Donald Trump doesn't appear to be having the best of times. Not only has the business tycoon and (now) Republican presidential candidate been dumped by Macy's, Univision and NBC over his comments on Mexican immigrants, but he is now possibly having to deal with the aftermath of a hacker attack too. Criminal hackers may have added to the headaches of...

What's the worst thing your hackers could steal from your organisation? Sure, no-one wants to have their passwords pinched - but at least you can change them later and clean-up any problems that the hackers have caused. How about having your customer database stolen? That's undoubtedly serious, and you might find it hard work recovering the trust of...

There is good news today for many of the 600 million Samsung Galaxy users who have been put at risk by a security flaw in the pre-installed SwiftKey keyboard. Samsung is preparing a fix which will be rolled out as a security update. The problem was that Samsung Galaxy S phones, including the S4 Mini, S4, S5, and S6, failed to properly validate...

I am pleased to present Part 2 of my recent interview with Graham Cluley, an award-winning security blogger on grahamcluley.com DB: How do you feel the security industry has changed since you first started in the 1990s? GC: The industry has grown up enormously. Originally, it was just a cottage industry made up of little – often one-person – companies...

This week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Graham Cluley, an award-winning security blogger on grahamcluley.com, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by companies such as Sophos, McAfee and Dr Solomon’s. Graham has given talks about computer security...

What more can be done about passwords? We tell users to choose unique, complicated passwords that contain a gallimaufry of bizarre characters - and they tell us they're impossible to remember, especially when they need to remember different passwords for the many different websites out there. We tell computer users to get help with remembering their...

I would wager that most people who have an iPhone or iPad use the default Apple iOS Mail application, rather than a third-party app, to read their email. And if you're one of those people, you could be at risk from an unpatched vulnerability that could allow hackers to convincingly trick you into handing them your passwords. As The Register...

A Facebook Messenger location tracking tool that lets you creepily track the movements of other Facebook users and plot them on a map.

Earlier this month, several media outlets ran a story claiming that a new type of malware could be used to destroy victims’ computers. These stories might have fared well in views, but their fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) have proven useful to no one. Fortunately, a number of security experts including Graham Cluley were quick to correct the...

It's the kind of bad news that every organisation hopes it will never have to find itself sharing with its customers - hackers have breached computer systems, and accessed a database containing sensitive personal information. On this occasion, the corporate victim warning 1.1 million customers that an attack has occurred is CareFirst, a major health...

It seems more and more companies are beginning to understand the benefits of running a bug bounty program, encouraging vulnerability researchers to report security flaws responsibly (for a reward) rather than publishing details on the web or selling a flaw to potentially malicious parties. The latest high profile firm found running a bug bounty is...

What's happened? A widespread vulnerability has been found in WordPress, that impacts millions of websites running the popular blogging software and content management system. What's the vulnerability? It's a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability inside the popular JetPack plugin. and the default Twenty Fifteen theme installed on all WordPress...

Plenty of people these days are prepared to augment their bodies with face furniture, piercings, rings and tattoos. But would you implant a chip in your hand to show how easy it is to exploit an Android phone? That's what former US navy petty officer Seth Wahle did, in an attempt to demonstrate how business networks could be compromised. Wahle took...

Security researchers presenting at this week's RSA Conference in San Francisco, have uncovered a whole new compelling reason to switch off your phone. Skycure's Yair Amit and Adi Sharabani have demonstrated a startling vulnerability in iOS that can allow malicious hackers to crash any iOS device within range of a WiFi hotspot. And it doesn't even...

Pro-ISIS hackers have managed to take a French TV network off air, and hijack its website and Facebook page. 11 channels belonging to the French-language TV network, which broadcasts to more than 200 countries worldwide, stopped transmitting programmes after what was described as an "extremely powerful cyberattack". The TV network's director general...

The evil twin is not just a schlocky plot device for TV crime shows and absurd soap operas, it's also a threat to your company's data. It's relatively easy for a criminal to set up an evil twin rogue wireless access point that mimics one that your users and visitors connect to, whether on your premises or in a public place, with the intention of...

If you've recently found your web browsing plagued by pornographic pop-ups and irritating adverts, there might be a simple - but dangerous - explanation. Maybe hackers have hijacked your internet router? Security researchers at Ara Labs have warned of an active campaign which has seen attackers changing DNS settings on routers, causing unauthorised...

Another serious privacy vulnerability has been found on Facebook, which could have put at risk the private photos of millions of users. The problem lies in Facebook Photo Sync, an opt-in feature that the social network introduced in late 2012, which meant any photos you took on your iPhone or Android device would automatically sync up with your...

I don't often use Siri on my iPhone, but I've got to admit that when I do it's really handy. I'll be driving the car and thinking "Arrrghh! I forgot to put out the recycling last night. I'd better say sorry to my wife as soon as possible, as she'll be mad at me." I could stop the car on the hard shoulder (which would be dangerous), I could risk...

There's bad news for any Windows users who were thinking that the recently-announced FREAK vulnerability wasn't something they had to particularly worry about. When first announced, it was thought that the newly-discovered flaw in SSL/TLS was limited to Apple's Safari and Google's Android web browsers, opening the possibility of hackers and...