24 Jan

Hive View security camera customers left in the dark as some gear goes TITSUP*

Customers of Centrica-owned Hive are reporting problems with their cameras, with many complaining the devices have packed up, some after a few years of operation

Author rabih
24 Jan

Differential Privacy: Future Work & Open Challenges

Credit: metamorworks/shutterstock.com In this series of blog posts, we have tried to give an accessible overview of the state-of-the-art in differential privacy. In this final

Author rabih
24 Jan

Myanmar’s military junta seeks ban on VPNs and digital currency

Myanmar’s military junta has floated a cyber security law that would ban the use of virtual private networks, under penalty of imprisonment and/or fines, leaving

Author rabih
24 Jan

Australian Prime Minister’s WeChat Shanghaied by Chinese patriots

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s WeChat account has been taken over by entities that have rebranded it “Australian Chinese new life” and used the account

Author rabih
21 Jan

Apple preps fix for Safari’s web-history-leaking IndexedDB privacy bug

Apple is preparing to repair a bug in its WebKit browser engineer that has been leaking data from its Safari 15 browser at least since

Author rabih
21 Jan

Arm rages against the insecure chip machine with new Morello architecture

Arm has made available for testing prototypes of its Morello architecture, aimed at bringing features into the design of CPUs that provide greater robustness and

Author rabih
21 Jan

Why should I pay for that security option? Hijacking only happens to planes

On Call Friday is here. We’d suggest an adult beverage or two to celebrate, but only if you BYOB. While you fill your suitcase, may

Author rabih
21 Jan

UK, Australia, to build ‘network of liberty that will deter cyber attacks before they happen’

The United Kingdom and Australia have signed a Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership that will, among other things, transport criminals to a harsh penal regime

Author rabih
21 Jan

Japan’s Supreme Court rules cryptojacking scripts are not malware

A man found guilty of using the Coinhive cryptojacking script to mine Monero on users’ PCs while they browsed the web has been cleared by

Author rabih
21 Jan

Russia’s Putin out the idea of a broad cryptocurrency ban

Russia has floated the prospect of Putin a ban on cryptocurrencies. The Bank of Russia, the nation’s central bank, yesterday published a Consultation Paper [PDF]

Author rabih
20 Jan

Crypto.com now says someone tried to drain $34m from hundreds of accounts

Crypto.com on Thursday said in a roundabout way that an unidentified person stole or attempted to steal as much as $34m in cryptocurrency from customer

Author rabih
20 Jan

For those worried about Microsoft’s Pluton TPM chip: Lenovo won’t even switch it on by default in latest ThinkPads

PCs coming out this year with Microsoft’s integrated Pluton security chip won’t be locked down to Windows 11, and users will have the option to

Author rabih
20 Jan

You’re not a fan of Microsoft’s Pluton TPM chip? Lenovo won’t switch it on by default

PCs coming out this year with Microsoft’s integrated Pluton security chip won’t be locked down to Windows 11, and users will have the option to

Author rabih
20 Jan

Want to use Microsoft’s Pluton chip? Up to you say PC makers, but it’s opt-in for now

PCs coming this year with Microsoft’s integrated Pluton security chip won’t be locked down to Windows 11, and users will have the option to install

Author rabih
20 Jan

Not everyone’s wild about Microsoft’s Pluton security chip: PC makers turn it off

PCs coming this year with Microsoft’s integrated Pluton security chip won’t be locked down to Windows 11, and users will have the option to install

Author rabih
20 Jan

Cyberbullying: Words do Hurt When it Comes to Social Media

Most parents may find it difficult to relate to today’s form of cyberbullying. That’s because, for many of us, bullying might have come in a

Author rabih
20 Jan

UK mulls making MSPs subject to mandatory security standards where they provide critical infrastructure

Small and medium-sized managed service providers (MSPs) could find themselves subject to the Network and Information Systems Regulations under government plans to tighten cybersecurity laws

Author rabih
20 Jan

Privacy is for paedophiles, UK government seems to be saying while spending £500k demonising online chat encryption

Opinion The British government’s PR campaign to destroy popular support for end-to-end encryption on messaging platforms has kicked off, under the handle “No Place To

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