Topic: cybersecurity

How chip flaws Spectre, Meltdown work and what's next

How chip flaws Spectre, Meltdown work and what's next

Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 09:18 AM

Smartphones, PCs and servers across the world have received software updates in recent days to plug security gaps on computer chips that cyber security researchers have described as the most serious threat in years. Read more »

Microsoft says security patches slowing down PCs, servers

Microsoft says security patches slowing down PCs, servers

Eric Auchard and Supantha Mukherjee, Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 08:20 AM

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that software patches released to guard against microchip security threats slowed down some personal computers and servers, with systems running on older Intel Corp processors seeing a noticeable decrease in performance. Read more »

BPI flags fake online banking page

BPI flags fake online banking page

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 09 02:36 PM

Bank of the Philippines Islands has warned clients over a fake log-in site for its online banking service, as it reminded them to be vigilant against fraud. Read more »

Security flaws put virtually all phones, computers at risk

Security flaws put virtually all phones, computers at risk

Douglas Busvine and Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 09:20 AM

Security researchers on Wednesday disclosed a set of security flaws that they said could let hackers steal sensitive information from nearly every modern computing device containing chips from Intel Corp, Advanced Micro Devices Inc and ARM Holdings.   Read more »

China's WeChat denies storing user chats

China's WeChat denies storing user chats

Reuters
Posted at Jan 02 04:38 PM

Tencent Holdings' WeChat, China's most popular messenger app, on Tuesday denied storing users' chat histories, after a top businessman was quoted in media reports as saying he believed Tencent was monitoring everyone's account. Read more »

Uber paid 20-year-old man to keep data breach secret: sources

Uber paid 20-year-old man to keep data breach secret: sources

Joseph Menn and Dustin Volz, Reuters
Posted at Dec 07 08:31 AM

A 20-year-old Florida man was responsible for the large data breach at Uber Technologies Inc last year and was paid by Uber to destroy the data through a so-called "bug bounty" program normally used to identify small code vulnerabilities, 3 people familiar with the events have told Reuters. Read more »

Banks warned on cyber heists as hack sophistication grows

Banks warned on cyber heists as hack sophistication grows

Jim Finkle, Reuters
Posted at Nov 29 08:30 AM

SWIFT, the global messaging system used to move trillions of dollars each day, warned banks on Wednesday that the threat of digital heists was on the rise as hackers use increasingly sophisticated tools and techniques to launch new attacks. Read more »

Wi-Fi vulnerable to hacks, researchers uncover

Wi-Fi vulnerable to hacks, researchers uncover

Reuters
Posted at Oct 16 10:04 PM

Belgian researchers have discovered a flaw in a widely used system for securing Wi-Fi communications that could allow hackers to read information that was previously understood to be encrypted, or infect websites with malware, they said on Monday. Read more »

Multinationals hit by vast wave of cyberattacks

Multinationals hit by vast wave of cyberattacks

Oleksandr Savochenko, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 28 04:36 AM

Danish sea transport company Maersk, British advertising giant WPP and the French industrial group Saint-Gobain were among those who said they came under attack and put protection protocols in place to avoid data loss. Read more »

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