10 Dec

AMD secure VM tech undone by DRAM meddling

Researchers have found that the security mechanism AMD uses to protect virtual machine memory can be bypassed with $10 of hardware – and perhaps not

Author rabih
10 Dec

Fully patched Cleo products under renewed ‘zero-day-ish’ mass attack

Researchers at security shop Huntress are seeing mass exploitation of a vulnerability affecting three Cleo file management products, even on patched systems. Cleo issued patches

Author rabih
10 Dec

Heart surgery device maker’s security bypassed, data encrypted and stolen

A manufacturer of devices used in heart surgeries says it’s dealing with “a cybersecurity incident” that bears all the hallmarks of a ransomware attack. Artivion,

Author rabih
10 Dec

How cyber-secure is your business? | Unlocked 403 cybersecurity podcast (ep. 8)

Video, Business Security As cybersecurity is a make-or-break proposition for businesses of all sizes, can your organization’s security strategy keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving

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10 Dec

Bitfinex heist gets the Netflix treatment after ‘cringey couple’ sentenced

A documentary examining the 2016 Bitfinex burglars hits Netflix, bringing the curious case to living rooms for the first time. Biggest Heist Ever covers the

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10 Dec

WhatsApp finally fixes View Once flaw that allowed theft of supposedly vanishing pics

WhatsApp has fixed a problem with its View Once feature, designed to protect people’s privacy with automatically disappearing pictures and videos. View Once was introduced

Author rabih
10 Dec

Police arrest suspect in murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO, with grainy pics the only tech involved

Police in Pennsylvania have arrested a man suspected of killing the CEO of insurer UnitedHealthcare in New York City, thanks to a McDonald’s employee who

Author rabih
09 Dec

China’s Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials’ calls, says White House

Chinese cyberspies recorded “very senior” US political figures’ calls, according to White House security boss Anne Neuberger. Neuberger, America’s deputy national security advisor for cyber

Author rabih
09 Dec

Crooks stole AWS credentials from misconfigured sites then kept them in open S3 bucket

Exclusive A massive online heist targeting AWS customers during which digital crooks abused misconfigurations in public websites and stole source code, thousands of credentials, and

Author rabih
09 Dec

OpenWrt orders router firmware updates after supply chain attack scare

OpenWrt users should upgrade their images to the same version to protect themselves from a possible supply chain attack reported to the open source Wi-Fi

Author rabih
09 Dec

Microsoft dangles $10K for hackers to hijack LLM email service

Microsoft and friends have challenged AI hackers to break a simulated LLM-integrated email client with a prompt injection attack – and the winning teams will

Author rabih
09 Dec

Are pre-owned smartphones safe? How to choose a second-hand phone and avoid security risks

Mobile Security Buying a pre-owned phone doesn’t have to mean compromising your security – take these steps to enjoy the benefits of cutting-edge technology at

Author rabih
09 Dec

Blue Yonder ransomware termites claim credit

Infosec in brief Still smarting over that grocery disruption caused by a ransomware attack on supply chain SaaS vendor Blue Yonder? Well, now you have

Author rabih
08 Dec

How Chinese insiders are stealing data scooped up by President Xi’s national surveillance system

Feature Chinese tech company employees and government workers are siphoning off user data and selling it online – and even high-ranking Chinese Communist Party officials

Author rabih
06 Dec

Micropatchers share 1-instruction fix for NTLM hash leak flaw in Windows 7+

Acros Security claims to have found an unpatched bug in Microsoft Windows 7 and onward that can be exploited to steal users’ OS account credentials.

Author rabih
06 Dec

Facing sale or ban, TikTok tossed under national security bus by appeals court

A US federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to the law that prevents popular apps that collect data on Americans from being controlled by

Author rabih
06 Dec

Salt Typhoon forces FCC’s hand on making telcos secure their networks

The head of America’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to force telecoms operators to tighten network security in the wake of the Salt Typhoon revelations,

Author rabih
06 Dec

Badass Russian techie outsmarts FSB, flees Putinland all while being tracked with spyware

A Russian programmer defied the Federal Security Service (FSB) by publicizing the fact his phone was infected with spyware after being confiscated by authorities. Kirill

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