Security
Legal complaint lodged with UK data watchdog over claims coronavirus Test and Trace programme flouts GDPR
'Government is moving too fast, and breaking things as a result'
04 Jun 14:12 | 18
Security
Exclusive
Sophos puts 100 at risk of redundancy as future of Naked Security blog hangs in balance
Firm denies shutdown of marketing organ but heads may well roll
04 Jun 13:05 | 3
Security
Creeps give away money to harass recipients with abusive transaction descriptions on bank statements
'Serious threats' and references to family violence as payment descriptors turned into virtual messaging service
04 Jun 07:26 | 17
Sponsored
Why updating your PC fleet lowers TCO, bolsters security – and makes life easier for your IT admins
The Intel vPro platform aims to give businesses what they need to thrive
04 Jun 07:00 |
Security
Update Firefox: Mozilla just patched three hijack-me holes and a bunch of other flaws
Plus: Zoom fixes code-execution security bugs
04 Jun 02:28 | 10
Security
Anatomy of a business email scam: FBI dossier details how fraudster pocketed $500k+ by redirecting payments
Electrolux, construction biz fooled into handing over money funneled out of the US to South Africa
03 Jun 23:53 | 5
Security
$5bn+ sueball bounces into Google's court over claims it continues to track netizens in 'private browsing mode'
You've not heard this one before but it does sound familiar
03 Jun 17:45 | 32
Security
Defending critical national infrastructure... hmm. Does Zoom count as critical now?
Infosec EuropeAll the old lines are getting pretty darn blurred, say security experts at Euro online confab
03 Jun 14:30 | 12
Security
Tor soups up onion sites with bountiful browser bump: No more tears trying to find the secure sites you want
Latest Tor Browser iteration makes the dark web a bit more memorable
03 Jun 06:55 | 11
Security
Office supplies biz owned by UK council shrugs off ransomware demand for 102 Bitcoin
Firm told customers they'd got a new Gmail address
02 Jun 17:37 | 16
Security
'Beyond stupid': Linus Torvalds trashes 5.8 Linux kernel patch over opt-in Intel CPU bug mitigation
AWS engineers given a dressing-down after proposing fix for 'paranoid' tasks
02 Jun 12:19 | 84
Security
Contact-tracer spoofing is already happening – and it's dangerously simple to do
I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you and your friends
02 Jun 08:29 | 189
Security
Had a bad weekend? Probably, if you're a Sectigo customer, after root cert expires and online chaos ensues
Web sites and services tied to older versions of OpenSSL and GnuTLS have been dropping like flies
02 Jun 06:02 | 20
Security
Get rich quick! Work from home! Earn $100,000 easy – just find a critical flaw in Apple's sign-in system
Yeah, we know 'just' is doing a lot of hard work, we're being flippant
01 Jun 23:52 | 3
Security
REvil ransomware gang publishes 'Elexon staff's passports' after UK electrical middleman shrugs off attack
Cybercrooks take revenge after planned heist failed
01 Jun 15:59 | 14
Security
UK.gov dangles £400k over makers of IoT Things: Go on, let's see how you'd make a security cert scheme
And if you win, we'll make it into a kitemark
01 Jun 09:16 | 21
Webcast
The inevitable coronavirus-inspired cyber-attacks are stepping up. Are you ready?
They’re not very sophisticated, but they’re working: Watch and learn how to fight back
01 Jun 06:00 |
Security
Cisco hacked: Six backend servers used by customer VIRL-PE deployments compromised via SaltStack
RoundupPlus other news from infosec land this week
31 May 09:32 | 6
Security
Remember when Republicans said Dems hacked voting systems to rig Georgia's election? There were no hacks
'No evidence of damage to network or computers, no evidence of theft, damage, or loss of data'
29 May 23:32 | 89
Security
Great news. Patch load drops 20% for the first time in 10 years. Bad news: Well, you've heard about coronavirus?
Fix the crits, sort out the rest later
29 May 10:45 | 10
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DevOps
Talk about a control plane... US Air Force says upcoming B-21 stealth bomber will use Kubernetes
Google staff who protested drone AI effort could be quite interested in this
Software
Snapping at Canonical's Snap: Linux Mint team says no to Ubuntu store 'backdoor'
UpdatedVersion 20 will ship without any snap packages, snapd daemon
Personal Tech
If you bought a CRT monitor, TV 13+ years ago, hold on a little longer, there may be a small check for you
Price-fixing scandal case rumbles on and on, and on and on, and on and on
Security
Office supplies biz owned by UK council shrugs off ransomware demand for 102 Bitcoin
Firm told customers they'd got a new Gmail address
Personal Tech
Lenovo certifies all desktop and mobile workstations for Linux – and will even upstream driver updates
Could this make 2020 the mythical year of the penguin on the desktop?
