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It feels like no time at all since businesses were being advised to update their installations of Cisco’s WebEx conferencing software to deal with a security issue.
And that’s because, it is barely any time at all…
Continue reading Firms running Cisco WebEx are told to update their software… again!
Cambridge Analytica, the shady firm at the centre of the recent Facebook data scandal, is shutting down.
But is it simply going to resurrect itself with a new name?
Continue reading Goodbye Cambridge Analytica, hello Emerdata?
Cheap Android smartphones sold on Amazon have been sending customers’ full text messages to a Chinese server, ski lifts are found to be the latest devices left open to abuse by hackers, and we remind you why password managers are a good idea on World P… Continue reading Smashing Security #076: Spying phones, hacked ski lifts, and World Password Day
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