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Bad news: Windows security cert SNAFU exploits are all over the web now. Also bad: Citrix gateway hole mitigations don’t work for older kit
January 16, 2020
NSA and Github ‘rickrolled’ using Windows CryptoAPI bug
January 16, 2020
Update now! Popular WordPress plugins have password bypass flaws
January 16, 2020
Apps are sharing more of your data with ad industry than you may think
January 16, 2020
Google to kill third-party Chrome cookies in two years
January 16, 2020
College students call for ban on facial recognition on campus
January 16, 2020
Spanking the pirates of corporate security? Try a Plimsoll
January 16, 2020
Attention security startup founders: Give your fledgling Brit biz a boost with Tech Nation’s free Cyber 2.0 school
January 16, 2020
Top Euro court advised: Cops, spies yelling ‘national security’ isn’t enough to force ISPs to hand over massive piles of people’s private data
January 16, 2020
What do Brit biz consultants and X-rated cam stars have in common? Wide open… AWS S3 buckets on public internet
January 15, 2020
Yo, sysadmins! Thought Patch Tuesday was big? Oracle says ‘hold my Java’ with huge 334 security flaw fix bundle
January 15, 2020
Microsoft fixes critical bugs in CryptoAPI, RD Gateway and .NET
January 15, 2020
Malicious npm package taken down after Microsoft warning
January 15, 2020
Peekaboo Moments baby-recording app has a bad database booboo
January 15, 2020
Apple says no to unlocking shooter’s phone; AG and Trump lash back
January 15, 2020
Today’s webcast: Hackers don’t care if you’re big or small. Tune in to find out how to protect your mid-sized biz
January 15, 2020
Updated your WordPress plugins lately? Here are 320,000 auth-bypassing reasons why you should
January 15, 2020
Serious Microsoft crypto vulnerability – patch right now
January 14, 2020
Welcome to the 2020s: Booby-trapped Office files, NSA tipping off Windows cert-spoofing bugs, RDP flaws…
January 14, 2020
Apple calls BS on FBI, AG: We’re totally not dragging our feet in murder probe iPhone decryption. PS: No backdoors
January 14, 2020
US hands UK ‘dossier’ on Huawei: Really! Still using their kit? That’s just… one… step… beyond
January 14, 2020
Windows 7 computers will no longer be patched after today
January 14, 2020
Fleeceware is back in Google Play – massive fees for not much at all
January 14, 2020
‘Cable Haunt’ vulnerability exposes 200 million cable modem users
January 14, 2020
Google tests biometric authentication for Android autofill
January 14, 2020
Lottery hacker gets 9 months for his £5 cut of the loot
January 14, 2020
Microsoft now reviewing Skype audio in ‘secure’ places (not China)
January 14, 2020
Relying on AT&T, Verizon and T-Mob US to protect you from SIM swapping? You better get used to disappointment
January 13, 2020
Someone needs to go back to school: Texas district fleeced for $2.3m after staff fall for devious phishing email
January 13, 2020
Privacy activists beg Google to ban un-removable bloatware from Android
January 13, 2020
Whirlybird-driving infosec boss fined after ranty Blackpool Airport air traffic control antics
January 13, 2020
Snake alert! This ransomware is not a game…
January 13, 2020
Powerful GPG collision attack spells the end for SHA-1
January 13, 2020
Reddit bans ‘impersonation,’ but satire and parody are still OK
January 13, 2020
Google urged to tame privacy-killing Android bloatware
January 13, 2020
Lawmakers look to spread COPPA out to cover kids up to 16
January 13, 2020
UK data watchdog kicks £280m British Airways and Marriott GDPR fines into legal long grass
January 13, 2020
If you haven’t shored up that Citrix hole, you were probably hacked over the weekend: Exploit code now available
January 13, 2020
Hundreds of millions of Broadcom-based cable modems at risk of remote hijacking, eggheads fear
January 10, 2020
Is the Y2K bug alive after all?
January 10, 2020
National Lottery Sentry MBA hacker given nine months in jail after swiping just £5
January 10, 2020
Hackers use system weakness to rattle doors on Citrix systems
January 10, 2020
Ransomware pounces on California schools, Las Vegas trounces attack
January 10, 2020
Fake-review purge: Facebook boots 188 groups, eBay bans 140 shills
January 10, 2020
Ding-dong: Cisco delivers your Patch Tuesday warm-up with WebEx, IOS fixes for a few irritating security holes
January 10, 2020
Google scolded for depriving the poor of privacy after Chinese malware bundled on phones for hard-up Americans
January 9, 2020
Why is a 22GB database containing 56 million US folks’ personal details sitting on the open internet using a Chinese IP address? Seriously, why?
January 9, 2020
Dixons fined £500,000 by ICO for crap security that exposed 5.6 million customers’ payment cards
January 9, 2020
Browser zero day: Update your Firefox right now!
