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Social media experts and security firms have warned against the dangers of handing over encrypted data
Read More »UK Government to push through laws forcing social media firms to hand over encrypted data
Samsung’s Galaxy S8 iris scanner may not be as secure as first thought
Used to unlock the smartphones, the iris scanner was duped by a photograph and a contact lens by researchers at the Chaos Computer Club
Read More »EU Cyber Security Agency says it needs more money to defend against cyber attacks
ENISA's executive director Udo Helmbrecht warned that attacks were evolving quicker than predicted with a particular threat to economic wellbeing
Read More »‘Windows 10 is only OS safe from WannaCry’, says Microsoft
Microsoft urges users to update systems in order to prevent ransomware such as the WannaCry virus
Read More »UK security expert calls for ‘global cyber police force’
Mark Skilton, of Warwick Business School, believes a worldwide online watchdog needs to be established in order to prevent ‘potentially fatal’ attacks
Read More »Microsoft president tells governments to ‘wake up’ to cyber security after global ransomware attack
The Microsoft president said it should be a much-awaited ‘wake-up call’ for governments as, security officials attempt to find who was behind the attack
Read More »Security flaw leaves Intel-run PCs at risk even if they are switched off
The flaw affects the Active Management Technology (AMT), that lets administrators manage machines via remote controls
Read More »Google stops massive Google Docs phishing attack
Google confirmed that it had stopped the phishing campaign "within an hour"
Read More »Intel fixes security bug that has plagued CPUs for a decade
Intel has released a patch for a bug that has existed in its CPUs for 10 years
Read More »Google and Facebook were scammed out of $100m
The two tech companies that were scammed out of $100 million as reported in March have been identified by Fortune as Google and Facebook
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