RBI Appoints Group to Study the Role the Technology Could PlayThe Reserve Bank of India is forming an expert committee to study the merits of using blockchain - the distributed ledger technology... Read more »
Key Vulnerability: Many ATMs Still Run Versions of Windows XPThe theft of $2.2 million from dozens of ATMs in Taiwan, executed using malicious software, defies a years-long effort by banks and software... Read more »
'Ranscam' Malware Pretends Bitcoin Ransom Will Recover Nuked FilesHow low will ransomware go? New malware - dubbed Ranscam - demands bitcoins to unlock files, but in reality they've already been deleted, researchers... Read more »
Hackbusters Team Will Battle Bank Hackers, SWIFT PromisesInterbank messaging service SWIFT will begin collecting and sharing anonymized attack information and offering incident-response services - backed by Fox-IT and BAE Systems - to... Read more »
US Mass Surveillance Practices Could Still Derail Data Transfer DealBusinesses on both sides of the Atlantic are lauding the new U.S.-EU Privacy Shield, which gives them a legal way to handle Europeans'... Read more »
Police and Security Experts Issue Warnings; Fixes on the WayPokémon Go - Nintendo's new smartphone app - has been a smash hit. But the game's augmented-reality approach, and app... Read more »
New Tool Spots File Changes Then Halts RansomwareRansomware is devastating, and current security software doesn't do a great job of stopping it. But researchers say ransomware's behavior - quickly encrypting large volumes... Read more »