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Business top brass are terrified their companies will simply be collateral damage in a future cyber-war
September 30, 2020
Russian hacker, described as ‘brilliant’ by judge, gets seven years in a US clink for raiding LinkedIn, Dropbox
September 30, 2020
Who watches the watchers? Samsung does so it can fling ads at owners of its smart TVs
September 30, 2020
FYI: If you’re running HP Device Manager, anyone on your network can get admin on your server via backdoor
September 30, 2020
It’s 2020 so not only is your mouse config tool a Node.JS Electron app, it’s also pwnable by an evil webpage
September 30, 2020
Plane-tracking site Flight Radar 24 DDoSed… just as drones spotted buzzing over Azerbaijan and Armenia
September 29, 2020
DuckDuckGo cries fowl after being expunged from Google’s Android search preferences menu for most of Europe
September 29, 2020
Director of nuisance-calls company ordered to cough up £114k after ignoring £40k fine from UK data watchdog
September 29, 2020
EU’s decision on UK data adequacy set to become ‘political football’ in broader Brexit negotiations
September 29, 2020
2 egregious cloud security threats the CSA missed
September 29, 2020
McAfee seeks $2bn return to stock market after Intel unpleasantness
September 29, 2020
With H-1B workers not exactly rushing to America this year, Uncle Sam plans to spend millions home-growing IT staff
September 28, 2020
UK, US hospital computers are down, early unofficial diagnosis is a suspected outbreak of Ryuk ransomware
September 28, 2020
The hackers and criminals are playing hardball – so here’s a cloud SIEM playbook to help you fight back
September 28, 2020
REvil ransomware crew dangles $1,000,000 cybercrime carrot
September 28, 2020
Feds warn foreign disinformation will be spamming US voters well after the November election to sow discord and doubt
September 28, 2020
Too many staff have privileged work accounts for no good reason, reckon IT bods
September 28, 2020
Are injection flaws the Bohemian Rhapsody of cybersecurity?
September 28, 2020
Putin to Trump: Let’s collude to stop election hacking
September 28, 2020
Error-bnb: Techies scramble to fix Airbnb website bug that let strangers read each others’ account messages
September 26, 2020
IT guy whose job was to stop ex-staff running amok on the network is jailed for running amok on the network
September 25, 2020
Microsoft claims to love open source – this alleged leak of Windows XP code is probably not what it had in mind, tho
September 25, 2020
Spain’s highway agency is monitoring speeding hotspots using bulk phone location data
September 25, 2020
Blast from the past! Windows XP source code allegedly leaked online
September 25, 2020
Big US election coming up, security is vital and, oh look… a federal agency just got completely pwned for real
September 25, 2020
Want to stop cybercrimes tearing through your network? First check your privileges
September 25, 2020
You know that Microsoft ZeroLogon bug you’ve been dragging your feet on? It’s getting pwned in the wild now
September 24, 2020
Doppelpaymer ransomware crew fingered for attack on German hospital that caused death of a patient
September 24, 2020
We need to talk about criminal hackers using Cobalt Strike, says Cisco Talos
September 24, 2020
Wondering how to tell the world you’ve been hacked? Here’s a handy guide from infosec academics
September 24, 2020
UK ICO fines biz profiteering from COVID-19 crisis by sending unsolicited marketing texts to Joe Public
September 24, 2020
Ex-eBay global intel staffers to admit they cyberstalked online tat bazaar’s critics – who got pig heads, funeral wreath, and more in the mail
September 23, 2020
Doppelpaymer ransomware crew fingered over attack on German hospital that allegedly caused death of a patient
September 23, 2020
Microsoft leaks 6.5TB in Bing search data via unsecured Elastic server. *Insert ‘Wow… that much?’ joke here*
September 23, 2020
Proposed US fix for Boeing 737 Max software woes does not address Ethiopian crash scenario, UK pilot union warns
September 23, 2020
Your latest security headache? Ed from accounting using his kid as an unpaid helpdesk
September 23, 2020
FBI boasts of dark-web drug bust: 179 collared around the world, $6.5m in cash and 500kg of narcotics seized
September 23, 2020
As you’re scrambling to patch the scary ZeroLogon hole in Windows Server, don’t forget Samba – it’s also affected
September 22, 2020
It’s been a vintage year for bug bounty hunters, says HackerOne as it boasts of $40m+ passing through its treasure chests
September 22, 2020
UK Parliament’s human rights committee pushes for better protections of coronavirus contact-tracing data in law
September 22, 2020
This year’s biggest security flaws – coming soon to a screen near you
September 22, 2020
‘I don’t want to see another computer for the rest of my life’… Brit Dark Overlord cyber-extortionist thrown in an American clink for five years
September 22, 2020
Contractor convicted of pinching supercomputer cycles to mine cryptocurrency
September 22, 2020
MP promises to grill UK.gov over revelations that Uber handed ‘2,000 pieces’ of user data to London cops a year
September 21, 2020
Russians charged for $16.8m crypto-coin heist, but traders warned their cash is only as safe as their security is tight
September 21, 2020
Tesla wins defamation counterclaim against Gigafactory whistleblower
September 21, 2020
WFH is the new religion – though blind faith isn’t enough to keep your infrastructure secure
September 21, 2020
US cybersecurity agency issues super-rare emergency directive to patch Windows Server flaw ASAP
September 21, 2020
Amazon staffers took bribes, manipulated marketplace, leaked data including search algorithms – DoJ claims
