Infosec big dogs break out the bubbly over UK government’s latest cyber strategy emission January 26, 2022
Infosec chap: I found a way to hijack your web accounts, turn on your webcam from Safari – and Apple gave me $100k January 26, 2022
Linux distros haunted by Polkit-geist for 12+ years: Bug grants root access to any user January 26, 2022
Sophos: Log4Shell would have been a catastrophe without the Y2K-esque mobilisation of engineers January 25, 2022
UK, Australia, to build ‘network of liberty that will deter cyber attacks before they happen’ January 21, 2022
For those worried about Microsoft’s Pluton TPM chip: Lenovo won’t even switch it on by default in latest ThinkPads January 20, 2022
S3 Ep66: Cybercrime busts, wormable Windows, and the crisis of featuritis [Podcast + Transcript] January 20, 2022
UK mulls making MSPs subject to mandatory security standards where they provide critical infrastructure January 20, 2022
Privacy is for paedophiles, UK government seems to be saying while spending £500k demonising online chat encryption January 20, 2022
‘Now’ would be the right time to patch Ubuntu container hosts and ditch 21.04 thanks to heap buffer overflow bug January 20, 2022
Red Cross forced to shutter family reunion service following cyberattack and data leak January 20, 2022
Being ‘Threat-Led’ is the answer. Your ISO certificate won’t save you from a breach! January 20, 2022
Need to prioritize security bug patches? Don’t forget to scan Twitter as well as use CVSS scores January 19, 2022
Sniff those Ukrainian emails a little more carefully, advises Uncle Sam in wake of Belarusian digital vandalism January 19, 2022
Vulnerabilities and censorship tools among hot new features in Beijing’s Olympics app January 19, 2022
Crypto.com acknowledges ‘unauthorized activity’ on servers, maintains no funds have been lost January 18, 2022
Serious Security: Apple Safari leaks private data via database API – what you need to know January 18, 2022
International police shut down 15 server infrastructures as part of VPNLab.net’s takedown January 18, 2022
More contractor pain: Parasol’s sister firms, SJD Accountancy and Nixon Williams, confirm cyberattack January 18, 2022
Microsoft patches the patch that broke VPNs, Hyper-V, and left servers in boot loops January 18, 2022
Bug in WebKit’s IndexedDB implementation makes Safari 15 leak Google account info… and more January 17, 2022
Ukraine blames Belarus for PC-wiping ‘ransomware’ that has no recovery method and nukes target boxen January 17, 2022
Umbrella company Parasol Group confirms cyber attack as ‘root cause’ of prolonged network outage January 17, 2022
Multi-day IT systems outage whacks umbrella biz Parasol Group amid fears of a cyber attack January 14, 2022
Visibility, immutability, security … a revolutionary approach to fighting off ransomware January 14, 2022
Federal Communications Commission proposed stricter rules on how telco carriers should report data breaches January 13, 2022
Ukrainian cops nab husband and wife suspected to be part of $1m ransomware operation January 13, 2022
S3 Ep65: Supply chain conniption, NetUSB hole, Honda flashback, FTC muscle [Podcast + Transcript] January 13, 2022
Austrian watchdog rules German company’s use of Google Analytics breached GDPR by sending data to US January 13, 2022
Admins report Hyper-V and domain controller issues after first Patch Tuesday of 2022 January 13, 2022
Make sure you’re up-to-date with Sonicwall SMA 100 VPN box patches – security hole exploit info is now out January 11, 2022
Secure boot for UK electric car chargers isn’t mandatory until 2023 – but why the delay? January 11, 2022
Four million outdated Log4j downloads were served from Apache Maven Central alone despite vuln publicity blitz January 11, 2022
Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike resigns, leaves WhatsApp co-founder to run things until a successor is named January 11, 2022
China puts Walmart in the naughty corner, citing 19 alleged cybersecurity ‘violations’ January 10, 2022
S3 Ep64: Log4Shell again, scammers keeping busy, and Apple Home bug [Podcast + Transcript] January 6, 2022
US Army journal’s top paper from 2021 says Taiwan should destroy TSMC if China invades January 5, 2022
Remember Norton 360’s bundled cryptominer? Irritated folk realise Ethereum crafter is tricky to delete January 5, 2022
Windows giant seeks Pluton-ic relationship with chip maker: AMD first out of the gates with Microsoft’s security processor January 5, 2022
SlimPay fined €180k after 12 million customers’ bank data publicly accessible for 5 years January 4, 2022