We don’t usually focus on one vulnerability and say, “Do that first.” But this month, we’re willing to make an exception. The Microsoft HTTP stack has a bug that could let attackers straight in with a simple HTTP request…
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Toxin-buying teen finds police waiting for him on the dark web
A 16-year-old boy who attempted to buy a deadly toxin from the deep web to “commit suicide” was charged after finding police waiting for him on the deep web.
Interpol announces successful takedown of “Simda” botnet
Interpol just announced a botnet takedown that has neutralised the operation of the “Simba” malware. For now, anyway. Paul Ducklin takes a look…
Hot Lotto security director suspected of tinkering with computer to win $14.3m
What’s luckier than a four-leaf clover? Maybe a rootkit on a handy thumb drive, with access to security cameras that can be tampered with. 
New algorithm could auto-squash trolls
Researchers have come up with a tool that spots troll behaviour and low readability 80% of the time. That’s 20% “oops.” Worth it?
TLS certificate blunder revisited – whither China Internet Network Information Center?
Just under three weeks ago, we wrote about a TLS certificate blunder by a Root Certificate Authority called CNNIC. We thought we’d revisit that story today to see how the Big Four browser makers responded to the lapse…
Teen charged after using teacher’s admin password to access school computer
He’s been charged with trespassing on his school’s computer system after snooping away an administrative password and swapping a teacher’s desktop wallpaper with an image of two men kissing. 
Is DARPA’s Memex search engine a Google-killer?
The web is getting deeper and darker, and starting this Friday, Memex will begin to give everyone a chance to lift the veil a little.
Season 5 Game of Thrones episodes leaked online
HBO says that preview copies of Game of Thrones have somehow been breached. They’d already been copied at least 1 million times before Sunday’s airing of the new season’s first episode. 
We TOLD you not to use WPS on your Wi-Fi router! We TOLD you not to knit your own crypto!
Belkin is the latest router vendor to be found relying on “non-secret secrets.” Paul Ducklin looks at the router equivalent of locking the key to the company safe in the top drawer of your desk…