Security News > 2019 > January

Supreme Court refuses to hear Fiat Chrysler appeal in Jeep hacking case
2019-01-10 14:27

The court's action means that one of the first legal cases involving cyber security risks in cars will go to trial in October.

Germany's Mega-Leak Takeaway: Noisy Young Hacker Got Caught
2019-01-10 14:18

But Quiet Nation-State Hackers and Cybercrime Gangs Can Exploit the Same FlawsPolice in Germany say a 20-year-old student has confessed to stealing and leaking personal details from 1,000 German...

Baddies linked to Iran fingered for DNS hijacking to read Middle Eastern regimes' emails
2019-01-10 14:04

'Almost unprecedented' attacks use the old man-in-the-middle diddle – infoseccers Infosec biz FireEye has suggested Iran may be responsible for what it claims are DNS hijacking attacks aimed at...

Cisco Patches Serious DoS Flaws in Email Security Appliance
2019-01-10 13:51

Cisco this week patched two serious denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities that can be exploited remotely without authentication in its Email Security Appliance (ESA) products. read more

Vietnam's 'Cybersecurity' Law Says Little on Security
2019-01-10 13:48

Law Focuses More on Fighting Anti-Government SpeechOn Wednesday, just days after a new "cybersecurity" law took effect, Vietnam alleged that Facebook has violated the law by allowing users to post...

Reddit Locks Down Accounts Due to 'Security Concern'
2019-01-10 13:20

Reddit this week decided to lock down some user accounts after detecting unusual activity on those accounts.  read more

Netanyahu Says Israel Ready to Thwart Election Cyber Meddling
2019-01-10 12:53

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that his country led the world in cyber defence, after a report that an unnamed nation planned to meddle in its upcoming general election....

New Systemd Privilege Escalation Flaws Affect Most Linux Distributions
2019-01-10 12:33

Security researchers have discovered three vulnerabilities in Systemd, a popular init system and service manager for most Linux operating systems, that could allow unprivileged local attackers or...

Security Vulnerabilities in Cell Phone Systems
2019-01-10 11:52

Good essay on the inherent vulnerabilities in the cell phone standards and the market barriers to fixing them. So far, industry and policymakers have largely dragged their feet when it comes to...

Hackers Using Zero-Width Spaces to Bypass MS Office 365 Protection
2019-01-10 11:18

Security researchers have been warning about a simple technique that cybercriminals and email scammers are already being using in the wild to bypass security features of Microsoft Office 365,...