18 Aug

China orders annual security reviews for all critical information infrastructure operators

China’s government has introduced rules for protection of critical information infrastructure. An announcement by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said that cyber attacks are

Author rabih
17 Aug

Apple says its CSAM scan code can be verified by researchers. Corellium starts throwing out dollar bills

Last week, Apple essentially invited security researchers to probe its forthcoming technology that’s supposed to help thwart the spread of known child sexual abuse material

Author rabih
17 Aug

If you haven’t updated your ThroughTek DVR since 2018 do so now, warns Mandiant as critical vuln surfaces

A critical vulnerability affecting tens of millions of digital video recorders powering baby monitors and CCTV systems across the world has been uncovered by Mandiant,

Author rabih
17 Aug

The cloud changes the game for cybersecurity incident response – here’s how to master the new rules

Promo On the face of it, the cloud fundamentally changes how security teams investigate and remediate incidents. The complacent might think that the cloud providers,

Author rabih
17 Aug

British defence supplier Ultra Electronics to be sold for £2.6bn to US-controlled firm

British defence tech specialist Ultra Electronics has been bought for £2.6bn by a US private equity firm, through a wholly owned UK subsidiary that was

Author rabih
17 Aug

Dumpster diving is a filthy business

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure – here’s why you should think twice about what you toss in the recycling bin Are you a

Author rabih
17 Aug

Pakistan’s tax office services go dark after migration project goes awry

Google and Facebook will together build an underwater cable system to provide internet access to island nations stretching in an arc from Indonesia to Japan.

Author rabih
16 Aug

Remote code execution flaws lurk in countless routers, IoT gear, cameras using Realtek Wi-Fi module SDKs

Taiwanese chip designer Realtek has warned of four vulnerabilities in three SDKs accompanying its Wi-Fi modules, which are used in almost 200 products made by

Author rabih
16 Aug

T-Mobile US probes claims of 100m stolen customer records up for sale on dark web

In brief T-Mobile US is investigating claims that highly sensitive personal data of 100 million customers has been stolen and peddled via the dark web.

Author rabih
16 Aug

Back-to-School: Privacy Worries in a Remote Learning World

As the new school year gets underway, many students will be returning to the classroom in-person, while others will opt to continue hybrid or remote

Author rabih
16 Aug

Back-to-School: Privacy Worries in a Remote Learning World

As the new school year gets underway, many students will be returning to the classroom in-person, while others will opt to continue hybrid or remote

Author rabih
16 Aug

Dallas cops lost 8TB of criminal case data during bungled migration, says the DA… four months later

A bungled data migration of a network drive caused the deletion of 22 terabytes of information from a US police force’s systems – including case

Author rabih
16 Aug

Apple’s iPhone computer vision has the potential to preserve privacy but also break it completely

Opinion For a company built around helping people communicate, Apple sure has problems talking to folk. It pole-vaulted itself feet first into the minefield of

Author rabih
14 Aug

I was offered $500k as a thank-you bounty for pilfering $600m from Poly Network, says crypto-thief

The mysterious miscreant who exploited a software vulnerability in Poly Network to drain $600m in crypto-assets, claims the Chinese blockchain company offered them $500,000 as

Author rabih
13 Aug

6 Tips for a Safer and Easier Telemedicine Visit

We’ve all been there. It’s the middle of the night and you wake up to a sad and sniffly kiddo shuffling into your room. Yup,

Author rabih
13 Aug

Fancy joining the SAS’s secret hacker squad in Hereford as an electronics engineer for £33k?

A job ad blunder by the UK’s Ministry of Defence has accidentally revealed the existence of a secret SAS mobile hacker squad. The secretive Computer

Author rabih
13 Aug

Before I agree to let your app track me everywhere, I want something ‘special’ in return (winks)…

Something for the Weekend, Sir? “This website is requesting permission to access your location. Yes/No?” Absolutely not. My personal details are sacred! I learnt this

Author rabih
13 Aug

United Nations calls for moratorium on sale of surveillance tech like NSO Group’s Pegasus

The United Nations has called for a moratorium on the sale of “life threatening” surveillance technology and singled out the NSO Group and Israel for

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