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Facebook sues scraper who sold 178 million phone numbers and user IDs
Apparently The Social NetworkTM is the only one allowed to do nasty things with users' data
25 Oct 08:01 |
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Cleanup on aisle C: Tesco app back online after attack led to shopping app outages
With an average 1.27 million orders a week, many customers left hacked off
25 Oct 05:03 | 4
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Better late than never: Microsoft rolls out a public preview of E2EE in Teams calls
Only for one-to-one voice and video, mind
22 Oct 17:28 | 5
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Recycled Cobalt Strike key pairs show many crooks are using same cloned installation
Researcher spots RSA tell-tale lurking in plain sight on VirusTotal
22 Oct 16:32 | 6
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Unhappy customers and their own tricks used against them, REvil ransomware gang reportedly pulled offline by 'multi-country' operations
The second vanishing of the cybergang... for now
22 Oct 10:43 | 23
Security
How your phone, laptop, or watch can be tracked by their Bluetooth transmissions
Unique fingerprints lurk in radio signals more often than not, it seems
22 Oct 06:50 | 20
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YouTubers fell for shady 'sponsors' who seized, then sold, accounts
Vid-slingers had been asking how this happened for years, even while their channels were spruiking dodgy crypto
22 Oct 06:28 | 24
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We regret to inform you there's an RCE vuln in old version of WinRAR. Yes, the file decompression utility
Update to v6.02 – or don't, but on your head be it
21 Oct 15:25 | 26
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Research finds consumer-grade IoT devices showing up... on corporate networks
Considering the slack security of such kit, it's a perfect storm
21 Oct 09:27 | 50
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21 Oct 07:30 |
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Uncle Sam to clip wings of Pegasus-like spyware – sorry, 'intrusion software' – with proposed export controls
Surveillance tech faces trade limits as America syncs policy with treaty obligations
20 Oct 22:09 | 18
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20 Oct 18:00 |
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Not just deprecated, but deleted: Google finally strips File Transfer Protocol code from Chrome browser
A death by a thousand cuts
20 Oct 13:07 | 114
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NHS Digital exposes hundreds of email addresses after BCC blunder copies in entire invite list to 'Let's talk cyber' event
It's like rai-iiiiiin on your wedding day
20 Oct 11:28 | 60
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Centre for Computing History apologises to customers for 'embarrassing' breach
Website patched following phishing scam, no financial data exposed
20 Oct 09:15 | 12
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Fortinet seeks to make EDR easy for non-specialists
20 Oct 07:30 |
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Crims target telcos' Linux and Solaris boxes, which don't get enough infosec love
CrowdStrike says 'LightBasin' gang avoids Windows, and knows that telco networks run on badly-secured *nix
20 Oct 05:40 | 23
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Acer servers cracked in India and Taiwan – including systems with customer data
Gang says it grabbed internal info, could do the same to Acer elsewhere
20 Oct 04:45 | 2
Security
You've heard of HTTPS. Now get a load of HTTPA: Web services in verified remote trusted environments?
Intel duo propose fresh use of, yes, SGX but also Arm's TrustZone and similar TEEs
20 Oct 01:25 | 17
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BlackMatter ransomware gang will target agriculture for its next harvest – Uncle Sam
What was that about hackable tractors?
19 Oct 20:14 | 3
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Antitrust battle latest: Google, Facebook 'colluded' to smash Apple's privacy protections
Amended Texas complaint alleges backroom efforts to maintain ad dominance and more
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Not just deprecated, but deleted: Google finally strips File Transfer Protocol code from Chrome browser
A death by a thousand cuts
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Florida man accused of breaking Mastodon's open-source license with botched social network launch
Golf enthusiast given 30 days to cough up code
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'Windows 11 has been successfully downloaded,' says update for Xbox version of Microsoft Flight Simulator
What? No. Noooooooooooooooooo
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Apple's Safari browser runs the risk of becoming the new Internet Explorer – holding the web back for everyone
WebKit engine is well behind the competition
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If your apps or gadgets break down on Sunday, this may be why: Gpsd bug to roll back clocks to 2002
Alternative headline: Yet another widely used project maintained thanklessly by 'some random person in Nebraska'
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How to keep a support contract: Make the user think they solved the problem
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Microsoft under fire again from open-source .NET devs: Hot Reload feature pulled for sake of Visual Studio sales
Windows giant has a funny way of 'loving' Free software
Security
You've heard of HTTPS. Now get a load of HTTPA: Web services in verified remote trusted environments?
Intel duo propose fresh use of, yes, SGX but also Arm's TrustZone and similar TEEs
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Microsoft called out as big malware hoster – thanks to OneDrive and Office 365 abuse
Infosec pro: 'OneDrive abuse has been going on for years'
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19 Oct 18:00 |
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Email phishing crapcannon operators TA505 are back from the dead, researchers warn
And they're packing a new dirty RAT as well
19 Oct 17:15 | 8
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UK competition watchdog unveils principles to make a kinder antivirus business
Treat customers fairly when it comes to auto-renewal. Or else
19 Oct 15:45 | 13
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Reg scribe spends week being watched by government Bluetooth wristband, emerges to more surveillance
Home quarantine week was the price for an overseas trip, ongoing observation is the price of COVID-19
19 Oct 06:41 | 139
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Japanese messaging giant Line admits it mishandled user data, promises to do better
Sent user data to China without once thinking Beijing might decide to snoop, lied about server location
19 Oct 01:27 | 2
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Microsoft called out as big malware hoster – thanks to OneDrive and Office 365 abuse
Infosec pro: 'OneDrive abuse has been going on for years'
18 Oct 17:30 | 18
Security
Chinese tech minister says he's 'dealt with' 73,000 sites that breached the law
Ongoing crackdown saw apps 1.83 million apps tested, 4,200 told to clean up their act, pop-up ads popped
18 Oct 07:56 | 9
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18 Oct 07:30 |
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US gov claims ransomware 'earned' $590m in the first half of 2021 alone – mostly in Bitcoin
Names and bars crypto exchange SUEX, warns paying ransoms could spell trouble
18 Oct 04:33 | 12
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NFTs not annoying enough? Now they come with wallet-emptying malware
Plus rifle-toting robot dogs, but makers insist they're really dumb
17 Oct 11:01 | 16
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Amazon textbook rental service scammed for $1.5m
Michigan man arrested for borrowing costly textbooks and selling them
15 Oct 23:24 | 45
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15 Oct 07:55 |
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White House ransomware summit calls for virtual asset crackdown, without mentioning cryptocurrency
Inconsistent regulation means crooks can sneak cryptos through cracks – pretty much everyone wants them filled
15 Oct 05:59 | 5
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Client-side content scanning as an unworkable, insecure disaster for democracy
Hopefully we're still listening to experts
15 Oct 00:35 | 60
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WhatsApp's got your back(ups) with encryption for stored messages
Global messaging giant extends security and privacy to Google Drive and Apple iCloud
14 Oct 20:11 | 6
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Google's VirusTotal reports that 95% of ransomware spotted targets Windows
Criminals follow the money, code flaws
14 Oct 18:53 | 27
