All articles by Jimmy Nicholls

Jimmy Nicholls

How a UK bank’s security flaws dodged FCA scrutiny

Two-factor flaws and a plethora of bugs passed by the regulators.

How to protect yourself from DDoS attacks

Denial of service is on the rise. What can you do to respond?

Three charged in 1bn email address theft

One pleads guilty, one arraigned in court and one goes on the run.

Phishers target Google Apps and other clouds

Outlook Web Access joins other webmail services as target.

Salesforce smartens up on customer service

Tool to be launched later this year will automatically manage staff.

Microsoft targets JavaScript coders for Office 365

Software vendor pushes opening of APIs to all kinds of developers.

Q&A: MercadoLibre predicts ‘amazing’ future for open source

Max Tkach, technical leader of cloud services and operations at Mercadolibre, tells CBR what the future holds.

Briton arrested on suspicion of hacking US defence

Lizard Squad linked to case in bizarre message put on Pastebin.

French spooks’ cyber-weapon snooping on Syrians

Spyware unearthed in Snowden leaks becomes ever more potent.

Unorthodox tactics spurs Cryptowall resurgence

Hackers’ strategy is ‘less fashionable yet highly effective’.