Monday review – the hot 19 stories of the week
From a massive WordPress botnot to the Dark Web goldmine busted by Europol, and everything in between. It’s time for your weekly roundup. Continue reading Monday review – the hot 19 stories of the week
Category Archives: computer security
Monday review – the hot 21 stories of the week
From UPnP router attacks to the Kubernetes cloud computing bug, and everything in between. It’s time for your weekly roundup. Continue reading Monday review – the hot 21 stories of the week
Monday review – the hot 21 stories of the week
From Black Mirror-esque social ratings IRL to the guy who had his car stolen by hackers – twice, and everything in between. It’s weekly roundup time. Continue reading Monday review – the hot 21 stories of the week
Monday review – the hot 18 stories of the week
Get yourself up to date with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time. Continue reading Monday review – the hot 18 stories of the week
Monday review – the hot 23 stories of the week
From the Microsoft mistake that left users fuming to the botnet that’s pwned 100,000 routers, and everything in between. Catch up with all the stories from the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time. Continue reading Monday review – the hot 23 stories of the week
Monday review – the hot 21 stories of the week
From the ‘Martinelli’ WhatsApp hoax to Facebook wanting to give your name to the weirdo next to you, and everything in between. Catch up with this and everything we wrote in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time! Continue reading Monday review – the hot 21 stories of the week
Monday review – the hot 22 stories of the week
Passcodes are protected by the Fifth Amendment, browsers are being made to cough up browsing history, and an exploit in Microsoft Word. Catch up with this and everything we wrote in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time! Continue reading Monday review – the hot 22 stories of the week
When Good Software Goes Bad: Malware In Open Source
Open Source software is always trustworthy, right? [Bertus] broke a story about a malicious Python package called “Colourama”. When used, it secretly installs a VBscript that watches the system clipboard for a Bitcoin address, and replaces that address with a hardcoded one. Essentially this plugin attempts to redirects Bitcoin payments to whoever wrote the “colourama” library.
Why would anyone install this thing? There is a legitimate package named “Colorama” that takes ANSI color commands, and translates them to the Windows terminal. It’s a fairly popular library, but more importantly, the name contains a word with multiple spellings. If you ask …read more
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Monday review – the hot 22 stories of the week
From a popular WordPress plugin harbouring a zero-day to punishments for phone-slowing Apple and Samsung, and all the stories in between. Catch up with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time. Continue reading Monday review – the hot 22 stories of the week
Monday review – the hot 20 stories of the week
From a serious libssh bug to the sextortionists that spoof your email address, and all the stories in between. Catch up with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time. Continue reading Monday review – the hot 20 stories of the week