The Register Manchester United is working with infosec pros to “minimize the ongoing IT disruption” that it says was caused by an assault on its tech systems. The New York Stock Exchange listed football business …
Bleeping Computer This week, the Vote Joe site set up by the Biden-Harris Presidential campaign had been hacked and defaced by a Turkish hacker called RootAyyildiz. Based on the evidence and the archived snapshots of …
Joe Biden’s ‘Vote Joe’ website defaced by Turkish Hackers Read More »
Bleeping Computer Facebook fixed a critical flaw in the Facebook Messenger for Android messaging app that allowed callers to listen to other users’ surroundings without permission before the person on the other end picked up …
Facebook Messenger bug allowed Android users to spy on each other Read More »
Mullvad The newest version of the Mullvad VPN app for desktop fixes a number of bugs experienced by Linux users. What’s new This release is also available for Windows and macOS but it only contains …
Linux issues resolved in latest desktop release (2020.7) Read More »
9to5Linux Mozilla Thunderbird 78.5 has been released today as a new maintenance update to the latest 78 series of the open-source and free email client used by numerous GNU/Linux distributions. Mozilla Thunderbird 78.5 is all …
Mozilla Thunderbird 78.5 Released with More OpenPGP Improvements Read More »
Electronic Frontier Foundation Last week, users of macOS noticed that attempting to open non-Apple applications while connected to the Internet resulted in long delays, if the applications opened at all. The interruptions were caused by …
macOS Leaks Application Usage, Forces Apple to Make Hard Decisions Read More »
Bleeping Computer Unknown threat actors are scanning for WordPress websites with Epsilon Framework themes installed on over 150,000 sites and vulnerable to Function Injection attacks that could lead to full site takeovers. So far today, we …
Hackers are actively probing millions of WordPress sites Read More »
Ars Technica Firewalls aren’t just for corporate networks. Large numbers of security- or privacy-conscious people also use them to filter or redirect traffic flowing in and out of their computers. Apple recently made a major …
Apple lets some Big Sur network traffic bypass firewalls Read More »
9to5Linux The Mozilla Firefox 83 web browser is now available for download on Linux, macOS, and Windows systems ahead of its official launch tomorrow, November 17th, 2020. The biggest new change in the Mozilla Firefox …
Mozilla Firefox 83 Is Now Available for Download with HTTPS-Only Mode, Improvements Read More »
Mullvad Despite Apple’s changes to macOS with the release of Big Sur, we can confirm that the Mullvad app still performs as intended by not allowing Apple’s own apps to bypass our VPN firewall. Starting …
Big no on Big Sur: Mullvad disallows Apple apps to bypass firewall Read More »
WIRED This week, president Donald Trump continued to contest the results of the United States presidential election, which he lost handily to Joe Biden. But along the way, the Trump campaign’s lawsuits and other offensives …
Security News This Week: A Ransomware Gang Bought Facebook Ads to Troll Its Victim Read More »
WIRED With Thanksgiving and the holidays looming, you might well find yourself called upon to provide some free tech support to your family. Maybe it’s a tradition, or maybe it’ll be the first time. After …
7 Simple Tech Tips to Keep Your Family Safe This Holiday Read More »