There is a lot of attention focused on digital currency and the potential it represents – maybe too much attention. In May I wrote about the Bitcoin exchange Gatecoin, that was hacked to the tune of $2 million. This week hackers made off with with $50 million in another virtual currency, Ether, but this time […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I don’t normally publish posts on individual software updates, but Flash is such a mess and such a security swamp that I feel compelled to do that. Microsoft’s attempt to copy Flash – Silverlight – is even worse. It is so bad that Google doesn’t support it inside Chrome. My recommendation is that you uninstall […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A Chinese researcher has “discovered” a Windows flaw which affects all versions of Windows released in the last 20 years. It does not require installing malware and it can be executed silently with near perfect success. While no one seems to be saying this, I wonder if the Chinese have known about this attack for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]“This is not time for firms to keep calm and carry on. The proper response is to freak out.” – Prof. Dan Solove, GWU Law School While I am not sure that freaking out is, in fact, the only proper response, I think that what Prof. Solove is saying is that ignoring the situation is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Nulled.io, a forum that sells compromised passwords, stolen bitcoins and other neat stuff was hacked recently, exposing email addresses of people buying and selling, purchase histories and messages between buyers and sellers for 500,000 members. Here is what the website looks like today: If you look at their “tag line” below their logo, it says […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A 5 year old bug in a Qualcomm chipset used in many Android phones allows a hacker to elevate their privileges and read SMS and call history data, change system settings or disable the lock screen. Hackers could exploit this bug by having physical access to an unlocked phone or by getting a user to […]
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