Networks
'5G for Five Eyes!' US senator tells Parliamentarians the world would be better without Huawei
Same chap who wants to ban F-35 fighter jets from Britain
Personal Tech
Repair store faces hefty legal bill after losing David and Goliath fight with Apple over replacement iPhone screens
Top court rules iGiant's trademark infringed by components
Science
We spent billions building atom smashers – and now boffins think nature's doing the same thing for free?
The universe is weird, we want a refund
Security
Tor soups up onion sites with bountiful browser bump: No more tears trying to find the secure sites you want
Latest Tor Browser iteration makes the dark web a bit more memorable
Personal Tech
As Twitter blocks white supremacists posing as anti-fascists, FBI appeal is flooded with images of cop violence
CommentThe confusion of physical and online protests merge
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Security
It's not every day the NSA publicly warns of attacks by Kremlin hackers – so take this critical Exim flaw seriously
GRU crew actively exploit hole – but you patched it months ago, right?
29 May 06:08 | 10
Security
NTT warns its Singapore cloud was hacked, Japanese customer data compromised
Early May attack hit 600-plus hosting and cloud customers
29 May 01:36 |
Security
Got $50k spare? Then you can crack SHA-1 – so OpenSSH is deprecating flawed hashing algo in a 'near-future release'
UpdatedThe price will only go down
28 May 21:03 | 26
Security
Cybercrooks tend to prefer Google-branded phishing to Microsoft-flavoured lures
So says Barracuda Networks, anyway
28 May 18:59 | 2
Security
You, Apple Mac fan. Put down the homemade oat-milk latte, you need to patch a load of security bugs, too
Patch Thursday is for you, Patch Tuesday is for everyone else
28 May 15:45 | 6
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Why zero trust security needs strong hardware foundations
Intel vPro platform provides hardware level of trust
28 May 06:00 |
Security
26 million logins believed to be stolen from LiveJournal in 2017 pop up on hacker forum
Best change any recycled credentials from your blogging days
27 May 18:30 | 3
Security
Oh cool, tech service prices are plummeting. And by tech services, we mean botnet rentals and stolen credit cards
Supply and demand in action
27 May 11:02 | 2
Security
Microsoft blocks Trend Micro code at center of driver 'cheatware' storm from Windows 10, rootkit detector product pulled from site
UpdatedTwist in drivergate scandal
27 May 07:14 | 44
Security
Mulled Chrome API shines light on long-neglected privacy gap: Sites can snoop on your find-in-page searches
UpdatedNaughty JS can watch you hit control+F, start typing, see what's on your mind
27 May 05:04 | 17
Security
India said its coronavirus contact-tracing app is perfect... adds bug bounty and open-sources it anyway
As the legalese changes to extend data retention period
27 May 02:59 | 1
Security
US lawmakers get a second shot at forcing FBI agents to obtain a warrant before they leaf through web histories
Bi-partisan amendment aims to take away easy access to your online life
26 May 23:25 | 15
Security
If someone could stop hackers pwning medical systems right now, that would be cool, say Red Cross and friends
The rules of war that protect hospitals should extend into cyberspace
26 May 19:51 | 29
Security
Airline-chasing lawyers leap on Easyjet for £18bn after 9m folks' data, itineraries nicked
No win, no fee. But if they win it's an up to £5.4bn fee
26 May 16:22 | 17
Security
Unmanned drones to slash NHS delivery times to one-fifth of road 'n' rail transport
Scottish trial will courier PPE and COVID-19 tests to remote hospital
26 May 14:41 | 31
Security
eBay users spot the online auction house port-scanning their PCs. Um... is that OK?
UpdatedFraud is a big issue for etailer, but there are privacy and consent concerns too
26 May 12:39 | 103
Security
Galaxy S20 security is already old hat as Samsung launches new safety silicon
Passport-grade chippery to help mobile devices prove their identity
26 May 10:32 | 15
Security
Contact-tracing app may become a permanent fixture in major Chinese city
Hangzhou wants a 'health and immunity firewall'
26 May 06:02 | 14
Security
Pre-authentication, remote root hole in call-center software? Thanks, Cisco. Just what a long weekend needs
RoundupThis and more bits and bytes from infosec world
25 May 09:31 | 4
