Software Security Hackers are exploiting Windows loophole to load malicious drivers Microsoft has blocked the offending drivers, but the loophole remains By Adrian Potoroaca, July 13, 2023, 4:26 PM
Microsoft Security Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday addresses 6 actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities The update addresses 132 vulnerabilities overall By Kishalaya Kundu, July 13, 2023, 7:35 AM
Security Tech Culture Ad for a cheap BMW was used as Trojan horse in Russian cyberattack on Ukrainian diplomats Beware of ads for inexpensive German cars By Rob Thubron, July 12, 2023, 10:27 AM
Security Tech Culture France's Orwellian move: new law allows police surveillance through device cameras, mics, and GPS Mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-quatre? By Rob Thubron, July 7, 2023, 6:49 AM
Security Critical security vulnerabilities expose SolarView monitoring system on the open Internet Industrial control systems should not be on the Internet By Alfonso Maruccia, July 6, 2023, 1:48 PM
Security Ransomware attack cripples Japan's largest port, threatens trade The port's terminal system went NUTS for hours, and Toyota stopped shipping cars By Alfonso Maruccia, July 6, 2023, 8:47 AM
Security Facial recognition will be standard in all US airports within 10 years Biometric mass surveillance can be opted out - for now, anyway By Alfonso Maruccia, July 5, 2023, 12:58 PM 14 comments
Security VMware collaborates with AMD, Samsung, and RISC-V community for confidential computing standards Client and server components can work with x86, Arm and RISC-V architectures By Alfonso Maruccia, July 3, 2023, 10:03 AM
Security The Web Cybercriminals are circumventing email security with image-based scams Malicious emails contain no HTML text, are pulling off phishing through QR codes By Daniel Sims, July 1, 2023, 11:12 AM
Security Buffer overflow-type memory bugs remain the most dangerous vulnerabilities out there Everyone likes to write outside proper memory addresses, the US government says By Alfonso Maruccia, June 30, 2023, 1:06 PM
Microsoft Security Windows 11 preview adds biometric logins for apps and websites Windows 11 enables FIDO passkeys for passwordless authentication By Daniel Sims, June 29, 2023, 7:37 AM
Security Mobile Spy app LetMeSpy gets spied on: hackers leak user data going back years Define irony By Rob Thubron, June 29, 2023, 5:20 AM
Security The Web US company Telesign violated EU's GDPR by profiling millions of mobile users worldwide A seemingly unlawful business model exploiting mobile interconnection services By Alfonso Maruccia, June 26, 2023, 12:34 PM
Security Space Hack-A-Sat 4 contest will let white hat hackers toy with a satellite in space For 50 years, we thought that satellites were hack-proof. It's not the case anymore By Alfonso Maruccia, June 26, 2023, 6:55 AM
Security Apple Apple fixes critical zero-day vulnerabilities in iOS, macOS and watchOS The bugs were being actively exploited in the wild By Kishalaya Kundu, June 23, 2023, 8:10 AM
Tech Culture Security US urges global coalition against China's tech cybertheft "playbook" China's IP theft is helping it race ahead in AI and cloud technologies By Rob Thubron, June 23, 2023, 5:18 AM 16 comments
Security Condi is a new botnet-for-hire with a business plan The botnet infects TP-Link routers, then sells its services and source code to partners in crime By Alfonso Maruccia, June 21, 2023, 11:56 AM
Security Hardware Critical security flaw discovered in Zyxel NAS devices, patches are already available No mitigations or temporary remediations this time. Just a firmware update you have to install ASAP By Alfonso Maruccia, June 21, 2023, 7:36 AM
Security Electronics Update your firmware immediately if you own one of these 19 Asus routers Vulnerabilities could enable remote code execution and denial of service attacks By Daniel Sims, June 20, 2023, 7:27 PM 10 comments
Security The Web The US government is offering $10 million for tips about Cl0p ransomware "Do you know anything about this ransomware threat, fellow cybercriminals?" By Alfonso Maruccia, June 19, 2023, 8:15 AM
Industry Security EU commissioner wants all member states to ban Huawei and ZTE's 5G equipment The EU is concerned about spying by the Chinese communist regime By Kishalaya Kundu, June 19, 2023, 7:37 AM
Software Security Vulnerabilities result in millions of compromised users of popular managed file transfer software Affected parties range from individual and corporate users to federal, state, and local government systems By Jimmy Pezzone, June 17, 2023, 10:34 AM
Software Security Thousands left vulnerable after severe weakness is discovered in home security system's mobile app The bug was quickly fixed but calls into question the security of smart home mobile apps By Matt Frusher, June 16, 2023, 3:31 PM
Hardware Security Security experts bypass BIOS-locked laptop using just a screwdriver There are some caveats, however By Matt Frusher, June 15, 2023, 2:23 PM 8 comments
Security International coalition issues security advisory against LockBit ransomware One of the most prolific security threats is enjoying its "pax mafiosa" with the Kremlin By Alfonso Maruccia, June 15, 2023, 9:35 AM