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Monthly Archives: October 2019
Vulnerability in content distribution networks found by researchers
Researchers have found a flaw that could lead to denial of service attacks on content distribution networks around the world.
Robot Hotel says sorry about the buggy bedside bots
Japan’s Henn na Hotel says it’s “modified” the bots so pervs can’t exploit the ability to run unsigned code and spy on future guests.
IBM tears into Google’s ‘quantum supremacy’ claim
Is ‘quantum supremacy’ the moment that the rarefied world of quantum computing finally enters popular consciousness? Probably not.
Stalker app maker Retina-X settles FTC charges
It’s the first time we’ve gone after a stalking app, the FTC said. In this case, that would be a stalking app that got breached – twice.
Alexa and Google Home phishing apps demonstrated by researchers
The researchers’ “Smart Spies” apps showed how Amazon Alexa and Google Home users could be exposed to vishing and eavesdropping.
Hacker breached servers used by NordVPN
NordVPN has been forced to admit that a hacker stole an expired TLS certificate key used to securely connect customers to its web servers.
Facebook pulls fake news networks linked to Russia and Iran
It took down four foreign interference campaigns and announced initiatives to prevent foreign interference in US elections.
Travel database exposed PII on US government employees
A property management company owned by hotel chain Best Western has exposed 179 GB of sensitive travel information on thousands of travelers.
US nuclear weapons command finally ditches 8-inch floppies
The disks are part of the command centres that run the country’s nuclear missile deterrent on behalf of SACCS.