Saturday, September 14, 2019

Whoa, bot wars: As cybercrooks add more AI to their arsenal, the goodies will have to too

The future is automated, says Trend Micro bod

Infosec techies should prepare to both fend off AI attacks and welcome the technology into their armoury of tools, reckons Trend Micro’s director of cybercrime research.…

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Friday, September 13, 2019

From PowerShell to auditing: Expand your cybersecurity know-how at SANS London 2019

Gain the skills you need to fend off miscreants this October in the UK capital

Promo  The internet is full of powerful, fast-changing hacking tools and malicious actors who know how to use them. That makes the regular training events held by IT security specialist SANS Institute an essential destination for technology professionals keen to sharpen their defensive skills and protect their organisation against today’s ever-more ingenious attackers.…

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

Mystery database left open turns out to be massive Groupon fraud ticket fraud ring

Yes, turns out people still use this voucher biz – who knew?

We have a new twist on the “researchers find unprotected public-facing cloud-hosted database” story, as one recently uncovered archive turned out to be at the heart of a years-long fraud operation.…

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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

D-Link, Comba network gear leave passwords open for potentially whole world to see

Manufacturers seem not to care – some routers still awaiting patches

DSL modems and Wi-Fi routers from D-Link and Comba have been found to be leaving owners’ passwords out in the open.…

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Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Mozilla Firefox to begin slow rollout of DNS-over-HTTPS by default at the end of the month

To protect query privacy, browser maker will run everything through Cloudflare

On Friday, Mozilla said it plans to implement the DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) protocol by default in its Firefox browser, with a slow rollout starting in late September.…

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Monday, September 9, 2019

Apple and Google trade barbs over bugs, digital lothario arrested and Bluekeep gets busy

Also, XKCD forums hacked and Monster monstered

Roundup  Here’s a look back at some of the latest security bits and bobbles besides the stuff we already covered over the past week.…

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Sunday, September 8, 2019

Too bad, so sad, exploit devs: Google patches possibly several million dollars’ worth of security flaws in Android

Except one – a ‘your phone is now my phone’ bug reported months ago and still not fixed

Google this week emitted the September edition of its monthly Android security updates – and has left at least one known vulnerability unpatched. Also, in case you missed it, the web giant started rolling out Android 10 a few days ago.…

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