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2018-03-13 20:35:01 | Patch Tuesday drops the mandatory antivirus requirement after all (lien direct) | Today's patches also include an annoying-looking remote code execution bug. | |||
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2018-03-01 18:14:04 | Intel\'s latest set of Spectre microcode fixes is coming to a Windows update (lien direct) | Windows users will no longer be beholden to their motherboard makers. | |||
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2018-02-21 19:03:03 | Intel ships (hopefully stable) microcode for Skylake, Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake (lien direct) | All 6th, 7th, and 8th generation Core processors now have microcode available. | |||
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2018-02-16 20:42:05 | 32 lawsuits filed against Intel over Spectre and Meltdown flaws (lien direct) | Company also accused of failing to act in response to insider trading. | |||
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2018-02-12 17:19:01 | Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection coming to Windows 7 and 8.1 (lien direct) | A Windows 10 feature is coming to old platforms. | |||
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2018-02-09 19:50:24 | (Déjà vu) From July on, Chrome will brand plain old HTTP as “Not secure†(lien direct) | The "Not secure" label will go where the padlock would go for an encrypted connection. | |||
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2018-02-09 19:50:02 | From July on, Chrome will brand plain old HTTP as “Not secure” (lien direct) | The "Not secure" label will go where the padlock would go for an encrypted connection. | |||
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2018-02-08 01:25:16 | Intel releases new Spectre microcode update for Skylake; other chips remain in beta (lien direct) | Previous microcode update was reported to cause unwanted system reboots. | |||
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2018-01-29 17:08:04 | New Windows patch disables Intel\'s bad Spectre microcode fix (lien direct) | Registry keys can also be used to selectively enable or disable the microcode fix. | |||
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2018-01-19 18:36:53 | Malicious Chrome extension is next to impossible to manually remove (lien direct) | Extensions remain the Achilles heel for an otherwise highly secure browser. | |||
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2018-01-15 21:05:29 | Spectre and Meltdown patches causing trouble as realistic attacks get closer (lien direct) | Driver incompatibilities and microcode problems are both being reported. | |||
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2018-01-11 21:30:10 | Here\'s how, and why, the Spectre and Meltdown patches will hurt performance (lien direct) | Now that microcode and patches are starting to ship, a clearer picture is emerging. | |||
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2018-01-11 19:46:07 | Skype finally getting end-to-end encryption (lien direct) | It'll use the Signal protocol, also used in WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and others. | |||
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2018-01-09 15:31:08 | Bad docs and blue screens make Microsoft suspend Spectre patch for AMD machines (lien direct) | Blue screen crashes on decade-old AMD chips seem to be widespread. | |||
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2018-01-05 13:52:41 | Meltdown and Spectre: Here\'s what Intel, Apple, Microsoft, others are doing about it (lien direct) | Intel, Microsoft, ARM, and others have responded. We dig in. | ★★ | ||
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2018-01-04 00:30:26 | “Meltdown†and “Spectreâ€: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws (lien direct) | Immediate concern is for Intel chips, but everyone is at risk. | |||
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2017-12-14 20:50:29 | After backlash, animal shelter fires security robot, “effective immediately†(lien direct) | San Francisco SPCA used Knightscope robot for a month to mitigate vandalism. | |||
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2017-12-07 21:50:01 | Chrome 63 offers even more protection from malicious sites, using even more memory (lien direct) | Google gives Administrators new ways to lock down the browser. | |||
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2017-11-17 21:24:54 | How to fix a program without the source code? Patch the binary directly (lien direct) | Microsoft abandons typical Patch Tuesday playbook to fix Equation Editor flaw. | |||
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2017-11-14 14:00:56 | Firefox\'s faster, slicker, slimmer Quantum edition now out (lien direct) | It's as much as twice as fast as it was a year ago. | |||
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2017-10-19 23:48:02 | Facebook is struggling to meet the burden of securing itself, security chief says (lien direct) | Chief Security Officer described security report as a “very painful process.†| |||
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2017-09-21 17:55:37 | If Bill Gates really thinks ctrl-alt-del was a mistake, he should have fixed it himself (lien direct) | You can't pin the blame for this one on IBM. | |||
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2017-09-21 00:26:46 | Microsoft: Windows getting more stable, faster, and lasting longer on battery (lien direct) | Even as Windows 10 users grow, support calls are declining. | |||
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2017-09-14 19:03:26 | Azure Confidential Computing will keep data secret, even from Microsoft (lien direct) | Virtual machines and hardware features will provide secrecy. | |||
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2017-09-14 15:28:15 | Apple says Face ID didn\'t actually fail during its iPhone X event (lien direct) | The iPhone maker says its new face unlocking tech worked as intended. | |||
