Security News > 2019 > October

China-Linked Hackers Spy on Texts With MessageTap Malware
2019-10-31 16:54

Chinese state-sponsored hackers are attacking telecom networks to sniff out SMS messages that contain keywords revolving around political dissidents.

To Err is Human. To Squat is Criminal.
2019-10-31 16:50

Maliciously Misleading Domain Names are Everywhere Online Typos are endemic - everyone makes them.  And attackers are betting on that tendency. Who knew that rendering the name of a company’s URL...

ProtonMail shoves its iOS app's source code on GitHub for world+dog to rummage around in
2019-10-31 16:37

Let's all have a code audi- oh, wait, they did that already Encrypted email biz ProtonMail has open-sourced the code for its iOS app, having paid for a code audit that says there's nothing wrong with it.…

ProtonMail shoves its iOS app's source code on Github for world+dog to rummage around in
2019-10-31 16:37

Let's all have a code audi- oh, wait, they did that already Encrypted email biz ProtonMail has open-sourced the code for its iOS app, having pre-emptively paid for a code audit that says there's...

Radio ham who sipped NHS pager messages then streamed them via webcam may have committed a crime
2019-10-31 16:09

Our old friend the Investigatory Powers Act says so A radio ham has been caught eavesdropping on NHS medics' pager messages, translating the signals into text while broadcasting them on the...

Radio nerd who sipped NHS pager messages then streamed them via webcam may have committed a crime
2019-10-31 16:09

Our old friend the Investigatory Powers Act says so A radio electronics geek has been caught eavesdropping on NHS medics' pager messages, translating the signals into text while broadcasting them...

How to locate and close an open port in Linux
2019-10-31 15:56

Locating and blocking unwanted open ports in Linux should be a task every network admin knows how to do.

Why organizations feel vulnerable to insider attacks
2019-10-31 14:50

More than half of cybersecurity professionals believe detecting insider attacks has become harder since the migration to the cloud.

How schools can better protect themselves against cyberattacks
2019-10-31 14:49

Reported cyberattacks against K-12 schools in the US have hit 301 so far in 2019 compared to 124 in 2018 and 218 in 2017, according to a new report from security provider Barracuda Networks.

Chinese Cyberspies Use New Malware to Intercept SMS Traffic at Mobile Operators
2019-10-31 14:49

A newly discovered piece of malware has been used by a China-linked threat group to spy on SMS traffic as it passes through the servers of telecommunications companies, FireEye reported on...