Law enforcement from more than a dozen countries last week carried out a series of operations designed to crack down on DDoS-for-hire services.
Flash Player Bug An Eavesdropper’s Delight
Details have surfaced on another patched Flash Player flaw that is a potential privacy nightmare.
Apple Fixes 97 Vulnerabilities Across macOS, iTunes, Safari, iCloud
Apple released a massive update for macOS Sierra on Tuesday to address 72 vulnerabilities in the operating system.
Google Discloses Contents of Eight National Security Letters
Google Tuesday disclosed the contents of eight National Security Letters it received between 2010 and 2015, becoming the latest company under reforms afforded by the USA Freedom Act to do so.
Mirai Giving DDoS-as-a-Service Industry a Boost
Activity on a number of Dark Web hacker forums indicates that while people are downloading the Mirai malware source code, they need help setting it up.
Yahoo Discloses Data From 1 Billion Accounts Stolen in 2013
Yahoo disclosed today that attackers in 2013 stole data associated with more than 1 billion accounts. CISO Bob Lord said this incident is “distinct” from a 2014 attack in which 500 million accounts were breached.
News in brief: fowl play; Google moves into Cuba; teen hacker sentenced
Your daily round-up of some of the other security stories in the news
Spectacular $81m bank cyberheist ‘was not a one-off’
Millions lost in further attacks on Swift banking system
Apple ships iOS 10.2, fixes ‘Find my iPhone’ hole plus five lockscreen bugs
The latest iOS update fixes the ‘Find my iPhone’ Authentication Lock hole that made headlines recently, plus another five lockscreen bugs.
Netgear router remote control bug – what you need to know
Some Netgear routers can be remotely controlled by booby-trapped web pages. Here’s how to deal with the problem.