Attorney General Barr and President Trump are demanding Apple unlock the mass shooter’s iPhone. Apple replies: You can’t break just 1 phone.
Monthly Archives: January 2020
Serious Microsoft crypto vulnerability – patch right now
It’s a big one. Don’t wait around, get your updates right now!
Windows 7 computers will no longer be patched after today
Today’s the day. The balloon goes up. The ship goes down. The patches fall behind. The crooks pull ahead.
Fleeceware is back in Google Play – massive fees for not much at all
The apps itself isn’t malicious – the treachery lies in the payment model.
‘Cable Haunt’ vulnerability exposes 200 million cable modem users
A fortnight in to 2020 and we have the first security flaw to be given its own name: Cable Haunt – complete with eye-catching logo.
Google tests biometric authentication for Android autofill
Google is testing out a feature to make Android’s built-in password manager safer.
Lottery hacker gets 9 months for his £5 cut of the loot
We don’t care how little you made from your crimes, the judge said. We care that you went after an outfit that gives a ton to charities.
Microsoft now reviewing Skype audio in ‘secure’ places (not China)
A former contractor in Beijing: “It sounds a bit crazy now […] that they gave me the URL, a username and password sent over email.”
Powerful GPG collision attack spells the end for SHA-1
New research has heightened an already urgent call to abandon SHA-1, a cryptographic algorithm still used in many popular online services.
Snake alert! This ransomware is not a game…
Looks like the Snake ransomware was created especially for network-wide attacks.