A battle rages between manufacturers and users over who can repair a product, with tech companies using security concerns as a weapon.
Tag Archives: Security threats
Is a sticky label the answer to the IoT’s security problems?
How can IoT security be improved? The UK Government just published new details of its surprising and unfashionable answer.
Extortionists leak data of huge firms after IT provider refuses to pay
The data was published after “Boris Bullet-Dodger” failed to get Citycomp to cough up.
US Government halves deadline for applying critical patches to 15 days
US federal agencies must fix their security bugs twice as quickly under new rules issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Keeping your data safe when traveling
Our data is especially vulnerable when we ourselves are too: at border crossings and when in unfamiliar environments.
Millions of consumer smart devices exposed by serious security flaw
This IoT software flaw could render millions of consumer devices, including baby monitors and webcams, open to remote discovery and hijack.
Mystery database exposes data on 80 million US households
Put on your detective hat – the researchers who found it say it’s full of people’s data, but not who it belongs to.
Crooks using hacked Microsoft email accounts to steal cryptocurrency
Hacked Microsoft email accounts are being used by criminals to compromise victims’ cryptocurrency exchange accounts and empty their funds.
Android users: watch out for this fake address bar trick
When is an address bar not an address bar? When it’s a fake.
Docker breach of 190,000 users exposes lack of two-factor authentication
The containerisation platform has asked 190k users to change their passwords after hackers gained access to a database of personal data.