Train rider has his contactless card e-pickpocketed
2015-10-28
It could have been just another one of those jostlings that happen on the train: a man bumped into a writer for SC Magazine. Except, as Roi Perez tells it,Read More →
As sites move to SHA2 encryption, millions face HTTPS lock-out
2015-10-27
“We’re about to leave a whole chunk of the internet in the past,” as millions of people remain dependent on old, insecure, but widely-used encryption. In 2016, tens of millionsRead More →
Hackers Found Conducting DDoS Attacks Through Hacked CCTV Cameras
2015-10-26
Researchers have found out that hackers took over around 900 CCTV cameras with weak login credentials and used them as a DDosS botnet that runs all around the world. AccordingRead More →
Joomla Update Patches Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability
2015-10-24
Joomla on Thursday released a new version of its content management system, 3,4,5, that addresses a critical SQL injection vulnerability that could have let attackers gain access to data in theRead More →
Novel NTP Attacks Roll Back Time
2015-10-23
Sharon Goldberg remembers the cold February day when her Boston University PhD candidate Aanchal Malhotra was studying routing security, in particular, attacks against the resource public key infrastructure (RPKI)—and keptRead More →
Apple pushes out critical security updates for OS X, iOS, watchOS, and other products
2015-10-23
Apple has released security updates to fix critical vulnerabilities in the following Apple products: OS X El Capitan, Mavericks and Yosemite, OS X Server, Safari, watchOS, iOS, iTunes, Xcode, andRead More →
Linux Kernel 4.2.4 Is Now Available for Download, Has Hundreds of Changes
2015-10-23
All users of the Linux 4.2 kernel must upgrade It looks like it’s still October 22 in some countries, so Greg Kroah-Hartman announced just a few minutes ago the immediateRead More →
New attacks on Network Time Protocol can defeat HTTPS and create chaos
2015-10-22
Exploits can be used to snoop on encrypted traffic and cause debilitating outages. Serious weaknesses in the Internet’s time-synchronization mechanism can be exploited to cause debilitating outages, snoop on encryptedRead More →
Oracle Quarterly Security Update Patches 154 Vulnerabilities
2015-10-22
Oracle on Tuesday patched 154 vulnerabilities in 54 different products as part of its regularly scheduled Critical Patch Update. More than half of the patches, 84 to be exact, addressRead More →
’10-second’ hack jogs Fitbits into malware-spreading mode
2015-10-21
To avoid viral stains, go jogging alone or with Bluetooth binned. A vulnerability in FitBit fitness trackers first reported to the vendor in March could still be exploited by theRead More →
