A Tough Week for IP Address Scammers
I’ve worked in a business where we had our own “class A” (57.0.0.0/8 for the curious) so this article bought out my nostalgic side…: In the early days of the […]
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Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Flaw in Windows XP, 7 and Windows 2003
Still on XP? Really?…: Microsoft today is taking the unusual step of releasing security updates for unsupported but still widely-used Windows operating systems like XP and Windows 2003, citing the […]
What’s Behind the Wolters Kluwer Tax Outage?
It’s relatively trivial to set up a process that reviews access to online filestores for your organisation (assuming you know where they are) whether on Dropbox, AWS…or your own online […]
Who’s Behind the RevCode WebMonitor RAT?
As usual, Brian gives us the details on the murky world of cyber criminals…: The owner of a Swedish company behind a popular remote administration tool (RAT) implicated in thousands […]
Experts: Breach at IT Outsourcing Giant Wipro
Odds-on that your data is in Wipro’s servers somewhere…: Indian information technology (IT) outsourcing and consulting giant Wipro Ltd. [NYSE:WIT] is investigating reports that its own IT systems have been hacked […]
Patch Tuesday Lowdown, April 2019 Edition
Yes. It’s a pain to watch that ‘Windows is updating’ message but, as always, my advice is: patch now…: Microsoft today released fifteen software updates to fix more than 70 […]
Alleged Chief of Romanian ATM Skimming Gang Arrested in Mexico
An alleged top boss of a Romanian crime syndicate that U.S. authorities say is responsible for deploying card-skimming devices at Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) throughout North America was arrested in […]
Ad Network Sizmek Probes Account Breach
The risk here comes from the fact that most ads are served up by third parties over which the domain holder has no control. Imagine if you were running a […]
Why Phone Numbers Stink As Identity Proof
Wherever possible, I use Authy or Google Authenticator, or a bank PIN Pad for authentication. It’s time we weaned ourselves off of phone numbers as a means of ID…: Phone […]
Crypto Mining Service Coinhive to Call it Quits
Brian’s article is about the illegal use of mining services. I have an additional point: if cryptomining is becoming uneconomic then the processing power will become concentrated and we will […]