Monday review – Adobe botches, Apache bleeds and Equifax blunders
Get yourself up to date with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time.
Monday 18 September 2017
Tuesday 19 September 2017
- Apache “Optionsbleed” vulnerability – what you need to know
- News in brief: Linux advice for Equifax; fired over phish; Security.txt standard proposed
- Apple’s new tracking protection is “sabotage”, claims ad industry
- PyPI Python repository hit by typosquatting sneak attack
Wednesday 20 September 2017
- Human failings undermine security – but who’s failing who?
- The Apache “Optionsbleed” security hole explained [VIDEO]
- News in brief: Twitter stops terrorists; WhatsApp stops UK gov; Russia stops Dark Web drugs
- Pirate Bay hits users’ CPUs with secret cryptocurrency mining
- Why SMS two-factor authentication puts your bitcoins at risk
Paul Ducklin also took to Facebook Live to tell you all about OptionsBleed:
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Thursday 21 September 2017
- How BitPaymer ransomware covers its tracks
- News in brief: Experian PIN fail; SEC hacked; AI vs terror
- Hackers hold entire school district to ransom
- “Admin from Hell” holds company to ransom with porn makeover
- Critical VMware vulnerability, patch and update now
Friday 22 September 2017
- Tracking phones without a warrant ruled unconstitutional
- Cryptomining or online ads – which one floats your boat? [VIDEO]
- News in brief: DDoS threat spam; Army logic bomber; Viacom leak
- Using infrared cameras to break out of air-gapped networks
- Equifax has been sending customers to a fake phishing site for weeks
Matt Body and Greg Iddon took to Facebook Live to argue about discuss whether cryptocurrency mining or adverts were a better way to pay for “free” websites:
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Saturday 23 September 2017
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