This month’s Update Tuesday includes fixes for 50 high-impact vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows.
Monthly Archives: June 2018
Trial of two men accused of $20m hacked press release fraud begins
This is reportedly the first time criminal charges have been brought for a securities fraud scheme involving hacked inside information.
Google locks out extensions that don’t come from its Chrome Web Store
Time’s up for Chrome extensions from third-party sites.
Tech pioneers: new copyright law a step towards an internet of surveillance and control
European copyright directive would be a step towards making the internet “a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users”
FBI arrests 74 in global Business Email Compromise takedown
After years of laughing in the face of victims BEC scammers have taken one on the chin.
MP gets 600 rape threats in a night, wants an end to online anonymity
As a female MP Jess Phillips faces threats of violence and aggression every day.
Serious Security: How three minor bugs make one major exploit
In this story, three webcam bugs that weren’t critical one-by-one could be combined into an exploit giving total device takeover.
6 million cards compromised in Dixons Carphone beach – act now!
Dixons Carphone has revealed what it’s calling an “attempt to compromise 5.9 million [payment] cards”.
Bitcoin value tumbles as hackers loot CoinRail cryptocurrency exchange
Another Bitcoin robbery and another Bitcoin price fall – is correlation or causation?
The Google Pixelbook power button is now a 2FA token
The Pixelbook’s power button is a 2FA token, which is great, and almost nobody noticed, which isn’t.
