There are 11 security flaws affecting VxWorks: “the most widely used operating system you may never have heard about”.
Monthly Archives: July 2019
iMessage bug could have allowed attackers to read data from any iPhone
Google’s Project Zero has unveiled details of a bug in Apple’s iMessage that lets attackers read data from an iPhone without any user interaction.
Georgia hit with malware yet again
The Department of Public Safety says it won’t pay, but given the umpteen times the state’s agencies have been hit, somebody’s not listening.
Cyberattacks on connected cars could gridlock entire cities
It would require taking over and stranding 20% of a city’s cars to freeze traffic, and only 10% to impede ambulances, physicists calculate.
Capital One breach – 100 million users’ data stolen
Global financial services company Capital One has just announced a massive data breach.
Hackers target Telegram accounts through voicemail backdoor
As politicians should know by now, secure messaging apps such as Telegram can quickly become a double-edged sword.
Listening in: Humans hear the private info Siri accidentally records
Apple Watch and HomePod have the highest rate of inadvertent recordings, a whistleblower says.
US chases fraudulent bitcoin exchange BTC-e for $100m
Two years ago, the US government fined an international cybercriminal and his fraudulent bitcoin exchange over $100m. Now, it’s going after them for the money.
Post-Equifax settlement, NY updates data breach notification laws
Equifax is fined $675 million, while New York data breach notification law now covers biometrics, passwords, and more.
NAS vendors hit by brute force ransomware attacks
Cybercriminals are targeting numerous Network Attached Storage vendors with a new wave of ransomware.