Collaborate Disseminate
One of the world’s oldest online poker websites has been forced to pause its online tournaments after suffering a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Online poker site bombarded by DDoS attacks, pauses tournaments
Bad news if you’re crazy about playing online poker – one of the world’s oldest online poker websites has been forced to pause its online tournaments after suffering a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks. Americas Cardroom… Continue reading Online poker site bombarded by DDoS attacks, pauses tournaments
IT staff were tricked into visiting a webpage which installed malware onto their computers, ultimately giving a hacker complete control of prison records.
Continue reading Hacker who almost sprung a prisoner out of jail is himself imprisoned for seven years
Researchers discovered it was possible to compromise Hyperoptic’s ZTE-manufactured routers simply by tricking an intended victim into clicking on a malicious link.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Flawed routers with hardcoded passwords were manufactured by firm that posed ‘national security risk’ to UK
Earlier this month the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued a warning to telecoms firms about the potential risks posed by devices manufactured by Chinese-state owned enterprise ZTE. “NCSC assess that the national security risk… Continue reading Flawed routers with hardcoded passwords were manufactured by firm that posed “national security risk” to UK
Part of the concern is that the Simon and Speck algorithms might contain encryption backdoors that would be abused by US authorities.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Box blog.
Continue reading The NSA wants its algorithms to be a global IoT standard. But they’re simply not trusted
A genuine Microsoft error message or security warning will never include a phone number. So don’t call it!
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Reports of tech support scams rocket, as fraudsters make a pretty penny
A typical technical support scam works like this: 1. A user receives a phone call, claiming to come from an operating system vendor or ISP claiming that a security problem has been found on the user’s computer. One trick fraudster may use to gain… Continue reading Reports of tech support scams rocket, earning handsome returns for fraudsters
Security researchers at F-Secure have discovered a flaw that could allow millions of hotel rooms around the world to be accessed by unauthorised parties, without leaving a trace.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading Researchers reveal how hotel key cards can be hacked – what you need to know
Security researchers have discovered a flaw that could allow millions of hotel rooms around the world to be accessed by unauthorised parties, without leaving a trace.
The post Researchers reveal how hotel key cards can be hacked – what you need t… Continue reading Researchers reveal how hotel key cards can be hacked – what you need to know