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A free Chrome VPN with over 100,000 installations has been accused of snapping unauthorised screenshots of websites and spying on its users location data
News Put the camera down, and back away slowly.
'One of the most powerful DDoS botnets to ever exist' has been taken down by the DoJ with help from Amazon Web Services, Google, Cloudflare and others
News It's not quite "those meddling kids", but I'll take it.
A free chicken nugget hack helped uncover multiple McDonald's cybersecurity fails: 'All I had to do was change login to register in the URL' to access 'highly confidential and proprietary information'
News 'They fixed the vulnerabilities after I literally had to cold-call their HQ pretending to know security employees. This is that story.'
Still using WinRAR? It might be time for an update, as a zero-day vulnerability is being 'exploited in the wild in the guise of job application documents'
News WinArrrrgh.
Asus says 'all issues have been resolved' regarding Armoury Crate, MyAsus, and router vulnerabilities, so I'd jump on those updates now if you were putting them off
News You've definitely updated your Asus gear recently, yes?
Microsoft warns of 'active attacks' on its government and business server tech, with one cybersecurity expert claiming that they should 'assume that you have been compromised'
News There are a bunch of security agencies on the case, though.
Google begins legal action against BadBox 2.0, 'the largest known botnet of internet-connected TVs' affecting more than 10,000,000 Android devices including *checks notes* picture frames
News Badbox Badbox, what you gonna do, what you gonna do when they come for you.
Looks like the Taiwanese chip industry is becoming a hot target for Chinese state-sponsored hackers trying to nab trade secrets
News Get your own chips, these are mine.
