Google recalls Titan Bluetooth keys after finding security flaw

Google had egg on its face this week after it had to recall some of its Titan hardware security keys for being insecure. Continue reading Google recalls Titan Bluetooth keys after finding security flaw

Update your iOS devices now against the FaceTime eavesdropping bug

Last week a bug became such big news that it broke out of the technology press, and into the mainstream media – generating headlines around the globe. The reason? A bizarre bug had been discovered in the way iPhones and iPads handled Group FaceTi… Continue reading Update your iOS devices now against the FaceTime eavesdropping bug

Angry ex-employee blamed for hack of WordPress plugin developer, and email to customers warning of security hole

This weekend, users of the popular WordPress translation plugin WPML (also known as WordPress MultiLingual) received an email from a hacker claiming to expose serious security vulnerabilities in the software that allegedly put the customers’ own … Continue reading Angry ex-employee blamed for hack of WordPress plugin developer, and email to customers warning of security hole

Moving Beyond Meltdown and Spectre in Threat Detection

When it comes to security flaws, Microsoft is in the bounty-hunting game. It will send a check of up to $250,000 to developers who can find a bugs similar to the Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws that got exposed earlier this year. Any takers? Maybe it’s… Continue reading Moving Beyond Meltdown and Spectre in Threat Detection

Patch released to fix Firefox arbitrary code execution vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox released an update to patch its open-source web browser after developer Johann Hofmann detected a critical HTML flaw that could allow hackers to exploit the browser remotely. The vulnerability only affected the desktop version of Firefo… Continue reading Patch released to fix Firefox arbitrary code execution vulnerability