Collaborate Disseminate
In the wake of the Dyn attack, let’s make it harder for the crooks to co-opt us into helping them… Continue reading Dyn DDoS – what can we do right now to help prevent the next attack?
No sooner had we written about long-lived Linux kernel bugs…and along comes an 11-year-old vulnerability that’s easy to exploit. Continue reading Linux kernel bug: DirtyCOW “easyroot” hole and what you need to know
SophosLabs presents a fascinating new paper explaining how malware tools like Ancalog help non-techie crooks get straight into cybercrime… Continue reading Ancalog – the document exploit tool that makes cybercrime easy
A Google security researcher measured how long kernel bugs hang around in Linux after they’ve been introduced. Continue reading Linux kernel bugs: we add them in and then take years to get them out
The CryPy ransomware steals a list of filenames, and uses a unique encryption key for each one – which makes variable file pricing possible. Continue reading Data-stealing CryPy ransomware raises the spectre of variable pricing for files
Mozilla telemetry shows sites using HTTPS for more secure browsing now outnumber plain old HTTP. Continue reading Halfway there! Firefox users now visit over 50% of pages via HTTPS
Akamai calls this one “SSHowDowN”, which is shorthand for “DON’T SET DEFAULT PASSWORDS BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE.” Continue reading Is your router taking part in DDoS attacks right under your nose?
Don’t be afraid to trade a little bit of inconvenience for an awful lot of extra security! Continue reading Popular Bitcoin site hit by DNS attack, loses control of own website
The irony is obvious: a security hole in an internet-enabled CCTV system turns the whole concept of surveillance on its head. Continue reading CCTV that lets the crooks watch you, not the other way around…
Yahoo has “temporarily disabled” its mail forwarding. Security review to encourage staying, or lock-in pressure to discourage leaving? Continue reading Yahoo won’t let you forward your emails to another service – but why?