02 Feb

Remote code execution vulnerability in Samba due to macOS interop module

Six months after LibreOffice 7.2, version 7.3 is out with faster and more accurate file importing and rendering for improved compatibility with Microsoft Office. The

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02 Feb

UK think tank proposes Online Safety Bill reviewer to keep tabs on Ofcom decisions

Even think tanks with close links to the UK’s Conservative government are now criticising the Online Safety Bill, with the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)

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02 Feb

Shoulder surfing: Watch out for eagle‑eyed snoopers peeking at your phone

Some fraudsters may use low-tech tactics to steal your sensitive information – peering over your shoulder as you enter that data is one of them

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02 Feb

DMCA-dot-com XSS vuln reported in 2020 still live today and firm has shrugged it off

There is a live cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in takedowns website DMCA-dot-com’s user interface. It’s existed for more than a year and the site’s operators

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02 Feb

What are real organisations doing with zero trust?

Reg Reader Survey Like many concepts in cyber-security, Zero Trust (hereafter “ZT”) has come to prominence recently. The concept is reckoned to have first been

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01 Feb

Ransomware means your database IS the front line. How are you defending it?

Webinar Databases are often thought of as, well, part of the back office of any organization. Yet just consider what would happen to a modern

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01 Feb

Cyberattacker hits German service station petrol terminal provider

Two companies owned by Hamburg-based company fuel group Marquard & Bahls are battling cyberattackers, with loading and unloading systems at the German arm of petrol

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01 Feb

Russia’s naval exercise near Ireland unlikely to involve cable-tapping shenanigans

A Russian naval exercise in the Atlantic, near several submarine cables between Britain, France and the US, is more likely to be sabre-rattling than an

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31 Jan

Crypto outfit Qubit appeals to the honour of thieves who lifted $80M of its digi-dollars

Another week, another crypto upstart admitting its lax security has been exploited and parties unknown have made off with millions. But this time there’s a

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28 Jan

It’s Data Privacy Day: Here’s How to Stay Protected in 2022

When you logged on to your computer this morning, data privacy probably wasn’t the first thing you were thinking about. The same goes for when

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28 Jan

Internet Society condemns UK’s Online Safety Bill for demonising encryption using ‘think of the children’ tactic

Britain’s controversial Online Safety Bill will leave Britons more exposed to internet harms than ever before, the Internet Society has said, while data from other

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28 Jan

Help Celebrate Data Privacy Week & NIST Privacy Framework’s 2nd Birthday!

Credit: Shutterstock/Rawpixel.com Today’s blog celebrates Data Privacy Week, an international awareness initiative led by the National Cyber Security Alliance to help spread awareness about online

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28 Jan

Silk could tie up all-but-unbreakable encryption, say South Korean boffins

Silk could become a means of authentication and unbreakable encryption, according to South Korean boffins. Silk can take on this role, as explained in Nature

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28 Jan

Intel fails to get Spectre, Meltdown chip flaw class-action super-suit tossed out

Intel will have to defend itself against claims that the semiconductor goliath knew its microprocessors were defective and failed to tell customers. On Wednesday, Judge

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27 Jan

US DoD staffer with top-secret clearance stole identities from work systems to apply for loans

In brief A US Department of Defense staffer with top-secret clearance stole the identities of dozens of people from a work SharePoint system to apply

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27 Jan

US DoD staffer with top-secret clearance stole identities from work SharePoint system to apply for $250k in loans

In brief A US Department of Defense staffer with top-secret clearance stole the identities of dozens of people from a work IT system to fraudulently

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27 Jan

Targeted ransomware takes aim at QNAP NAS drives, warns vendor: Get your updates done pronto

QNAP has urged NAS users to act “immediately” to install its latest updates and enable security protections after warning that product-specific ransomware called Deadbolt is

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27 Jan

Court papers indicate text messages from HMRC’s 60886 number could snoop on Brit taxpayers’ locations

Exclusive Britain’s tax collection agency asked a contractor to use the SS7 mobile phone signalling protocol that would make available location data of alleged tax

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