Security Gaming Several popular Minecraft mods are infected with Fracturiser malware You should stop downloading mods for now By Adrian Potoroaca , June 8, 2023, 11:41 AM
Security Hardware Risk management means destroying all decommissioned hard drives An estimated 90% of decommissioned hard drives are destroyed By Shawn Knight , June 7, 2023, 10:46 AM 16 comments
Software Malwarebytes faces lawsuit for classifying rival's anti-spyware program as a threat Legal experts are worried the decision could prevent cybersecurity apps from doing their jobs effectively By Kishalaya Kundu , June 7, 2023, 7:46 AM 8 comments
Security FBI warns that sextortionists are creating explicit deepfakes from people's social media images Setting your profile to private might be a good idea By Rob Thubron , June 7, 2023, 5:16 AM
Security Hardware Gigabyte updates BIOS to make hidden firmware backdoor more secure Or just disable the feature and be done with it By Shawn Knight , June 6, 2023, 1:04 PM
Security Google Google removes 32 malicious Chrome extensions with 75 million installs from the Web Store That number may have been inflated, though By Rob Thubron , June 5, 2023, 5:16 AM 8 comments
Software Security Slack pressured to prioritize privacy amid end-to-end encryption protests Without E2EE, Slack is putting people's lives at risk By Alfonso Maruccia , June 2, 2023, 1:19 PM
Security Apple Apple iPhone zero-click exploit has been infecting phones with 'Triangulation' spyware since 2019 Russian intelligence claims Apple and NSA are working together to spy on thousands of diplomats By Adrian Potoroaca , June 2, 2023, 10:57 AM
Software Security 'Terminator' tool uses vulnerable Windows driver to kill almost any security software A Russian hacker is selling the AV and EDR evasion tool for anywhere between $300 and $3,000 By Adrian Potoroaca , June 1, 2023, 10:09 AM
Security Tech Culture Amazon agrees to $5.8 million FTC settlement over Ring privacy violations that include employees spying on customers Female users were spied on for months using cameras in their bedrooms and bathrooms By Rob Thubron , June 1, 2023, 9:42 AM 8 comments
Security Barracuda Networks has disclosed that hackers have been actively exploiting a severe zero-day for 8 months Bad actors created backdoors into an undisclosed number of networks By Cal Jeffrey , May 31, 2023, 4:16 PM
Security Gigabyte shipped hundreds of models of motherboards with a hidden firmware backdoor Cause for concern, or no big deal? By Shawn Knight , May 31, 2023, 11:52 AM 21 comments
Security Operators of the UK's largest illegal streaming service jailed for over 30 years The men made millions from subscribers By Rob Thubron , May 31, 2023, 5:19 AM 9 comments
Security Hardware Hot Pixels attacks exploit power management in modern SoC and GPUs to leak data Stealing pixels by measuring power consumption and frequency in processors By Alfonso Maruccia , May 29, 2023, 3:13 PM
Security Zyxel firewalls affected by two new security flaws, patches must be installed ASAP The critical vulnerabilities can be abused for remote code execution or DoS attacks By Alfonso Maruccia , May 26, 2023, 8:45 AM
Security Microsoft Microsoft and global intelligence agencies warn of Chinese state hackers infecting US critical infrastructure China is preparing for future crises involving the US By Rob Thubron , May 25, 2023, 7:39 AM
Mobile Security Google Play app downloaded 50,000 times made secret mic recordings every 15 minutes A RAT problem By Rob Thubron , May 25, 2023, 6:17 AM
Security Google Google reveals bug bounty program for its own Android apps like Chrome, Gmail and the search widget The company paid $12 million to security researchers in 2022 By Adrian Potoroaca , May 24, 2023, 11:03 AM
Security Mobile Researchers discover brute-force attack that can bypass Android phone fingerprint locks It doesn't work on iOS devices By Rob Thubron , May 23, 2023, 6:15 AM 10 comments
Industry Security Meta hit with record $1.3 billion EU fine for sending Facebook users' data to the US Meta plans to appeal By Rob Thubron , May 22, 2023, 8:08 AM
Security Apple Apple urges users to upgrade their devices immediately to patch three 'active' zero day exploits The security patch was deployed using Apple's new Rapid Security Response automatic update system By Jimmy Pezzone , May 21, 2023, 9:39 AM
Security Electronics Asus apologizes after bad router update causes widespread issues A corrupted definition file resulted in network connectivity breaks By Jimmy Pezzone , May 20, 2023, 9:41 AM
Security Industry Montana has banned TikTok for everyone in the state You won't find it on any app stores in the state as of next year By Rob Thubron , May 18, 2023, 9:04 AM 13 comments
Security Apple A former Apple engineer stole autonomous driving secrets and sold them to China, the DoJ says Cupertino's Project Titan now a victim of Beijing's ruthless spying tactics? By Alfonso Maruccia , May 18, 2023, 8:38 AM 19 comments
The Web Security Google's new registered domains include .zip and .mov for a more "exciting" and insecure internet Researchers are debating how the new domains will affect web security and users' habits By Alfonso Maruccia , May 18, 2023, 6:51 AM 7 comments