As 5G Rolls Out, Troubling New Security Flaws Emerge
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:30:00 +0000
Researchers have identified 11 new vulnerabilities in 5G—with time running out to fix them.
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Patch Tuesday alert: Make sure Windows Auto Update is temporarily disabled
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 05:03:00 -0800
For those of you who haven’t patched since May, there’s exceedingly bad news on the horizon. Per Catalin Cimpanu at ZDNet, Metasploit’s working-but-just-barely BlueKeep exploit is about to get a significant bug fix. That’ll put BlueKeep infection capabilities in the hands of mere mortals. The script kiddies won’t be far behind.
If you’re using — or you know someone who’s using — Windows XP, Vista, Win7, Server 2003, Server 2008 or Server 2008 R2, get patched now. The fix is easy. Even Aunt Martha can handle it.
Huge Data Leak Doxes Members of Notorious Neo-Nazi Forum
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2019 19:03:20 +0000
Apple Mail encryption, Ring doorbell Wi-Fi, and more of the week’s top security news.
Read MoreHow Do We Bring Equality to Data Ownership and Usage?
Credit to Author: Zak Jason| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2019 02:43:45 +0000
Computational biologist Laura Boykin says scientists are “asleep at the wheel”; activist Malkia Devich-Cyril says citizens also need to pressure technology companies to change.
Read MoreCloudflare CEO Matthew Prince on the Struggles of Policing the Web
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 22:28:18 +0000
At WIRED25 the internet infrastructure chief talks about doing the hard calculus of pulling support from controversial sites—and why that’ll happen again.
Read MoreWhat Keeps NSA Cybersecurity Boss Anne Neuberger Up at Night
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 21:02:45 +0000
At WIRED25, the NSA’s Anne Neuberger talked election security, low-orbit satellites, and weaponized autonomous drones.
Read MoreWhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why Privacy Matters
Credit to Author: Boone Ashworth| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 20:06:33 +0000
The cofounder of the messaging service and the current chair of the Signal Foundation talks about the proliferation of end-to-end encryption in personal communications.
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