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Monthly Archives: October 2019
Much-attacked Baltimore uses ‘mind-bogglingly’ bad data storage
IT workers have been storing files on their computers’ hard drives. One councilman’s alleged response: “That can’t be right? That’s real?”
S2 Ep 13: Weird Android zero day and other tech fails – Naked Security podcast
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Pen testers find mystery black box connected to ship’s engines
It had an Ethernet connection to the ship LAN but was also connected to a Windows console on the bridge which was so bright at night the crew had covered it up. The assumption had been that it was meant to be there.
Robotic hand solves Rubik’s Cube by learning how to learn about it
The system figured out how to overcome little hurdles, like being nudged by a stuffed giraffe when trying to do important robot work.
Hackers hack card details from BriansClub carding site
They stole 26 million credit cards from the massive black market site, and now financial institutions are ensuring the cards can’t be abused.
Adobe fixes 46 critical bugs in patchfest
Adobe patched a total of 82 vulnerabilities across a range of products on Tuesday, including 46 critical bugs.
Food writer Jack Monroe loses at least £5,000 in SIM-swap fraud
Her accounts were drained in spite of using 2FA, showing that SIM swaps can still circumvent what’s a good security tool.
Pitney Bowes and Groupe M6 join ransomware’s victim list
Two more large organisations find themselves struggling after a ransomware attack…
Microsoft lets Xbox users censor what messages they see
Xbox gamers: fed up with seeing profanity in messages from other gamers? Microsoft has you covered.