# online-security - Sunday 6 October, 2019
# Banking
# Banking
Many AIB customers complained to the bank after being told their device was ‘rooted’.
# online-security - Tuesday 25 August, 2015
# Bricking It
# Bricking It
An online security expert say he’s been inundated with questions since the breach.
# online-security - Thursday 30 October, 2014
# Gone Phishing
# Gone Phishing
Phishing is surprisingly lucrative.
# online-security - Tuesday 21 October, 2014
# The Lockout
# The Lockout
Introducing: Security Key
# online-security - Wednesday 3 September, 2014
# Online Security
# Online Security
Make sure you’re not freely handing away your personal data…
# online-security - Monday 11 August, 2014
# Hackers
# Hackers
An attack by Russian hackers has seen 1.2 billion passwords stolen.
# online-security - Monday 14 April, 2014
# Online Security
# Online Security
It shows a sharp increase since the last survey in 2013.
# online-security - Thursday 10 April, 2014
# Heartbleed
# Heartbleed
Google sites such as GMail and YouTube are clear, the company says.
# online-security - Tuesday 11 February, 2014
# Delete Delete Delete
# Delete Delete Delete
Fake emails headed “Notice of Tax Return. Client No.” are being sent from accounts purporting to be from the Revenue Commissioners.
# online-security - Friday 13 December, 2013
# Online Security
# Online Security
The majority come from search engines and analytics tools, while malware have decreased overall.
# online-security - Wednesday 30 October, 2013
# Cybercrime
# Cybercrime
An attack by hackers had been initially estimated to affect three million customers but it is now believe 38 million accounts have been compromised.
# online-security - Saturday 17 August, 2013
# Phishing
# Phishing
Gardaí have issued a fresh warning about phishing emails.
# online-security - Friday 4 January, 2013
# Security
# Security
Major security breaches at large international businesses such as Sony, LinkedIn, Global Payments and RSA are a warning to Irish businesses, says a leading security specialist.
# online-security - Friday 21 December, 2012
# Your Say
# Your Say
If someone is claiming benefits, should the government be allowed to monitor their online job searches on an official website?
# Benefit Claimants
# Benefit Claimants
The website allows unemployed users to upload a CV to be matched to suitable job openings.
# online-security - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
# Digital Citizens
# Digital Citizens
MEPs have called for children, parents and teachers to be given education in new digital media for young people.
# online-security - Friday 8 June, 2012
# Passwords
# Passwords
There’s now a way to check if your LinkedIn or eHarmony passwords were among those hacked, while Last.fm is the latest site with security problems.
# online-security - Friday 4 May, 2012
# Facebook
# Facebook
Oversharing and excessive data collection are growing concerns of Facebook users, a US consumer reports has claimed.
# online-security - Tuesday 20 March, 2012
# Cybersecurity
# Cybersecurity
A virus has been locking computers, displaying a police logo and demanding payment of a fine to have it unlocked again.
# online-security - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
# Daily Fix
# Daily Fix
Your nightly news round-up of the day’s biggest stories…
# online-security - Monday 26 December, 2011
# Anonymous
# Anonymous
Thousands of personal details and credit card information were stolen from the Stratfor site, according to hackers.
# online-security - Wednesday 16 November, 2011
# Fail
# Fail
Messages on a Bank of America Google Plus page questioned the bank’s reputation and made light of rising mortgage rates.
# online-security - Thursday 11 August, 2011
# Anonymous
# Anonymous
A hacker claiming to have begun ‘Operation Facebook’ says the plan had been abandoned before a video about it was released.
# online-security - Wednesday 10 August, 2011
# Facebook Threat
# Facebook Threat
Hacking group has issued online warnings against the social network, which it calls the “medium of communication you all so dearly adore”.
# online-security - Saturday 16 July, 2011
# Going Gaga
From The Daily Edge
# Going Gaga
The singer’s UK fan site is hacked by ‘SwagSec’, with names and email addresses of thousands of fans copied.
# online-security - Friday 3 June, 2011
# Sony
# Sony
Hackers have claimed that they have hit Sony for a second time – taking over one million passwords, emails, and other user information – by accessing unencrypted data stored by the corporation.
# online-security - Thursday 2 June, 2011
# Gmail
# Gmail
Chinese state media says Google “arbitrarily pointing the finger at China” for a second time, after the internet company warned users it had detected a Gmail account hacking scame.
# online-security - Tuesday 24 May, 2011
# Sony
# Sony
Latest security breach comes soon after the Japanese company announced a serious attack on its online gaming site, affecting over 100m registered users around the world.
# online-security - Wednesday 11 May, 2011
# Facebook
# Facebook
Hundreds of thousands of Facebook apps may have leaked ‘access tokens’ to Facebook users’ actions and profiles, according to security company Symantec.
# online-security - Monday 10 January, 2011
# Fine Gael
# Fine Gael
The party confirms that 2,000 details had their emails, mobiles and IP addresses taken, as the FBI is called in to investigate.
# Fine Gael
# Fine Gael
The full text of the party’s statement on the “hacking crime” that saw the details of almost 2,000 people compromised.
# online-security - Tuesday 14 December, 2010
# Compromised
# Compromised
Security breach also affects other sites in the Gawker group such as Gizmodo, Jezebel and Deadspin.
# online-security - Sunday 21 November, 2010
# Online Security
# Online Security
The breach allowed the email address of any person signed into a Google account to be accessed.
# online-security - Wednesday 4 August, 2010
# Apple
# Apple
A new hack can give complete access to your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
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