Window 10 is less secure than Windows 7
US-CERT Coordination Centre warns
The US-CERT Coordination Centre has warned that Windows 7 with EMET offers greater protection than Windows 10.
Obama claims he can’t pardon Snowden
He has not been charged with anything
The campaign to have President Barack Obama pardon NSA leaker Edward Snowden has run aground.
Most people don’t protect electronic gadgets
Intel survey reveals 42 percent of consumers take proper security measures
Intel Security announced its second annual McAfee Most Hackable Holiday Gifts list which identifies the riskiest products on the market this Christmas.
How to take control of a city’s light
Use one IoT to infect another
Insecurity experts have demonstrated a system which could be used to infect every intelligent lightbulb in a city with malware.
Tech companies fear encryption could be outlawed
Trump’s promise to get tough with tech
The surprise election of the Donald, Prince of Orange in the US election, is alarming tech-companies which are worried that he could kill off encryption.
UK spends $2 billion for cyber security
Apparently private enterprise does not hold all the answers
The cash-strapped British government is preparing to write a $2 billion cheque to increase cyber security.
Google drops Microsoft in it with security flaw disclosure
Lets Apple off but makes Microsoft customers vulnerable
After allowing Apple six months to fix a critical zero-day flaw, it seems that the Google security team gave Microsoft just 10 days to fix something before going public.
Homeland security looks at Internet of Things
The lightbulbs are revolting
The Obama administration has ordered Homeland Security to come up with a cunning plan to make the Internet of Things devices more secure after a huge DoS attack on major websites.
Bug in Intel chips threatens security
Wooden flaw
Researchers claim that they have discovered a bug in Intel chips that could compromise system securities.
Zen to have some important security features
Hack this chip and Yog-Sothoth eats your soul
Intel had been working to bake in security into micrprocessors, but it seems that effort has drawn to a close with the selloff of its security division into a revamped McAfee company. Now AMD appears to be taking up the idea.