All articles by Jimmy Nicholls

Jimmy Nicholls

Privacy group wants more GCHQ oversight post-Regin

Suspicions that the British intelligence agency built the virus leads to calls for legal clarity.

BitTorrent users 170% more likely to buy music

Half of those questioned buy music and films every month, with average spend $100 a year.

Adobe release emergency Flash patch

Previous fix had not addressed the root cause used by exploit kit Angler.

Two-thirds of UK firms use wearables to work

Yet only a quarter actively claim to have rolled out a scheme to implement the tech.

5 tips to beat cybercrime on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Companies and customers must work together to beat the hackers and scammers.

4 cybersecurity lessons from Regin outbreak

Symantec’s discovery of state-backed malware should serve as warning to firms.

Sony Pictures hit by “Guardians of Peace”

Hack against entertainment subsidiary leads to blackmail threat involving ‘top secrets’.

Santa tool tells naughty files from nice ones

Unofficial releases from Google Mac team available immediately from Github.

Hacker hits Malwarebytes forum

No personal data compromised and main site said to be unaffected.

SAP licenses bigger barrier than others

User group survey reveals innovation is being resisted due to cost and lack of business case.