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Apple has confirmed that it is working on a bug fix that will stop apps like Messages from crashing when they attempt to display a Unicode symbol representing a letter from the south Indian language of Telugu.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Sec… Continue reading ‘Killer text bomb’ crashes iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches
Apple has confirmed that it is working on a bug fix that will stop apps like Messages from crashing when they attempt to display a Unicode symbol representing a letter from the south Indian language of Telugu. The Unicode-based bug has been exploited b… Continue reading “Killer text bomb” crashed iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches
A cybercrime gang based in Ukraine is estimated to have made as much as $50 million after tricking Bitcoin investors into handing over the login credentials for their online wallets.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading How a Bitcoin phishing gang made $50 million with the help of Google AdWords
Cryptomining goes nuclear, YouTube for Kids gets scary, and TV ads have been given the green light to mess with your Amazon Alexa.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security ve… Continue reading Smashing Security #065: Cryptominomania, Poppy, and your Amazon Alexa
A cybercrime gang based in Ukraine is estimated to have made as much as $50 million after tricking Bitcoin investors into handing over the login credentials for their online wallets.
The post How a Bitcoin phishing gang made $50 million with the help o… Continue reading How a Bitcoin phishing gang made $50 million with the help of Google AdWords
This week saw the second Tuesday of the month, and everyone who is responsible for protecting Windows computers knows what that means: another bundle of security patches have been released by Microsoft.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security b… Continue reading Patch now! Microsoft fixes over 50 serious security flaws
If you don’t want to disable your ad blocker, maybe you’ll feel comfortable letting Salon.com run code from Coinhive which will gobble up your computer’s resources to mine some Monero cryptocurrency.
Continue reading Salon website gives you a choice: turn off your ad blocker or let us mine cryptocurrencies
If you don’t want to disable your ad blocker, maybe you’ll feel comfortable letting Salon.com run code from Coinhive which will gobble up your computer’s resources to mine some Monero cryptocurrency.
Continue reading Salon website gives you a choice: turn off your ad blocker or let us mine cryptocurrencies
We need to keep an eye on this. Making email “richer” in terms of features has always brought new security challenges.
Continue reading Google is bringing AMP to email
A UK company has received £600,000 of taxpayer’s money to develop detection software, trained with thousands of hours worth of video content posted by Islamic State.
Continue reading UK Government announces tool to detect and block extremist videos