Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 21:10:00 +0000

The mandatory patch addressed a critical vulnerability in a widely used plugin that allowed untrusted visitors to download a website’s backups.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Plus: A crypto crime crackdown, Roblox ripoffs, and more of the week’s top security news.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Plus: Vulnerability fixes, the return of EARN IT, and more of the week’s top security news.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:20:45 +0000

Word and Excel files you download from the internet just got a whole lot safer.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 23:16:59 +0000

A couple allegedly used a “laundry list” of technical measures to cover their tracks. They didn’t work.

Credit to Author: Chris Stokel-Walker| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 19:49:30 +0000

In Ottawa, a protest against vaccine mandates has become an international sensation. American far-right personalities are behind its online rise.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 13:00:00 +0000

As Russia continues to amass troops at the border, resistance groups have seen a surge in crypto donations.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Plus: News Corp gets hacked, UK snacks ransomware, and more of the week’s top security news.