Big numbers – lots of money – so a prime target for threat actors: Thieves pilfer $100m-plus in cryptocurrency from Harmony.one • The Register It is not the blockchain that is compromised – it is the handling processes that are vulnerable.
New commercial spyware for phones
Google researchers are reporting on spyware that is active on both Apple and Android smartphones – the spyware is called Hermit and Google has taken steps to protect Android users. The software developed and marketed by RCS Lab, based in Milan, will exfiltrate messages ,contacts and password information from targeted …
Halfords can’t keep a secret
Not hacked this time, a researcher have discovered that Halfords is just a little too free when it comes to sharing your data with others! Chris Hatton, a cyber security consultant discovered several exploits in service emails that Halfords had sent him in the course of normal business transactions: Halfords …
Parcel delivery service Yodel suffers a cyber attack
There is not much information on this issue, as the firm’s communications are jammed with customer complaints: Special delivery: Yodel latest victim of cyber ‘incident’ • The Register Yodel has acknowledged there is a problem on it’s web site, and is posting updates on social media. Any organisation can be …
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Vulnerabilities, come, get fixed, go and come back…
Vendors put a lot of effort into keeping their software secure from hackable vulnerabilities, with patches and updates, but the threat actors never give up looking. Here is an instance of an old vulnerability in Apple’s Safari web browser coming back: Refactoring code in WebKit resurrected ‘zombie’ security bug • …
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