Security
Amazon textbook rental service scammed for $1.5m
Michigan man arrested for borrowing costly textbooks and selling them
15 Oct 23:24 | 21
Security
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15 Oct 07:55 |
Security
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 | 4
Security
Client-side content scanning as an unworkable, insecure disaster for democracy
Hopefully we're still listening to experts
15 Oct 00:35 | 37
Security
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
Security
Google's VirusTotal reports that 95% of ransomware spotted targets Windows
Criminals follow the money, code flaws
14 Oct 18:53 | 25
Update
3D printing site Thingiverse suffers breach of 228,000 email addresses amid sluggish disclosure
So says Have I Been Pwned's maintainer - but site claims breach only impacted 'handful of users'
14 Oct 16:03 | 7
Security
US invites friends to multilateral cybersecurity meetings – Russia and China strangely absent
Perps not welcome at anti-ransomware gabfest that Biden admin would rather portray as bold infosec alliance
14 Oct 05:58 | 20
Security
Ad-blocking browser extension actually adds ads, say Imperva researchers
Oi, Google: how did this get past your review process? And Imperva: why does your web page offer to install software?
14 Oct 04:02 | 23
Security
Ex-camera biz Olympus investigating 'suspicious' network activity again a month after ransomware hit
Plus: Extortionist gang threatens victims who talk to the press
13 Oct 13:53 | 1
Security
Microsoft says Azure fended off what might just be the world's biggest-ever DDoS attack
Much of the 2.4Tbit/sec came from across Asia and targeted a single Euro-customer
13 Oct 07:00 | 29
Security
Microsoft Patch Tuesday bug harvest festival comes to town
With 71 new CVEs, there are patches enough for everyone
12 Oct 20:12 | 8
Interview
User locked out of Microsoft account by MFA bug, complains of customer-hostile support
'So sorry' says Microsoft Identity VP – but its unhelpful support systems will be hard to fix
12 Oct 19:59 | 76
Security
Apple patches 'actively exploited' iPhone zero-day with iOS 15.0.2 update
Tech breakdown and proof-of-concept code is already out there
12 Oct 16:02 | 16
Security
Schools email marketing company told us to go away when we told them of exposed database creds, say infoseccers
Usernames and passwords could be read (and abused) by anyone in since fixed flaw
12 Oct 09:15 | 63
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12 Oct 06:30 |
Security
Zero-day hunters seek laws to prevent vendors suing them for helping out and doing their jobs
Cybersecurity Advisors Network gets backing from Bugcrowd, infosec luminaries, even the OECD
11 Oct 22:01 | 16
Security
Russia-based criminals are still the UK's number 1 cyber-foe, NSO Group's wares a 'red flag' says NCSC chief
Chatham House speech targets non-state baddies as well as grey zone and nation states
11 Oct 15:52 | 19
In brief
Brewdog might make an OK pint but its security sucks: Flaw opened door to free beers for anyone
Plus two failings this week at Apache and Twitch and nostalgia for Flash fans
11 Oct 11:31 | 19
Feature
When criminals go corporate: Ransomware-as-a-service, bulk discounts and more
Pen-testers, rogue developers, dodgy hosters, etc. etc.
11 Oct 09:30 | 14
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Networks
German Pirate Party member claims EU plans for a GDPR-compliant Whois v2 will lead to 'doxxing and death lists'
ICANN also dislikes it but web infrastructure firms don't really mind
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Bootnotes
Missouri governor demands prosecution of reporter for 'decoding HTML source code' and reporting a data breach
Salus populi suprema lex esto ... or perhaps not
Legal
Boeing 737 Max chief technical pilot charged with deceiving US aviation regulators over MCAS
He hasn't got $2.5bn to hand to the DoJ, unlike his bosses
Software
Computer scientists at University of Edinburgh contemplate courses without 'Alice' and 'Bob'
Academics advised to consider excluding certain terminology for the sake of inclusivity
Security
Amazon textbook rental service scammed for $1.5m
Michigan man arrested for borrowing costly textbooks and selling them
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In brief
Bank manager tricked into handing $35m to scammers using fake 'deep voice' tech
Plus: Microsoft Translator machine learning software now supports over 100 languages
Science
Forget everything you learned playing Lunar Lander: Chinese boffins reveal secrets of Chang'e 5 probe's touchdown
Landing with liquid fuel aboard made slosh-avoidance essential. Plus: China names first woman to visit Tiangong space station
Personal Tech
US Army slows ~$20bn project to put Microsoft's HoloLens VR headsets into the field
Deployment of 120,000 headsets hoped to 'increase lethality' pushed into 2022
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11 Oct 07:30 |
Security
US nuke sub plans leaked on SD card hidden in peanut butter sandwich, claims FBI
Docs were smuggled past security and sold for $110K of Monero after ProtonMail exchanges between 'Alice and 'Bob'
11 Oct 01:20 | 85
Security
Never mind Russia: Turkey and Vietnam are Microsoft's new state-backed hacker threats du jour
It isn't just the big dogs preparing to bite, warns Redmond
08 Oct 15:13 | 10
Security
Air gaps have been 'shattered’, says new Indian policy on power sector security
Calls for anything connected to the Internet to live in a room controlled by the CISO
08 Oct 04:58 | 43
Security
Russian spies reportedly used SolarWinds hack to steal US counterintelligence details
Jackpot moment for SVR operatives
07 Oct 19:30 | 16
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07 Oct 18:30 |
Updated
NSO Group's Pegasus malware was used to spy on Dubai princess's lawyers during child custody dispute
Firm apparently terminated UAE's contract when it realised
07 Oct 14:36 | 32
Security
State-sponsored Chinese crims targeted India with tax and COVID phishing
Blackberry says APT41 gang used lumpen remixes of Microsoft domain names to lure the unwary
07 Oct 06:58 | 7
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06 Oct 19:00 |
Security
Running a recent Apache web server version? You probably need to patch it. Now
Unless you want to leak like a sieve
06 Oct 16:28 | 9
Updated
Things that are not PogChamp: Amazon's Twitch has its source code, streamer payout data leaked
Fingers 'server config' error that allowed 'malicious third party' to peruse files
06 Oct 14:27 | 20
Interview
Element celebrates The Great Facebook Outage with a Signal bridge for Matrix
Kudos given to Signal. Not so much for Facebook and Whatsapp
06 Oct 10:27 | 9
Security
Google to auto-enroll 150m users, 2m YouTubers with two-factor authentication
Uh, cool?
06 Oct 00:54 | 81
Updated
Telegraph newspaper bares 10TB of subscriber data and server logs to world+dog
Poor securing of Elasticsearch cluster strikes again
05 Oct 13:37 | 51
In Brief
Lawsuit claims hospital ransomware infection cost baby her life
Plus: 2 Chrome flaws exploited, Coinbase says 6k users were robbed
04 Oct 19:28 | 16
Security
UK's £5bn National Cyber Force HQ to be sited in Lancashire beside Defence Secretary's constituency
How convenient for influx of potential new voters
04 Oct 15:37 | 34
