Windows 10 is on track to be the most popular Microsoft OS but some security professionals aren’t happy.
Monthly Archives: August 2018
Man arrested for blackmailing women with porn fakes
Police have arrested a man for blackmailing women through Facebook using digitally manipulated images of them.
‘Unhackable’ Bitfi hardware rooted within a week
Getting root access and patching firmware doesn’t count as successful hacking, apparently.
Guilty! Court sinks children’s hospital attacker found stranded on a boat
Martin Gottesfeld set off DDoS attacks against hospitals in #opJustina, fled the country in a boat, and had to be rescued by a Disney ship.
Routers turned into zombie cryptojackers – is yours one of them?
A patch was turned into an exploit and the exploit was turned into… why, CRYPTOCOINS, of course! Fortunately, there’s an easy fix.
Alleged “high-ranking” members of the Fin7 cybercrime group arrested
The DOJ says it’s arrested three members of the highly professional Fin7 group.
How safe is your DNA data?
A group of DNA collection and genealogy websites have agreed on new guidelines for handling sensitive genetic and family data.
Amnesty International spearphished with government spyware
Pegasus spyware is supposed to be used solely by governments, to enable them to invisibly track criminals and terrorists
Reddit’s serious “security incident” – what you need to know
Reddit suffered a serious “security incident” in mid-June. This is what we know, and what you can do.
How to defend yourself against SamSam ransomware
Drawing on new research we look at how best to defend your organisation against SamSam.