January 9, 2020
Apple’s scanning iCloud photos for child abuse images
January 9, 2020
Google voice Assistant gets new privacy ‘undo’ commands
January 9, 2020
FBI asks Apple to help it unlock iPhones of naval base shooter
January 9, 2020
Google’s Project Zero highlights patch quality with policy tweak
January 9, 2020
Hash snag: Security shamans shame SHA-1 standard, confirm crucial collisions citing circa $45k chip cost
January 8, 2020
In a desperate bid to stay relevant in 2020’s geopolitical upheaval, N. Korea upgrades its Apple Jeus macOS malware
January 8, 2020
TikTok on the clock, and the hacking won’t stop: SMS spoofing vuln let baddies twiddle teens’ social media videos
January 8, 2020
REvil ransomware exploiting VPN flaws made public last April
January 8, 2020
YouTube to treat all kid-aimed videos like they’re COPPA-liable
January 8, 2020
US warns of Iranian cyber threat
January 8, 2020
Facebook bans deepfakes, but not cheapfakes or shallowfakes
January 8, 2020
What if everyone just said ‘Nah’ to tracking?
January 8, 2020
The Six Million Dollar Scam: London cops probe Travelex cyber-ransacking amid reports of £m ransomware demand, wide-open VPN server holes
January 8, 2020
If at first you don’t succeed, pry, pry again: Feds once again demand Apple unlock encrypted iPhones in yet another terrorism case
January 8, 2020
That Pulse Secure VPN you’re using to protect your data? Better get it patched – or it’s going to be ransomware time
January 7, 2020
Yeah, says Google Project Zero, when you think about it, going public with exploit deets immediately after a patch is emitted isn’t such a great idea
January 7, 2020
Accenture pays for CSS injection from Symantec parent Broadcom: Yep, it bought its cybersecurity arm
January 7, 2020
Wheelie bad end to 2019 for Canyon Bicycles as hackers puncture IT systems
January 7, 2020
Google suspends Xiaomi from Home Hub over camera privacy glitch
January 7, 2020
‘Maze’ ransomware threatens data exposure unless $6m ransom paid
January 7, 2020
I’m the queen of Gibraltar and will never get a traffic ticket… just two of the things anyone could have written into country’s laws thanks to unsanitised SQL input vuln
January 7, 2020
IT exec sets up fake biz to scam his employer out of $6m
January 7, 2020
US military branches ban TikTok following Pentagon’s warning
January 7, 2020
Here we go again: Software nasties slip into Google Play, exploit make-me-root Android flaw for maximum pwnage
January 7, 2020
Cyber-warnings, cyber-speculation over cyber-Iran’s cyber-retaliation cyber-plans post-Soleimani assassination
January 6, 2020
Don’t fall for the “Start your 2020 with a gift from us” scam…
January 6, 2020
GCHQ: A cyber-what-now? Rumours of our probe into London Stock Exchange ‘cyberattack’ have been greatly exaggerated
January 6, 2020
Monday review – the hot stories of the holidays
January 6, 2020
Tune in this month: What every small-to-medium biz can do to fend off cyber-crooks
January 6, 2020
Rowhammer rides again as FPGA attack, RSA again reportedly up for sale, anti-theft kit to nuke laptops, etc
January 6, 2020
IT exec sets up fake biz, uses it to bill his bosses $6m for phantom gear, gets caught by Microsoft Word metadata
January 4, 2020
New year, new critical Cisco patches to install – this time for a dirty dozen of bugs that can be exploited to sidestep auth, inject commands, etc
January 3, 2020
TikTok boom: US Army bans squaddies from using trendy app on govt-issued phones
January 3, 2020
Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex issues password reset warning
January 3, 2020
Brit banking sector hasn’t gone a single day of 2020 without something breaking
January 3, 2020
Python is dead. Long live Python!
January 3, 2020
Don’t Xiaomi pics of other people’s places! Chinese kitmaker fingers dodgy Boxing Day cache update after Google banishes it from Home
January 3, 2020
This page is currency unavailable… Travelex scrubs UK homepage, kills services, knackers other sites amid ‘software virus’ infection
January 3, 2020
And we now go live to Apple v Corellium, where the iTitan is still lobbing copyright fireballs at the virtual iPhone upstart
January 3, 2020
Oddly specific ‘cyber attack’ hits Alaskan airline RavnAir and one plane type
January 2, 2020
TikTok boom: US Army bans squaddies from using platform on government-issued phones
January 2, 2020
Mitigating the risks of AI transparency in the next decade
January 2, 2020
Most popular tech stories of 2019
December 30, 2019
Celebrity addresses posted online in New Year’s Honours List leak
December 30, 2019
Monday review – the hot 12 stories of the week
December 30, 2019
7 types of virus – a short glossary of contemporary cyberbadness
December 28, 2019
Christmas malware uses “Support Greta Thunberg” as a lure
December 27, 2019
Beware the three-finger-salute, or ‘How I Got The Keys To The Kingdom’
December 27, 2019
Apple iCloud “data dump” extortionist avoids prison
December 26, 2019
Happy Holidays – and big thanks to everyone who’s working today!
December 25, 2019
Sextortionists return for Christmas – price goes down, threats go up
December 24, 2019