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Malformed signature trick can bypass Mark of the Web
October 26, 2022 - Mark of the Web (MOTW)—the technology that ensures Windows pops a warning message when trying to open a file downloaded from...
A gym heist in London goes cyber: Lock and Code S03E22
October 24, 2022 - A thief has been stalking London. This past summer, multiple women reported similar crimes to the police: While working out at...
Smart lights vulnerable to “blink and you’ll miss it” attack
October 11, 2022 - Over the last couple of years, key parts of our daily lives have been sliding into some form of Internet connectivity....
Don’t share the WhatsApp ‘Martinelli’ phone hacking alert: It’s a hoax
September 6, 2022 - Everyone loves a good campfire story prone to exaggeration. However, when told online it’s not quite got the same effect. Long...
Reddit users crowdsourcing explicit images and identities
August 22, 2022 - The BBC is warned of a large photograph trading ring which operated on popular group forum site Reddit. These warnings are in...
Phishy calls and emails play on energy cost increase fears
August 6, 2022 - Gas and electricity price concerns are rife at the moment, with spiralling costs and bigger increases waiting down the line. Sadly...
“Orwellian in the extreme” food store installs facial recognition cameras to stop crime, faces backlash
July 28, 2022 - A convenience shop chain is under fire and facing legal charges for installing cameras with facial recognition software in 35 of...
TikTok owner ByteDance pushed a pro-China agenda to Americans, say former employees
July 28, 2022 - Controversy over supposed pro-China messaging in apps from TikTok owner Bytedance continues to grow. Tales are emerging relating to a now...
Tiktok challenged by China-centric promotion & censorship issues
July 27, 2022 - Controversy over supposed pro-China messaging in apps from TikTok owner Bytedance continues to grow. Tales are emerging relating to a now...
Ransomware rolled through business defenses in Q2 2022
July 13, 2022 - Ransomware has given security professionals a headache for the better part of a decade. Fast forward to 2022, and the headache...