This posting is here to collect cyber security news in September 2019. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. If you are interested in cyber security trends, read my Cyber security trends 2019 posting. You are also free to post related links. →
Almost all connected device makers claim to care about security in their sales pitch, but the reality seems that the security of most device firmware is terrible. According to recent research the firmware security has not improved in any measurable way over the last 15 years, even as attacks on connected devices like home routers →
This posting is here to collect cyber security news in August 2019. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. If you are interested in cyber security trends, read my Cyber security trends 2019 posting. You are also free to post related links. →
It seems that summer 2019 is when data breaches start to finally cost some real money to companies with bad security practices on both sides of Atlantic ocean: FTC hits Equifax with fine of up to $700M for 2017 data breach https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/22/equifax-fine-ftc/?tpcc=ECFB2019 Marriott to face $123 million fine by UK authorities over data breach https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/09/marriott-data-breach-uk-fine/ →
European’s own satellite navigation system has been down for days. It shouldn’t cause any serious issue but must be annoying for anybody that has something to do with this 10 billion Euro EU project. I saw first notes on this on following article (Note that the Galileo system is still very new and not as →
Is 5G completely safe and secure? Is 5G radiation more or less dangerous than currently used 2G/3G/4G? Just read this article and advice also other people to read (including two earler articles referenced). It tries to cover both the sides that say 5G is safe and 5G could potentially dangerous. But does it succeed in →
Looks like Facebook & WhatsApp CDNs have been at least partially down. For example Facebook images are not showing. Just fee days ago Cloudflare was down. And also Google has taken a bite? Is it an outage season in US that affects peole all over world? Who broke all the social networks? So far there →
This posting is here to collect cyber security news in July 2019. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. If you are interested in cyber security trends, read my Cyber security trends 2019 posting. You are also free to post related links. →
Linux PCs, Servers, Gadgets Can Be Crashed by ‘Ping of Death’ Network Packets writes that it is possible to crash and slow-down network-facing Linux servers, PCs, smartphones and tablets, and gadgets, by sending them a series of maliciously crafted packets. Netflix has published a security paper with many details. There are four vulnerabilities, three of →
Earlier it was said “customer is always right” but now the in digitak world it seems to have turned to “always claim it is user’s fault”. “The simple act of using Facebook, Snyder claimed, negated any user’s expectation of privacy. An outside party can’t violate what you yourself destroyed, Snyder seemed to suggest.” IN COURT, →