Uh-oh. How just inserting a USB drive can pwn a Linux box

Remember the notorious Stuxnet worm? It was a highly-sophisticated piece of malware – developed by the United States and Israeli intelligence – which targeted Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment facility. One of the things which made Stu… Continue reading Uh-oh. How just inserting a USB drive can pwn a Linux box

All HTTP websites to soon be marked as ‘not secure’ by Google Chrome

If you’re still running a website that is using insecure HTTP then it’s time to wake up and drink the coffee.
Because unless you take action soon, you’re going to find many of your visitors are going to distrust your website.
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Apple’s iOS source code leak – what you need to know

What’s happened? Earlier this week someone anonymously published a key piece of Apple’s iOS source code onto GitHub. Which bit of iOS was it? It was an integral part of iOS known as “iBoot” – the section of code which cont… Continue reading Apple’s iOS source code leak – what you need to know

Swisscom data breach exposes 800,000 customers

Swiss telecoms giant Swisscom has admitted that it suffered a serious security breach in the autumn of 2017 that saw the theft of contact details of approximately 800,000 customers – most of whom were mobile subscribers.
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