The insecurity of WordPress plugins has been well documented, especially over the last year, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s not as bad as it seems, experts claim.
Nagios Core Patches Root, RCE Vulnerabilities
Nagios Core has been updated to take care of two critical vulnerabilities that can be pinned together to attack servers hosting the open source IT infrastructure monitoring software.
Remote Code Execution Bug Found in Ubuntu Quantal
A remote code execution bug in Ubuntu Desktop was patched; the vulnerability affected all default installations of Quantal version 12.10 and later.
Yahoo breach: your questions answered in our Facebook Live video
We answer readers’ question about the Yahoo breach in our Facebook Live video – and we’d love to answer any more questions you have.
Yahoo breach: I’ve closed my account because it used MD5 to hash my password
This morning I received an email from Yahoo. Five minutes later I’d closed my account.
DNC chief Podesta led to phishing link ‘thanks to a typo’
Typing ‘legitimate’ instead of ‘illegitimate’ led DNC chief to phishing link and the hack that compromised his emails, report finds
Microsoft to ditch Flash – sort of
Edge is getting more granular Flash controls, but that means you won’t have to have it on for all sites just so it’s on for one.
Backdoors ‘punish the wrong people’, EU security body warns
EU security body comes out strongly against governments compromising encryption, warning of decreased trust and innovation
Trump’s security advisor dismisses ‘insignificant’ data-sharing fears
Michael T Flynn, Trump’s security pick, ‘Inappropriately’ shared information with foreign military personnel, says report
Super Mario Run Is Now Available
Nintendo’s first smartphone game “Super Mario Run” is now available in the App Store across the world. The game follows the success of Pokemon Go, which launched earlier this year. Nintendo owns a third of the Pokemon Company, but the…