All articles by Jimmy Nicholls
Jimmy Nicholls
Sony hackers may be North Korean sympathisers
Report by country’s state media denies any involvement in the attacks.
Lizard Squad attacks PlayStation Network again
Hacking group on rampage after array of assaults on video game industry.
Air gap security no longer immune from hackers
Creative attacks involve radio frequency, ultrasound and laser beams.
Social logins abused to hack user accounts, says IBM
With only access to a victim’s email address, hackers can break into reliant websites.
City police chief calls for forced fraud reporting
80% of cyber fraud said to be unreported, with crime costing UK £30bn a year.
GCHQ did not break ECHR, says tribunal
Right to privacy and free speech not flouted by acts revealed in Snowden Leaks.
Sony malware linked to South Korean virus
Destover samples report to same command server as backdoor Volgmer.
7 fixes for this month’s Patch Tuesday
Microsoft looks to update Windows, Office, Exchange and IE, but month is relatively quiet.
Festival fined £70,000 for ‘disgusting’ marketing
Parklife Weekender sent texts to festival-goers, some recently bereaved, pretending to be their mums.
How and why Sony was hacked
Malware and revenge are responsible for perhaps the worst corporate hack in history.