All articles by Jimmy Nicholls

Jimmy Nicholls

US firms waste $1.3m a year on false security alerts

Of 17,000 weekly flags, only a fifth may be reliable.

Ex-CIA Director Leon Panetta joins Oracle board

Appointment follows history with Obama and Clinton ministries.

Mercenary hackers stealing IP worth billions

Espionage-as-a-service set to ‘flourish’ in next two years.

David Cameron and the future of cybersecurity

A furore over encryption and cyber war games has the industry on a knife edge.

Hackers hit 19,000 French sites after Hebdo attack

Pizza chains and military groups hit with denial-of-service attacks.

Darktrace joins Cameron for US cybersecurity talks

Firm full of former spooks will discuss hacking with US president Obama.

Mt Gox CEO denies any involvement in Silk Road

“This is probably going to be disappointing for you, but I am not Dread Pirate Roberts.”

‘Adobe’ phishers target Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo and AOL

Hackers create technical campaign to hijack email accounts.

Oracle adds voice to Sales Cloud mobile app

Ninth release of cloud product targets sales reps on the go.

3 reasons why David Cameron’s encryption ban won’t work

Cybersecurity experts lash out at the prime minister’s plans against privacy.