Developers behind FreeRADIUS, an open source implementation of the networking protocol RADIUS, are encouraging users to update to address an authentication bypass found in the server.
What do you mean, ‘Windows bug in Linux’? [Chet Chat Podcast 261]
The Chet Chat is back! Join us for the latest episode of our popular security podcast.
Tuesday review – the hot 24 stories of the week
Welcome back after the holiday weekend! Get yourself up to date with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time.
Why you should avoid Star Hop and Candy Link in Google Play
Both games look harmless enough, but they contain a payload that ensures you’ll be hammered with spam
Security of medical devices ‘is a life or death issue’, warns researcher
Concern rises as one study finds more than 8,000 vulnerabilities in seven pacemakers while another highlights wider issues in medical devices
Shadow Brokers double down on zero-day subscription service
Should you dive in and help with the crowdfunding move to access the data they claim they have? It’s not what we’d advise – but what do you think?
News in brief: no laptop ban from EU for now; China warns on new laws; bug bounty scheme for DHS
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
Startup Uses AI To Create Programs From Simple Screenshots
An anonymous reader shares an article: A new neural network being built by a Danish startup called UIzard Technologies IVS has created an application that can transform raw designs of graphical user interfaces into actual source code that can be…
India's Ethical Hackers Rewarded Abroad, Ignored at Home
An anonymous reader shares an article: Kanishk Sajnani did not receive so much as a thank you from a major Indian airline when he contacted them with alarming news — he had hacked their website and could book flights anywhere…
Wikipedia's Switch To HTTPS Has Successfully Fought Government Censorship
Determining how to prevent acts of censorship has long been a priority for the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, and thanks to new research from the Harvard Center for Internet and Society, the foundation seems to have found a solution: encryption. From…