Kubernetes, a tool that powers much modern native cloud infrastructure, just got its first big security bug – and it’s a mammoth one.
Tag Archives: Security threats
Zoom patches serious video conferencing bug
Zoom moved to patch a bug in its service this week that enabled people to hijack customer video conferences.
Router attack exploits UPnP and NSA malware to target PCs
The UPnProxy router compromise uncovered earlier in 2018 is now being used to attack computers on networks connected to the same gateways.
Microsoft cracks down on tech support scams, 16 call centers raided
Police raided 16 Indian call centers last week – a second big raid sparked by Microsoft filing complaints about tech support scammers.
Faster fuzzing ferrets out 42 fresh zero-day flaws
A group of researchers has found 42 zero-day flaws in a range of software tools using a new take on an old concept – fuzzing.
Huge Marriott breach puts 500 million victims at risk
The Marriott hotel empire’s Starwood guest reservation database has been subject to unauthorised access since 2014.
57m Americans’ details leaked online by another misconfigured server
Misconfigured Elasticsearch servers spilled personal details on 57 million Americans, said reports this week.
JavaScript library used for sneak attack on Copay Bitcoin wallet
A mystery payload sneaked into a hugely popular JavaScript library was part of a plot to ransack Bitcoins from BitPay’s Copay mobile cryptocoin wallet, it has been alleged.
Microsoft patches Patch Tuesday’s Outlook 2010 problem patch
Just weeks after issuing a Windows 10 patch of doom that started deleting users’ precious files, Microsoft ‘fixed’ Outlook 2010 with a November Patch Tuesday update that promptly borked it.
Spectre mitigation guts Linux 4.20 performance
One of Intel’s fixes for the Spectre variant 2 chip flaw appears to have taken a big bite out of the performance of the latest Linux kernel.