Babycare retailer, Kiddicare has announced that a major data breach has occurred in the company and over 794,000 customer records have been stolen and compromised. Kiddicare is a UK-based baby products brand…
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Twitter introduced new features to get rid of Trolls and Haters
Twitter is one of those places on the internet where users give their opinion even if it’s not needed. The big reason why many people prefer Twitter over Facebook is because the…
Thanks to Google, Android Two Factor Authentication can be Compromised
If you use a smartphone running Android, then it’s time you started paying much more attention to your security. A design flaw has been found in Android’s connection to Google services which…
Apple Macs Are Being Held for Ransom by KeRanger Malware
Over the weekend Apple Mac users were attacked by a piece of ransomware in what is being reported as the first time ever that Macs have been subject to this type of…
Mastercard “Selfie Pay” Security Feature Coming to the UK
Credit card company Mastercard has announced its plans to bring its new password system to 14 countries in Europe and North America, including the UK. The system is called “selfie pay,” and…
Blue Coat reveals web’s shadiest of neighbourhoods
Websites are one of the main entryway for malware to infect your system and in a bid to reveal which all top-level domains could spell a disaster if you visit them, Blue…
Microsoft: Windows 10’s Wi-Fi Sense feature to share keys with friends, contacts
Microsoft’s soon-to-be-released Windows 10 operating system will come with Wi-Fi Sense feature that will let users share passwords for Wi-Fi connections with each other. The Wi-Fi Sense feature will automatically connect one…
Cisco rolls out patch for SSH vulnerability
Cisco has found default SSH key vulnerabilities in three of its virtual appliances that could be exploited by hackers to gain complete access to systems and intercept traffic. The vulnerability, which was…
British start-up bets on emojis as more secure alternatives to traditional passcodes
Intelligent Environments, a British start-up, has pegged emoji passcodes as more secure and easier to use than traditional passcodes – and has integrated such passocdes in its Android digital banking app enabling…
HCSEC UK clears Huawei of all security threat allegations
China-based telecom giant Huawei has been cleared of all allegations of it being a threat to Britain’s national security. Huawei’s products have been widely used in the UK for over a decade…
Majority of Brits worried about how their personal data is handled
Majority of Brits are worried about how their personal data is handled by organizations storing them, new research reveals. According to research from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), 85 per cent of…
Wickr’s new feature hides private pictures with adorable cat images
Secure messaging service Wickr has rolled out a new tool that allows private images to appear as cat pictures to those Facebook friends whom the user has unselected to share the picture…
iOS users more security, privacy obsessive than Android users claims new research
iOS users are more bothered about their security and privacy as compared to Android users, new research claims. According to a research conducted by cloud storage iDrive, iPhone users take their privacy…
Sony Pictures Entertainment network breached
Sony Pictures Entertainment reportedly at the receiving end of a hacking attack on Monday which left all of its computer systems inaccessible. According to reports, the first indication of the hacking attack…
UK Police nail five in UK over alleged use of RATs to hijack computers
Five people have been arrested in the UK as part of an ongoing international operation led by the country’s National Crime Agency (NCA) with support from officers in a number of police…