Archive - September 2018

Port of San Diego remains open as ransomware investigation continues 28 September 2018 at 15:30 UTC ‘This is now the largest data breach settlement on record’ 28 September 2018 at 13:37 UTC Password bug in cloud storage products allowed hackers remote access 28 September 2018 at 09:01 UTC VPNFilter: New modules found in ‘Swiss Army knife’ malware 27 September 2018 at 15:20 UTC Banks in Latin America prepare for next cybercrime wave 27 September 2018 at 12:40 UTC ‘Hacky hack hack’ teen who infiltrated Apple networks avoids jail 27 September 2018 at 10:22 UTC The long road to freedom: What’s next for Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht? 26 September 2018 at 14:00 UTC Google defends auto-login revamp amidst privacy storm 26 September 2018 at 11:09 UTC Australia pushes ahead with anti-encryption bill 26 September 2018 at 09:47 UTC Fixing the privacy gap: Cloudflare rolls out encrypted SNI 25 September 2018 at 15:10 UTC Apple launches Mojave OS with new privacy and security features 25 September 2018 at 13:41 UTC Cyber-attack at fashion website SheIn.com hits 6.4m customers 24 September 2018 at 13:53 UTC A job fit for a bot: Artificial intelligence is helping to close the security gap 24 September 2018 at 10:26 UTC ‘This is a significant breakthrough in computer science’ 21 September 2018 at 15:19 UTC New web scanning technique reveals extent of Pegasus spyware operation 20 September 2018 at 15:10 UTC Chair-less oversight: Unpatched bug in Ikea website led to local file inclusion 20 September 2018 at 14:00 UTC ABS-CBN closes two sites following payment card breach 19 September 2018 at 14:26 UTC Ransomware remains biggest malware threat in 2018, says Europol 18 September 2018 at 16:26 UTC Dynamic web ads leave sites susceptible to XSS 18 September 2018 at 15:02 UTC Windows of opportunity: Microsoft OS remains the most lucrative target for hackers 18 September 2018 at 12:02 UTC Warning issued over Hurricane Florence phishing scams 17 September 2018 at 14:37 UTC ‘A major victory for freedom’ 14 September 2018 at 13:53 UTC Equifax a year on: Little has changed – at least for the billion-dollar company 13 September 2018 at 13:08 UTC British Airways mega-breach underlines third-party script perils 13 September 2018 at 10:51 UTC Keybase browser extension forgoes encryption 12 September 2018 at 15:28 UTC FreshMenu apologizes for keeping quiet over 2016 data breach 12 September 2018 at 12:48 UTC Cybercrime pathways: Why do hackers turn to the dark side? 12 September 2018 at 11:00 UTC Trend Micro apps pulled from Apple store for collecting browsing data 11 September 2018 at 14:29 UTC Tor browser zero-day announced on Twitter 11 September 2018 at 12:27 UTC New Mirai variant targeting enterprise software 10 September 2018 at 15:22 UTC Apple requires privacy policies across all apps – but is anyone reading them? 10 September 2018 at 14:24 UTC OAuth standard exploited for account takeover 07 September 2018 at 15:34 UTC ‘If it goes rogue, that’s it’ 07 September 2018 at 13:38 UTC Connecting the cybercrime dots: Windows zero-day being exploited in the wild 07 September 2018 at 11:26 UTC Russian-linked Silence hackers ‘are cybersecurity professionals’ 06 September 2018 at 12:43 UTC Reflected response: Dangerous ACME implementations result in XSS 05 September 2018 at 16:18 UTC No cracking required: Browser flaw permits unauthorized WiFi access 05 September 2018 at 14:38 UTC Access denied: How are the big tech players protecting our digital rights? 04 September 2018 at 15:27 UTC Bad ads: Google clamps down on tech support scammers 04 September 2018 at 10:57 UTC Hackers of the world unite at EMF 2018 03 September 2018 at 15:20 UTC Hacker arrested over Satori botnet malware 03 September 2018 at 13:45 UTC Firefox to block tracking cookies by default 03 September 2018 at 11:01 UTC