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TeamViewer can be used for good. TeamViewer can be used for bad. UK ISP TalkTalk doesn’t want you to use it at all.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading TeamViewer stopped working? Let me guess, your ISP is TalkTalk…
I work from home. I frequently do media interviews via Skype. I have a young child.
It’s a dangerous cocktail.
Continue reading The perils of working from home with young children
Has the CIA been using a Weeping Angel to spy on you via your Smart TV? Have WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal been compromised? What is the secret of the SATAN ransomware? And can you avoid having your data searched as you pass through border control?
All this and more is discussed in the latest podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley, Carole Theriault and special guest Paul Ducklin. Give it a listen.
Continue reading Smashing Security #011: WikiLeaks and the CIA
Do you own an internet-connected DVR, CCTV or IP camera?
You may want to check who manufactured it, as proof-of-concept code has been released capable of automating attacks against devices made by Dahua Technology.
Read more in my article on the Tripwi… Continue reading Dahua security camera owners urged to update firmware after vulnerability found
Do you own an internet-connected DVR, CCTV or IP camera?
You may want to check who manufactured it, as proof-of-concept code has been released capable of automating attacks against devices made by Dahua Technology.
The post Dahua security camera owners… Continue reading Dahua security camera owners urged to update firmware after vulnerability found
Who could possibly be behind a campaign of spam comments being left on my blog promoting an iPhone app?
Continue reading Lame comment spam campaign attempts to promote iPhone app
WikiLeaks has published thousands of pages of what appeared to be leaked internal CIA documents.
The haul, which WikiLeaks has somewhat pretentiously dubbed “Vault 7”, is claimed to be “the largest ever publication of confidential documents on the agen… Continue reading Is the CIA’s Weeping Angel spying on TV viewers?
Mozilla patches 28 security vulnerabilities and protects users from entering their sensitive information on insecure webpages.
Continue reading Firefox 52 warns when you try to enter passwords on non-encrypted websites
Another day, another important security update for WordPress.
If your running a self-hosted version of WordPress, you must update the software on your website now.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
Continue reading WordPress webmasters urged to upgrade to version 4.73 to patch six security holes
In the absence of an official fix from Microsoft, a third-party security firm has produced its own temporary patch for a zero-day Windows vulnerability.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Third party patch released for Microsoft zero-day that Google made public