More US agencies potentially hacked, this time with Pulse Secure exploits April 30, 2021 Zeroday vulnerability under attack has a severity rating of 10 out of 10. https://bit.ly/3vwljw9 Read more
Verizon tries to sell Yahoo and AOL after spending $9 billion on fallen giants April 29, 2021 After spending $9 billion combined, Verizon may sell units for $4 billion or so. https://bit.ly/32XR855 Read more
Verizon “leads” all US carriers in mmWave 5G availability at 0.8% April 28, 2021 Phones capable of using mmWave 5G access it less than 1% of the time. https://bit.ly/32YgdwE Read more
Chipmaker says it will ramp up production of older 28nm chips April 28, 2021 Fourth-largest contract chipmaker aiming at supply problems for carmakers, others. https://bit.ly/3eHSNRF Read more
Ransomware crooks threaten to ID informants if cops don’t pay up April 28, 2021 The FBI is investigating claim hackers obtained 250GB of police department data. https://bit.ly/2R3o8pG Read more
Cable-chewing beavers take out town’s Internet in “uniquely Canadian” outage April 27, 2021 Beavers dug 3-foot hole, chewed through fiber conduit and the cable itself. https://bit.ly/3sYhzCb Read more
Actively exploited Mac 0-day neutered core OS security defenses April 27, 2021 Apple fixes macOS vulnerability hackers exploited to suppress security warnings. https://bit.ly/3eBwCfH Read more
Pentagon explains odd transfer of 175 million IP addresses to obscure company April 26, 2021 Something weird happened minutes before Trump left—US says it was security research. https://bit.ly/3sS7cQ3 Read more
Apple’s AirDrop leaks users’ PII, and there’s not much they can do about it April 24, 2021 Apple has known of the flaw since 2019 but has yet to acknowledge or fix it. https://bit.ly/3tQMf9t Read more
Apple’s ransomware mess is the future of online extortion April 24, 2021 Hackers want $50 million to not release schematics they stole from Apple supplier. https://bit.ly/32Xc5x3 Read more
Backdoored password manager stole data from as many as 29K enterprises April 23, 2021 Compromised update mechanism for Passwordstate pushes malware that steals data. https://bit.ly/3dJkTMW Read more
A Clubhouse bug let people lurk in rooms invisibly April 23, 2021 Moderators would be unable to mute “ghosts” hiding in and disrupting rooms. https://bit.ly/2QPDYUX Read more
Comcast offers tantalizing hint of a future with upload speeds above 35Mbps April 22, 2021 Lab test produces 4Gbps upload speeds but actual uploads are still 3 to 35Mbps. https://bit.ly/3nd7pMx Read more
Meet Thistle, the startup that wants to secure billions of IoT devices April 22, 2021 Startup gets $2.5 million funding to jump-start security for connected devices. https://bit.ly/3atHv1R Read more
In epic hack, Signal developer turns the tables on forensics firm Cellebrite April 21, 2021 Widely used forensic software can be exploited to infect investigators' computers. https://bit.ly/3eovo7p Read more
They hacked McDonald’s ice cream machines—and started a cold war April 21, 2021 How one couple built a device to fix McDonald’s notoriously broken soft-serve machines. https://bit.ly/3dFuQLe Read more
SpaceX says OneWeb spread false story of “near-miss” satellite collision April 21, 2021 SpaceX says collision-avoidance system works fine despite OneWeb's false claim. https://bit.ly/3gs1Usb Read more
Hackers are exploiting a Pulse Secure 0-day to breach orgs around the world April 20, 2021 Exploits allow state-backed hackers to bypass 2FA and breach defense contractors. https://bit.ly/32ud9rX Read more
Venmo’s new crypto service lets you buy and sell bitcoin, ether, and litecoin April 20, 2021 PayPal subsidiary Venmo rolls crypto platform out to users starting today. https://bit.ly/3sA3BpR Read more
Google Play apps with 700k installs steal texts and charge you money April 20, 2021 Google removes eight apps after receiving report from researchers. https://bit.ly/3goRaKZ Read more
Millions of web surfers are being targeted by a single malvertising group April 19, 2021 Tag Barnakle is using infected ad servers to go "straight for the jugular," firm says. https://bit.ly/2REHuSe Read more
Dishy McFlatface to become “fully mobile,” allowing Starlink use away from home April 19, 2021 Musk: Starlink customers will be able to use their dishes "anywhere" by year-end. https://bit.ly/3v6krhw Read more
Backdoored developer tool that stole credentials escaped notice for 3 months April 16, 2021 AWS credentials and private repository tokens could allow self-perpetuating attacks. https://bit.ly/3ssg7rn Read more
US government strikes back at Kremlin for SolarWinds hack campaign April 15, 2021 Treasury Department says it's sanctioning 6 Russian firms for supporting the hacks. https://bit.ly/3uYIn6J Read more
100 million more IoT devices are exposed—and they won’t be the last April 14, 2021 Name:Wreck flaws in TCP/IP have global implications. https://bit.ly/3shCzn8 Read more
Microsoft acquires Nuance—makers of Dragon speech rec—for $16 billion April 12, 2021 Nuance's deep-learning-based speech recognition serves 77% of US hospitals. https://bit.ly/3dbRDON Read more
No password required: Mobile carrier exposes data for millions of accounts April 09, 2021 Q Link Wireless made data available to anyone who knows a customer's phone number. https://bit.ly/3d3USaU Read more
Comcast nightmare: Six months without Internet despite $5,000 payment April 09, 2021 Comcast falsely said service was available, still hasn't delivered six months later. https://bit.ly/3dM1IRz Read more
Windows and Linux devices are under attack by a new cryptomining worm April 09, 2021 With new exploits and capabilities, the Sysrv botnet poses a growing threat. https://bit.ly/3s3KynB Read more
T-Mobile 5G home Internet: $60 a month, 100Mbps speeds, and no data cap April 08, 2021 30 million households are eligible; signups available "until capacity runs out." https://bit.ly/2Rjtr4x Read more
How a VPN vulnerability allowed ransomware to disrupt two manufacturing plants April 07, 2021 Patching in industrial settings is hard. Ransomware shutting down production is harder. https://bit.ly/39TBrzz Read more
SpaceX to keep Starlink pricing simple, exit beta when network is “reliable” April 07, 2021 "We're going to try to keep [pricing] as simple and transparent as possible." https://bit.ly/2RiFBur Read more
Russia’s Twitter throttling may give censors never-before-seen capabilities April 06, 2021 Censorship based on deep packet inspection may work against Tor and VPNs. https://bit.ly/3uyku5L Read more
Yahoo Answers to end as Trump fans see plot to “silence conservatives” April 06, 2021 "Should Trump buy Yahoo to prevent Answers from being shut down?" user asks. https://bit.ly/3mqQHZR Read more
Malicious cheats for Call of Duty: Warzone are circulating online April 03, 2021 The cheat is fake, but the malware it installs is the real thing. https://bit.ly/3fFnZCX Read more
Feds say hackers are likely exploiting critical Fortinet VPN vulnerabilities April 02, 2021 Exploits allow hackers to log into VPNs and then access other network resources. https://bit.ly/3sO2RhE Read more
Feds say man broke into public water system and shut down safety processes April 01, 2021 Indictment underscores the potential for remote intrusions to have fatal consequences. https://bit.ly/3rKK7OR Read more
North Korean hackers return, target infosec researchers in new operation April 01, 2021 Google outs the new op two months after shutting down a previous campaign. https://bit.ly/3fxWT0A Read more