Carphone Warehouse fined £400,000 over 2015 data breach
The successful cyberattack exposed information belonging to millions of UK customers.
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Adobe patches information leak vulnerability
The bug impacts Windows, Mac, and Linux machines.
Savage Security snapped up by Threatcare
Savage Security was assisting Threatcare with research before the buyout.
Microsoft says older Windows versions will face greatest performance hits after Meltdown, Spectre patches
Windows 7 and Windows 8 users will notice the greatest decrease in system performance after the processor patches are applied.
FBI locked out of 7,775 encrypted devices in 2017, says director
FBI director Christopher Wray said he supports strong encryption but called an inability to access encrypted devices an "urgent public safety issue."
With WPA3, Wi-Fi security is about to get a lot tougher
Finally, a security reprieve for open Wi-Fi hotspot users.
CoffeeMiner hijacks public Wi-Fi users' browsing sessions to mine cryptocurrency
A new attack called CoffeeMiner can exploit public Wi-Fi services to secretly mine cryptocurrencies.
Warrantless phone, laptop searches at the US border hit record levels
One leading Democratic senator says the newly-enacted directives explicitly allow border officials to try to bypass the password or encryption on a device without reasonable suspicion.
Amazon turns over record amount of customer data to US law enforcement
The company's fifth transparency report reveals more customer data was handed to US law enforcement in the first-half of last year than ever before.
Zero-day vulnerabilities hijack full Dell EMC Data Protection Suite
Researchers have discovered severe vulnerabilities in the suite which can lead to full system takeover.
Gemalto launches a new contactless credit card with a fingerprint reader
The new biometric-powered contactless cards use fingerprint recognition to authenticate the cardholder, in an effort to cut down on in-store fraud.
White House bans personal phones in the West Wing, citing security risks. (It only took a year.)
The White House chief information security officer, whose job it is to protect the president and senior staff from cyber threats, was fired in February and has not been replaced.
PyCryptoMiner enslaves your PC to mine Monero
The botnet's creator is quietly cashing in on the craze for cryptocurrency.
Critical flaws revealed to affect most Intel chips since 1995
Most Intel processors and some ARM chips are confirmed to be vulnerable, putting billions of devices at risk of attacks. One of the security researchers said the bugs are "going to haunt us for years."
Tech giants scramble to fix critical Intel chip security flaw
Intel can't fix the design flaw, forcing operating system and software makers to step in.
