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.
Tag Archives: Security threats
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.
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.
Hackers use system weakness to rattle doors on Citrix systems
Attackers are using a serious bug in Citrix products to scan the internet for weaknesses, according to experts.
Ransomware pounces on California schools, Las Vegas trounces attack
We’ll have one serving of whatever Las Vegas is eating and wish Pittsburg Unified School District good luck with getting unstuck.
Google’s Project Zero highlights patch quality with policy tweak
Google’s Project Zero bug-hunting team has tweaked its 90-day responsible disclosure policy to help improve the quality and adoption of vendor patches.
REvil ransomware exploiting VPN flaws made public last April
Researchers report flaws, vendors issue patches, organisations apply them – and everyone lives happily ever after. Right? Wrong!
US warns of Iranian cyber threat
The DHS has issued three warnings in the last few days encouraging people to be on alert for physical and cyber attacks from Iran.
Google suspends Xiaomi from Home Hub over camera privacy glitch
A user reported to Google that he was seeing images from other people’s devices.
‘Maze’ ransomware threatens data exposure unless $6m ransom paid
US cable and wire manufacturer, Southwire, last week filed a civil suit against Maze’s mysterious makers in Georgia Federal court.