All articles by Jimmy Nicholls

Jimmy Nicholls

Microsoft Patch Tuesday move “an assault on IT teams”

Removal of security bulletin service from public view faces backlash.

Half of UK workers don’t care about security policy

Only half think they are responsible for guarding data.

Kovter malverts hits sites worth 1.5bn visitors a month

Yahoo News, AOL, Match.com and New York Daily News among victims.

Quarter of firms vulnerable to advanced persistent threats

Hacking tools used by cyber-spies in wide use across all sectors.

Hackers blackmail Swiss bank with stolen emails

Central systems still safe, but bank says contact form on site was hacked.

Nine in ten cloud apps too insecure for business

Marketing, finance and HR apps found particular prone to data leakage.

Ukraine PM points at Russia in hack on Germany

Arseny Yatseniuk advises Russia to “stop spending taxpayer money” on cyber-attacks.

FBI continues to blame North Korea for Sony hack

Bureau director labels attackers “sloppy” for revealing their IP addresses.

White House refuses plea to sack Aaron Swartz DA

Petition accuses district attorney of using powers to “hound” the hacktivist.

Amazon CloudFront spoof could be used to hack

Hackers insert JavaScript into pages, but payload is currently empty.