energy
Researchers have developed flight simulator software for airborne wind energy systems (AWES), a technology that generates electrical energy through tension created by kite tethers or turbines located on drones.
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19 Feb
Garry Kasparov: We need better humans, not less technology
“Few people in the world know better than I do what it’s like to have your life’s work threatened by a machine,” says Garry Kasparov.
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18 Feb
Call not to ban Huawei 5G kit welcomed by former senior British intelligence officer
The recommendation by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) not to ban Huawei 5G technology in the UK over security concerns has been welcomed by a former senior British intelligence officer.
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14 Feb
Scarlet Widow: The romance scam group preying on the disabled and divorced
Laura Cahill is caring, trusting and looking for love.
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14 Feb
HP is betting big on 3D printing – here’s how it plans to disrupt manufacturing
The traditional manufacturing market is worth $12tn, and HP is betting that 3D printing will take a big slice of that lucrative pie.
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12 Feb
Programming autonomous vehicles brings out the best in drivers, study suggests
People are more likely to program an autonomous vehicle to behave cooperatively with other cars than if they were driving themselves, a US study suggests.