Monthly Archives: May 2019

Two weeks after Microsoft warned of Windows RDP worms, a million internet-facing boxes still vulnerable

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The critical Windows Remote Desktop flaw that emerged this month may have set the stage for the worst malware attack in years.

The vulnerability, designated CVE-2019-0708 and dubbed BlueKeep, can be exploited by miscreants to execute malicious code and install malware on […]

By |May 29th, 2019|Cyber News|

Germany mulls giving end-to-end chat app encryption das boot: Law requiring decrypted plain-text is in the works

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Government officials in Germany are reportedly mulling a law to force chat app providers to hand over end-to-end encrypted conversations in plain text on demand.

According to Der Spiegel this month, the Euro nation’s Ministry of the Interior wants a new set […]

By |May 29th, 2019|Cyber News|

Maker of US border’s license-plate scanning tech ransacked by hacker, blueprints and files dumped online

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The maker of vehicle license plate readers used extensively by the US government and cities to identify and track citizens and immigrants has been hacked. Its internal files were pilfered, and are presently being offered for free on the […]

By |May 27th, 2019|Cyber News|

Why telcos ‘handed over’ people’s GPS coords to a bounty hunter: He just had to ask nicely

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A bounty hunter was able to get the live location of a number of different individuals from American cellphone networks through a single phone call, it is claimed.

Matthew Marre was charged  last month with allegedly obtaining “confidential phone record information […]

By |May 27th, 2019|Cyber News|

British Army cyber ‘n’ psyops unit 77 Brigade can’t even brainwash civvies into helping it meet recruitment targets

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The British Army’s psyops unit 77 Brigade is still falling short of recruiting targets, despite cyber skills being bigged up repeatedly by the military and government.

The unit – whose remit covers information operations, psyops and similar shady things – […]

By |May 27th, 2019|Cyber News|

We’ll hack back at Russians, declare UK ministers in cyber-Blitz blitz

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British ministers are stepping up their rhetoric on cyber warfare, with £22m to be splurged on embiggening an “offensive hacking” unit as Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt vowed to retaliate against Russian cyber-attacks.

In a speech delivered this morning at Lancaster […]

By |May 27th, 2019|Cyber News|

US Air Force probes targeted malware attack, blames… er, the US Navy? What?

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The US Air Force has opened an investigation into a “malware” infection – which it is blaming on lawyers employed by the US Navy who are working on a war crimes case.

The bizarre case hinges around an alleged attempt […]

By |May 23rd, 2019|Cyber News|

Bug-hunter reveals another ‘make me admin’ Windows 10 zero-day – and vows: ‘There’s more where that came from’

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A bug-hunter who previously disclosed Windows security flaws has publicly revealed another zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft’s latest operating systems.

The discovered hole can be exploited by malware and rogue logged-in users to gain system-level privileges on Windows 10 and recent […]

By |May 23rd, 2019|Cyber News|

Sophos tells users to roll back Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday run if they want PC to boot

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Brit security software slinger Sophos has advised its customers to uninstall Microsoft’s most recent Patch Tuesday run – the same patches that protect PCs and servers against the latest Intel cockups.

In an advisory note published over the weekend, Sophos admitted the latest […]

By |May 23rd, 2019|Cyber News|

Boeing admits 737 Max sims didn’t accurately reproduce what flying without MCAS was like

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Boeing has admitted that pilot training simulators for the controversial 737 Max did not accurately reproduce what happened if the infamous MCAS system went gaga.

In a statement, the American aircraft manufacturer said it had “made corrections to the 737 […]

By |May 23rd, 2019|Cyber News|