Security Tech Culture Multiple security flaws emerge in Australian digital driver's licenses Possibly less secure than physical ID cards By Daniel Sims , May 25, 2022, 6:55 AM 8 comments
Tech Culture Security DC Attorney General sues Mark Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica scandal "Misleading consumers, exposing their data, and violating the law come with consequences" By Rob Thubron , May 24, 2022, 8:22 AM 11 comments
Hardware Security Kingston IronKey external SSD features a color touchscreen, built-in protection against brute-force attacks Hardware-encrypted IronKey Vault Privacy 80 is Kingston's first OS-independent external SSD By Humza Aamir , May 24, 2022, 7:45 AM
Hardware Security Deadbolt ransomware attacks QNAP NAS users yet again QNAP suggests updating firmware and taking devices offline By Daniel Sims , May 20, 2022, 9:05 AM
Security Industry New Justice Department guidelines promise not to prosecute security researchers under anti-hacking laws Gee, thanks By Cal Jeffrey , May 19, 2022, 4:19 PM 8 comments
Security The Web CEOs and other top executives use the same terrible passwords as other people Shouldn't they know better? By Rob Thubron , May 18, 2022, 10:29 AM 10 comments
Industry Security IT admin gets seven years in prison for nuking company servers Corporate sabotage might not be the best way to get your employer's attention By Cal Jeffrey , May 16, 2022, 4:22 PM 10 comments
Security Mobile Researchers claim malware can be loaded onto iPhones that have been powered down Reason for concern or just a nothingburger? By Shawn Knight , May 16, 2022, 3:42 PM 13 comments
Security HP pushes out BIOS update addressing high-severity vulnerabilities affecting 200+ models Check if yours is affected By Rob Thubron , May 12, 2022, 5:17 AM
Hardware Security Hackers are exploiting popular networking gear used in most Fortune 50 companies Researchers have recorded more than 16,000 instances of the the exploit in the wild By Cal Jeffrey , May 11, 2022, 4:24 PM
Security The Web Cybercriminals are using SEO to improve the ranking of malicious PDFs on search results Even on Google By Tudor Cibean , May 11, 2022, 8:44 AM
Software Security Ukraine war sees Biden administration probe into Kaspersky Lab intensify Could Kaspersky Lab face a US-wide ban on its software? By Rob Thubron , May 10, 2022, 10:27 AM 37 comments
Software Security Hackers can hide malware in Windows event logs A new method for fileless malware By Daniel Sims , May 10, 2022, 7:38 AM
Software Security 'Raspberry Robin' targets businesses with a new worm that establishes itself with standard Windows tools It's not clear what the malware operators goals are By Cal Jeffrey , May 9, 2022, 12:14 PM
Security Software Apple, Google, and Microsoft combine efforts toward passwordless logins Simple, secure logins using FIDO By Daniel Sims , May 5, 2022, 1:21 PM 20 comments
Security FBI warns workers to beware of BEC scams that have stolen $43 billion in five years Criminals love more than just ransomware By Rob Thubron , May 5, 2022, 10:23 AM
Software Security UK government proposes "code of practice" for App Stores Proposal focuses on app store security By Daniel Sims , May 4, 2022, 4:04 PM 8 comments
Software Security Security researcher uses exploits in ransomware to block encryption Ransomware is vulnerable to DLL hijacking By Daniel Sims , May 4, 2022, 12:04 PM
Hardware Security "Augury" vulnerability discovered in Apple silicon and mobile chips Researchers say it isn't too serious, yet By Daniel Sims , May 3, 2022, 2:18 PM
Google Security Google urges Chrome 100 users to update to 101 because of 29 security flaws Only six are high threat vulnerabilities, which is enough to warrant the update By Cal Jeffrey , May 2, 2022, 1:47 PM
Security Tech Deals LastPass discounts paid plans by 20% for World Password Day Do you use a password manager? By Shawn Knight , May 2, 2022, 11:12 AM
The Web Security Cloudflare just mitigated one of the most powerful DDoS attacks ever The attack targeted an unnamed crypto launchpad using Java-based psychic signatures By Jimmy Pezzone , May 1, 2022, 1:08 PM
The Web Security Musk says Twitter DMs should use end-to-end encryption The encryption would help protect DMs from spying, hacks, and other unintended access By Jimmy Pezzone , May 1, 2022, 9:57 AM 8 comments
Trivia The Web Who was the tech CEO that in 1999 said, "You have zero privacy anyway..."? Was it Google's Eric Schmidt, Scott McNealy or Mark Cuban? By TechnicalSides Trivia , April 29, 2022, 8:55 AM
The Web Security China's Twitter equivalent to publish IP addresses and location data of users Some people support Sina Weibo's move By Rob Thubron , April 29, 2022, 6:55 AM 12 comments