Security News > 2024 > September

WordPress.org denies service to WP Engine, potentially putting sites at risk
2024-09-26 01:45

That escalated quickly WordPress on Wednesday escalated its conflict with WP Engine, a hosting provider, by blocking the latter's servers from accessing WordPress.org resources – and therefore...

China's Salt Typhoon cyber spies are deep inside US ISPs
2024-09-25 21:46

Expecting a longer storm season this year? Another Beijing-linked cyberspy crew, this one dubbed Salt Typhoon, has reportedly been spotted on networks belonging to US internet service providers in...

Mozilla accused of tracking users in Firefox without consent
2024-09-25 19:40

European digital rights group NOYB (None Of Your Business) has filed a privacy complaint with the Austrian data protection watchdog (DSB) against Mozilla, alleging the company uses a Firefox...

Meta halts routing via Deutsche Telekom over €20M peering fee
2024-09-25 19:29

Meta announced that it's ending its direct peering relationship with Deutsche Telekom following a court's ruling earlier this year that would oblige the tech firm to pay the telecom €20,000,000 to...

‘Titanic Mindset’: Just 54% of UK IT Pros Confident in Data Recovery
2024-09-25 18:07

IT pros at U.K. companies are not regularly testing their data recovery processes, largely due to a lack of support from higher-ups.

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RansomHub genius tries to put the squeeze on Delaware Libraries
2024-09-25 17:30

Extorting underfunded public services for $1M isn't a good look Despite being top of the ransomware tree at the moment, RansomHub – specifically, one of its affiliates – clearly isn't that bright...

Google sees 68% drop in Android memory safety flaws over 5 years
2024-09-25 17:00

The percentage of Android vulnerabilities caused by memory safety issues has dropped from 76% in 2019 to only 24% in 2024, representing a massive decrease of over 68% in five years. [...]

Google's Shift to Rust Programming Cuts Android Memory Vulnerabilities by 68%
2024-09-25 17:00

Google has revealed that its transition to memory-safe languages such as Rust as part of its secure-by-design approach has led to the percentage of memory-safe vulnerabilities discovered in...

CISA: Hackers target industrial systems using “unsophisticated methods”
2024-09-25 16:18

​CISA warned today of threat actors trying to breach critical infrastructure networks by targeting Internet-exposed industrial devices using "unsophisticated" methods like brute force attacks and...

Winamp releases source code, asks for help modernizing the player
2024-09-25 14:33

The iconic Winamp media player has fulfilled a promise made in May to go open-source and has now published its complete source code on GitHub. [...]