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Microsoft issues critical fixes for booby-trapped images – update now!

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Paul Ducklin

Booby-trapped images could be used to attack Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 – update now! Continue reading Microsoft issues critical fixes for booby-trapped images – update now!→

Posted in Exploit, Microsoft, patch, update, Vulnerability

Firefox 78 is out – with a mysteriously empty list of security fixes

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Paul Ducklin

TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 are now considered security risks and blocked by default. Continue reading Firefox 78 is out – with a mysteriously empty list of security fixes→

Posted in Firefox, Patches, TLS, update

Google joins Apple in limiting web certificates to one year

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Paul Ducklin

Is it fair to expect everyone to renew all their web certificates every year? Apple says yes, and now Google does too. Continue reading Google joins Apple in limiting web certificates to one year→

Posted in apple, Chromium, safari, TLS, web certificate

Beware “secure DNS” scam targeting website owners and bloggers

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Paul Ducklin

If you run a website or a blog, watch out for emails promising “DNSSEC upgrades” – these scammers are after your whole site. Continue reading Beware “secure DNS” scam targeting website owners and bloggers→

Posted in dns, DNSSEC, phish, Scam

Fancy hacking a PlayStation? Sony announces its bug bounty program

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Paul Ducklin

Got a PS4? Like to hack? Continue reading Fancy hacking a PlayStation? Sony announces its bug bounty program→

Posted in Uncategorized

Patch time! NVIDIA fixes kernel driver holes on Windows and Linux

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Paul Ducklin

Kernel driver bugs often let crooks take over your entire system from even the weediest foothold. Continue reading Patch time! NVIDIA fixes kernel driver holes on Windows and Linux→

Posted in EoP, kernel driver, Security patch, Vulnerability | Tagged NVIDIA

Glupteba – the bot that gets secret messages from the Bitcoin blockchain

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Paul Ducklin

And you thought the Bitcoin blockchain was all about cryptocurrency! Continue reading Glupteba – the bot that gets secret messages from the Bitcoin blockchain→

Posted in Uncategorized

United States wants HTTPS for all government sites, all the time

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Paul Ducklin

Making .GOV domains secure – it’ll take “a few years” yet Continue reading United States wants HTTPS for all government sites, all the time→

Posted in encryption, https, TLS, US government, Web Security

Anatomy of a survey scam – how innocent questions can rip you off

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Paul Ducklin

We take part in a fraudulent survey so you don’t have to. Show your friends and family how these scams unfold. Continue reading Anatomy of a survey scam – how innocent questions can rip you off→

Posted in Fraud, phising, Scam, survey

IBM Maximo Asset Management servers patched against attacks

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Paul Ducklin

As the name suggests, IBM Maximo is typically used by really big companies to track really huge numbers of assets… Continue reading IBM Maximo Asset Management servers patched against attacks→

Posted in Asset Management, Black Oak Asset Management, data leakage, IBM, Maximo

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