09 Sep

Microsoft fixes flaw that could leak data between users of Azure container services

Microsoft today revealed it fixed a vulnerability in its Azure Container Instances services that could have been exploited by a malicious user “to access other

Author rabih
08 Sep

New Zealand DDoS wave targets banks, post offices, weather forecasters and more

Banks and post offices in New Zealand have been hit by a cyber offensive, according to reports, consisting of sustained DDoS attacks against a number

Author rabih
08 Sep

Proton welcomes Sir Tim Berners-Lee to its advisory board – as ProtonMail suffers a privacy backlash

Privacy-centric communications specialist Proton, best known for its ProtonMail encrypted email platform, has announced the appointment of web daddy Sir Tim Berners-Lee to its advisory

Author rabih
08 Sep

Stay on top of your online security with our Protection Score

How protected am I online?  Customers often ask us some version of this question. It’s a good question and in the past, there was no direct answer – only recommendations. For instance,

Author rabih
08 Sep

3 years, 17 alphas, 2 betas, and over 7,500 commits later, OpenSSL version 3 is here

The OpenSSL team has released version 3.0 of its eponymous secure communications library after a lengthy gestation period. Coming nearly three years after its predecessor,

Author rabih
08 Sep

Executive Spotlight: Q&A with Chief Public Policy Officer, Tom Gann

I’m back at it again with another round of our executive blog series. This week I had the privilege to speak with Tom Gann, our

Author rabih
08 Sep

UK.gov is launching an anti-Facebook encryption push. Don’t think of the children: Think of the nuances and edge cases instead

Opinion The British government is preparing to launch a full-scale policy assault against Facebook as the company gears up to introduce end-to-end encryption across all

Author rabih
08 Sep

AT&T Alien Labs warns of ‘zero or low detection’ for TeamTNT’s latest malware bundle

AT&T’s Alien Labs security division has sounded the alarm on a malware campaign from TeamTNT which, it claims, has gone almost entirely undetected by anti-virus

Author rabih
08 Sep

Global pandemic was good for business, say UK infosec pros – but we’re still burning out

The COVID-19 pandemic was good for business, according to British infosec workers – although half of them still say they feel burnt out amid the

Author rabih
08 Sep

Patch now? Why enterprise exploits are still partying like it’s 1999

Some vulnerabilities remain unreported for the longest time. The 12-year-old Dell SupportAssist remote code execution (RCE) flaw – which was finally unearthed earlier this year

Author rabih
08 Sep

Ransomware attacks are inevitable. Paying the ransom isn’t

Sponsored Ransomware attacks have accelerated at a feverish pace in the last year leaving small businesses, large enterprises, and government agencies scrambling to protect the

Author rabih
07 Sep

Miscreants fling booby-trapped Office files at victims, no patch yet, says Microsoft

In an advisory issued on Tuesday, Microsoft said some of its users were targeted by poisoned Office documents that exploit an unpatched flaw to hijack

Author rabih
07 Sep

Can WhatsApp moderators really read your encrypted texts? Yes … if you forward them to the abuse dept

Facebook’s WhatsApp states its messages are protected by the Signal encryption protocol. A report published today by investigative non-profit ProPublica contends that WhatsApp communication is

Author rabih
07 Sep

Remote Browser Isolation: The Next Great Security Technology is Finally Attainable

Security professionals and technologists old enough to remember renting movies at Blockbuster on Friday nights likely also remember a time when the internet was a

Author rabih
07 Sep

British data watchdog brings cookies to G7 meeting – pop-up consent requests, not the delicious baked treats

Cookies are on the menu today for the G7 as the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) proposes to the group of leading global economies that

Author rabih
07 Sep

UK data watchdog brings cookies to G7 meeting – pop-up consent requests, not the delicious baked treats

Cookies are on the menu today for the G7 as the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) proposes to the group of leading global economies that

Author rabih
07 Sep

ProtonMail deletes ‘we don’t log your IP’ boast from website after French climate activist reportedly arrested

Encrypted email service ProtonMail has become embroiled in a minor scandal after responding to a legal request to hand over a user’s IP address and

Author rabih
07 Sep

Guntrader breach perp: I don’t think it’s a crime to dump 111k people’s details online in Google Earth format

The person who reformatted the Guntrader hack data as a Google Earth-compatible CSV has said they are prepared to go to prison – while denying

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