September 21, 2020
Online fraud prevention biz fails to prevent CEO’s alleged offline fraud
September 18, 2020
A real-life Maze ransomware attack – “If at first you don’t succeed…”
September 18, 2020
Bad news for ‘cool dads’ trying to bond with their teens: China-owned TikTok and WeChat face US download ban by Sunday
September 18, 2020
Iran’s RampantKitten spy crew were snooping on expats and dissidents for six years
September 18, 2020
Woman dies after hospital is unable to treat her during crippling ransomware infection, cops launch probe
September 18, 2020
Feeling bad about your last security audit? Check out what just happened to the US Department of Interior
September 17, 2020
Microsoft open-sources fuzzing test framework
September 17, 2020
Video encoders using Huawei chips have backdoors and bad bugs – and Chinese giant says it’s not to blame
September 17, 2020
GCHQ agency ‘strongly urges’ Brit universities, colleges to protect themselves after spike in ransomware infections
September 17, 2020
Zerologon – hacking Windows servers with a bunch of zeros
September 17, 2020
The Intel vPro Platform is ‘Built for Business’ – what this means to you
September 17, 2020
You have to be very on-trend as a cybercrook – hence why coronavirus-themed phishing is this year’s must-have look
September 17, 2020
Fake Zoom alerts and dodgy medical freebies among COVID-cracks detected by Taiwan’s CERT
September 17, 2020
Good: US boasts it collared two in Chinese hacking bust. Bad: They aren’t the actual hackers, rest are safe in China
September 16, 2020
Where China leads, Iran follows: US warns of ‘contract’ hackers exploiting Citrix, Pulse Secure and F5 VPNs
September 16, 2020
Microsoft open-sources fuzzing tool it uses in-house to keep Windows so very secure
September 16, 2020
Worried about bootkits, rootkits, UEFI nasties? Have you tried turning on Secure Boot, asks the No Sh*! Agency
September 16, 2020
Dunkin’ Donuts drops some dough to glaze over lawsuit accusing it of covering up customer account hacks
September 15, 2020
£2.5bn sueball claims Google slurps kids’ YouTube browsing habits then sells them on
September 15, 2020
Russian hacker selling how-to vid on exploiting unsupported Magento installations to skim credit card details for $5,000
September 15, 2020
Have hackers, cybercrims worked their way into your corporate net while you’ve been working from home?
September 15, 2020
Chinese database detailing 2.4 million influential people, their kids, their addresses, and how to press their buttons revealed
September 15, 2020
Infosec big names rally against US voting app maker’s bid to outlaw unsanctioned bug hunting via T&Cs
September 15, 2020
What do F5, Citrix, Pulse Secure all have in common? China exploiting their flaws to hack govt, biz – Feds
September 14, 2020
Court hearing on election security is zoombombed on 9/11 anniversary with porn, swastikas, pics of WTC attacks
September 14, 2020
Take your pick: ‘Hack-proof’ blockchain-powered padlock defeated by Bluetooth replay attack or 1kg lump hammer
September 14, 2020
Personal data from Experian on 40% of South Africa’s population has been bundled onto a file-sharing website
September 14, 2020
Sorry we shut you out, says Tutanota: Encrypted email service weathers latest of ongoing DDoS storms
September 14, 2020
Another month, another cryptocurrency exchange hacked and ‘millions of dollars’ stolen by miscreants
September 14, 2020
Don’t pay the ransom, mate. Don’t even fix a price, say Australia’s cyber security bods
September 12, 2020
What an IDORable Giggle: AI-powered ‘female only’ app gets in Twitter kerfuffle over breach notification
September 11, 2020
Serious Security: Hacking Windows passwords via your wallpaper
September 11, 2020
Adtech’s bogeymen are tracking everything – even your web visits to mental health charities, claim campaigners
September 11, 2020
Three middle-aged Dutch hackers slipped into Donald Trump’s Twitter account days before 2016 US election
September 11, 2020
Billions of Bluetooth gadgets bothered by ‘BLURtooth’ miscreant-in-the-middle bug
September 11, 2020
China, Russia and Iran all attacking US elections and using some nasty new tactics, says Microsoft
September 11, 2020
How to talk vulnerability management with the C-suite – and make them care
September 10, 2020
Pension scheme cold caller fined £130,000 by UK data watchdog
September 10, 2020
Ireland unfriends Facebook: Oh Zucky Boy, the pipes, the pipes are closing…from glen to US, and through the EU-side
September 10, 2020
China’s UK embassy calls for probe into ‘hack of Ambassador’s Twitter account’
September 10, 2020
Now that’s a somewhat unexpected insider threat: Zoombombings mostly blamed on rogue participants, unique solution offered
September 10, 2020
Don’t be BlindSided: Watch speculative memory probing bypass kernel defenses, give malware root control
September 10, 2020
I can ‘proceed without you’, judge tells Julian Assange after courtroom outburst
September 9, 2020
Fake web alerts – how to spot and stop them
September 9, 2020
Remember the Titans: Yubico jangles new NFC and USB-C touting security key
September 9, 2020
Using OPA to safeguard Kubernetes
September 9, 2020
Enjoyed the US Labor Day weekend? Because it’s September 2020 and Exchange Server can be pwned via email
September 8, 2020
Newcastle University, neighbouring Northumbria hit by ransomware attacks
September 8, 2020
China proposes ‘Global Initiative on Data Security’ forbidding stuff it and Huawei are accused of doing already
September 8, 2020
Darknet market’s peacemaker sentenced to 11 years in prison
September 7, 2020
What price security? Well, for the US ban on Huawei/ZTE kit it’s around $1.8bn, and you’re going to pay most of it
September 4, 2020