Digital security

There are a few tricks to making passwords that will at least slow down cybercriminals - buying you time to reset your accounts if a list of encrypted passwords leak in a data breach.

The Home Campaign is a malware campaign that uses a modified variant of Darkleech to direct visitors to the Blackhole exploit kit. We want to give a better idea of the size and extent of this campaign.

A top internet security official in China has said that his organization has “mountains of data” on U.S. cyber attacks against the country. Huang Chengqing, the director of the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team Coordination Center of China (CNCERT), made the comments in the state-run China Daily newspaper, calling for greater cooperation between the two states on hacking.

China has accused the United States of being, “the real hacking empire” after a Pentagon report which said for the first time that cyber attacks on the U.S. were “directly attributable” to Beijing.

Up to 600,000 gamers at risk as emails and other details stolen from online zombie game

Stepping up protection of the Apple ID falters as password reset bug emerges before two-step verification is fully implemented.

President Obama has used a TV interview to further raise public awareness of the growing cyber security threat against the United States.

The Associated Press reports that celebrities, including ashton Kutcher and Kim Kardashian, along with top government officials have had private financial information stolen and posted to a rogue website.

The winner of the 2103 UK Cyber Security Challenge, launched two years ago as part of a government and industry backed initiative to encourage people to choose a career in information security, has been announced.