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Apple has pushed out patches for numerous critical vulnerabilities on macOS, including bugs that could allow drive-by installs of malware. Continue reading Macs get critical updates, including patches against drive-by malware
Some Netgear routers can be remotely controlled by booby-trapped web pages. Here’s how to deal with the problem. Continue reading Netgear router remote control bug – what you need to know
The latest iOS update fixes the “Find my iPhone” Authentication Lock hole that made headlines recently, plus another five lockscreen bugs. Continue reading Apple ships iOS 10.2, fixes “Find my iPhone hole” plus 5 lockscreen bugs
Command injection made easy: you can simply append a system command to a certain router URL…and the router will run it for you. Continue reading Netgear routers have gaping remote access hole
Last year, Jouko Pynnönen scored $10k from Yahoo for helping it head off the risk of a Yahoo-wide email virus. This year… same again.
Continue reading How one man could have set loose a Yahoo Mail virus
Scrambling your files isn’t enough for Goldeneye – once it’s ransomed your data it scrambles Windows as well so you have to pay to reboot. Continue reading Goldeneye ransomware: the resumé that scrambles your computer twice
Popular video sharing service Dail Motion has been named in a data breach claim involving 80M accounts and about 20M password hashes. Continue reading Daily Motion video sharing service named in breach claim of 80M accounts
The smileworthy technology story of the week has a car thief suspect remotely locked inside a stolen car. Except we’re calling it busted. Continue reading Lock suspect in stolen car to bust him? There’s an app for that…
That “short code” on the back of your credit card does make things harder for cybercrooks – but perhaps not that much harder. Continue reading How to guess credit card security codes
Firefox and Tor just received a patch to fix a 0-day exploit that is being used in the wild to strip away your anonymity. Continue reading Firefox and Tor users update now: 0-day exploit in the wild