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Kiddicare customer data has been stolen

Posted on 10 May 2016

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…

Twitter introduced new features to get rid of Trolls and Haters

Posted on 26 April 2016

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

Posted on 8 April 2016

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

Posted on 7 March 2016

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

Posted on 22 February 2016

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

Posted on 1 September 2015

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

Posted on 2 July 2015

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

Posted on 27 June 2015

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

Posted on 16 June 2015

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

Posted on 28 March 2015

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

Posted on 19 March 2015

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

Posted on 30 January 2015

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

Posted on 15 December 2014

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

Posted on 25 November 2014

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

Posted on 24 November 2014

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…

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