When we followed the phishing trail, we found ourselves at a web page we weren’t expecting…
S2 Ep27: Bluetooth holes, dodgy Chrome extensions and forgotten passwords – Naked Security Podcast
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Larry Tesler, of copy-and-paste fame, dies at 74
Larry Tesler, the computing pioneer who insisted that user interfaces should be both comfortable *and* consistent, has died aged 74.
US and UK call out Russian hackers for Georgia attacks
The US and UK governments have both accused Russia of launching a cyber attack against the Georgian government last year.
Data of 10.6m MGM hotel guests posted for sale on Dark Web forum
The data dump apparently included PII for Justin Bieber and Jack Dorsey.
Adobe fixes critical flaws in Media Encoder and After Effects
After fixing a pile of critical security flaws as part of last week’s Patch Tuesday, Adobe has raised two more needing urgent attention.
Washington state Senate passes bill to rein in facial recognition
The bill now goes to the House, which has a stiffer competing bill pending that would call for a 3.5 year moratorium.
ISS World “malware attack” leaves employees offline
A global facilities company with half-a-million staff has shuttered most of its IT systems after a malware attack.
Ransomware attack forces 2-day shutdown of natural gas pipeline
The attacker(s) infected both IT and operational networks with an unspecified ransomware strain, though the facility never lost control.
Nearly half of hospital Windows systems still vulnerable to RDP bugs
Almost half of connected hospital devices are still exposed to the wormable BlueKeep Windows flaw nearly a year after it was announced, according to a report released this week.