February 19, 2018

US and UK condemn Russia for NotPetya worm attack

When it comes to pointing the finger for last year’s historically-disruptive NotPetya cyberattack, nobody could accuse the US and UK of dodging the issue.

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February 16, 2018

Why Chrome’s ad filter isn’t an adblocker

Optimistic news coverage has described this as the arrival of adblocking in Chrome, it isn't.

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February 14, 2018

Bitcoin mining to zap more energy than households in Iceland this year

As far as Bitcoin miners are concerned, Iceland is starting to look like the best place in the world to run a business.

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February 13, 2018

Did the NSA really use Twitter to send coded messages to a Russian?

A sequence of 12 NSA tweets are claimed to be a coded back-channel used to communicate with a Russian negotiating to sell cyberweapons.

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February 12, 2018

You have five months to switch your website to HTTPS

Starting in July, Google Chrome will mark all HTTP sites as ‘not secure’.

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February 08, 2018

iOS ‘iBoot’ source code posted online, Apple issues DMCA takedown notice

The source code for Apple's iOS 'iBoot' secure bootloader has been leaked to GitHub.

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February 08, 2018

Uber data breach aided by lack of multi-factor authentication

How to bolt a stable door when the horse is already miles down the road...

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February 07, 2018

Reddit users, beware its evil twin

Unbeknownst to Reddit users, the site recently acquired an unwanted, evil twin

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February 06, 2018

Firefox 59’s privacy mode plugs leaky referrers

The Firefox browser’s Private Browsing Mode won't tell websites where visitors have come from.

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