All articles by Jimmy Nicholls

Jimmy Nicholls

Cryptowall 2.0 is ‘ransomware on steroids’, says Cisco

Updated virus makes use of Tor to disguise command and control instructions.

Gogo uses fake SSL certificates to throttle streaming

Fears about eavesdropping risk downplayed by in-flight internet service.

iSight raises $30m in Series C funding

Company boasts of ‘record revenues’ last year amidst launch of ThreatScape API.

Moonpig API may have exposed card info

Hackers could access customer details by simply changing ID number.

Morgan Stanley sacks man accused of taking 350,000 records

Lawyer disputes that any data was leaked to the internet.

Microsoft warns of rising Office macro danger

Hackers trick users into overriding automatic macro disabling.

Cyber-attacks fall by half in 2014, but impact rises

Data from privacy group shows hackers are becoming more efficient.

GreenPeak launches smart home chip at CES

Networking firm looks to capitalise on Internet of Things interest .

Aveva pay £27m for risk management firm 8over8

Founders of Derry-based firm will earn £10m for selling software vendor.

Topaz solution enables use of mainframe data for analytics & apps

Software vendor Compuware allows next-gen developers to use both mainframe and non-mainframe data in a common manner.