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2017-09-13 19:35:33 | Kaspersky software banned from US government agencies (lien direct) | Kaspersky: We have “never helped, nor will help, any government with cyberespionage.†| |||
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2017-08-25 19:40:03 | Leak of >1,700 valid passwords could make the IoT mess much worse (lien direct) | List of unsecured devices lived in obscurity since June. Now, it's going mainstream. | |||
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2017-08-18 12:27:29 | Secret chips in replacement parts can completely hijack your phone\'s security (lien direct) | Booby-trapped touchscreens can log passwords, install malicious apps, and more. | |||
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2017-08-15 08:00:38 | Building America\'s Trust Act would amp up privacy concerns at the border (lien direct) | Civil libertarians tell Ars they're worried about “mass surveillance expansion.†| |||
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2017-08-03 15:45:25 | After phishing attacks, Chrome extensions push adware to millions (lien direct) | Compromised accounts push fraudulent extension updates to unsuspecting users. | |||
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2017-07-26 20:28:19 | Microsoft expands bug bounty program to cover any Windows flaw (lien direct) | Now every part of Windows is covered by a bug bounty scheme. | |||
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2017-07-24 23:08:34 | “Perverse†malware infecting hundreds of Macs remained undetected for years (lien direct) | Surveillance malware dubbed Fruitfly was easy to spot but flew under the radar anyway. | |||
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2017-07-21 18:55:14 | Microsoft\'s secret weapon in ongoing struggle against Fancy Bear? Trademark law (lien direct) | "Redirecting…Strontium domains will directly disrupt current Strontium infrastructure." | APT 28 | ||
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2017-07-20 21:57:55 | Google drops the boom on WoSign, StartCom certs for good (lien direct) | Citing “certificate misissuance,†Google to expire all certs from offenders by September. | |||
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2017-07-20 16:05:39 | FCC has no documentation of DDoS attack that hit net neutrality comments (lien direct) | Records request denied because FCC made no "written documentation" of attack. | |||
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2017-07-19 18:03:14 | Russian man who helped create notorious malware sentenced to 5 years (lien direct) | DOJ: Citadel led to $500 million in losses for banks. | |||
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2017-07-18 17:25:29 | Security experts from Google, Facebook, Crowdstrike want to save US elections (lien direct) | "Defending Digital Democracy" will "generate innovative ideas" to safeguard democracy. | |||
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2017-07-13 16:08:06 | Samba puts out new security update to address exploit that fueled WannaCry (lien direct) | Vuln hit "all versions of Samba from 4.0.0 onward using embedded Heimdal Kerberos." | Wannacry | ||
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2017-07-12 17:15:42 | Miscreants have been pillaging credit cards from Trump Hotels\' booking system (lien direct) | Hacks across 14 properties began in July 2016 and were stopped in March 2017. | |||
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2017-07-11 20:38:40 | Kaspersky under scrutiny after Bloomberg story claims close links to FSB (lien direct) | CEO: “This story is BS brewed on political agenda.†| |||
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2017-07-08 13:00:05 | How I learned to stop worrying (mostly) and love my threat model (lien direct) | Reducing privacy and security risks starts with knowing what the threats really are. | |||
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2017-07-07 03:20:25 | FBI-DHS “amber†alert warns energy industry of attacks on nuke plant operators (lien direct) | Spear-phishing e-mails with malicious fake resumes targeted plant engineers. | |||
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2017-07-05 21:48:52 | Backdoor built in to widely used tax app seeded last week\'s NotPetya outbreak (lien direct) | Operation that hit thousands was “thoroughly well-planned and well-executed.†| NotPetya | ||
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2017-07-03 12:00:49 | HTTPS Certificate Revocation is broken, and it\'s time for some new tools (lien direct) | Certificate Transparency and OCSP Must-Staple can't get here fast enough. | |||
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2017-06-30 14:13:24 | NotPetya developers may have obtained NSA exploits weeks before their public leak [Updated] (lien direct) | Clues may tie people behind massive malware attack to mysterious Shadow Brokers group. | NotPetya | ||
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2017-06-28 20:30:45 | Tuesday\'s massive ransomware outbreak was, in fact, something much worse (lien direct) | Payload delivered in mass attack destroys data, with no hope of recovery. | |||
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2017-06-27 19:47:31 | Microsoft bringing EMET back as a built-in part of Windows 10 (lien direct) | The built-in exploit mitigations are getting stronger and easier to configure. | |||
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2017-06-27 19:05:38 | Ohio Gov. Kasich\'s website, dozens of others defaced using year-old exploit (lien direct) | "High risk" exploit patch was issued in May of 2016. | |||
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2017-06-27 16:53:21 | A new ransomware outbreak similar to WCry is shutting down computers worldwide (lien direct) | Like earlier ransomware worm, new attacks use potent exploit stolen from the NSA. | |||
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2017-06-27 00:10:23 | This Windows Defender bug was so gaping its PoC exploit had to be encrypted (lien direct) | Is there a fuzzer in the house? |
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