Category: security
Unsurprisingly, “smart beds” are pretty easy to hack
Smart beds (yes, they are a thing) can be hacked and used to gain access to a user’s entire home network, experts have warned. As such, they are a (fairly big) security risk, as hackers could then deploy malware, steal sensitive data, and even learn when no one is home.…
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Some of the newest Intel processors could be hit by dangerous new security flaw — Raptor Lake and Alder Lake both affected
Experts have discovered a new way to run side-channel attacks on some of the latest processors from Intel, and warned if users don’t secure their devices, they risk losing sensitive data to cyber-criminals. Security researchers Luyi Li, Hosein Yavarzadeh, and Dean Tullsen detailed an attack they named Indirector, which abuses…
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Millions of iOS apps could have been hit by cyberattack due to this worrying flaw
A key tool used primarily in iOS and macOS app development was vulnerable in a way that opened up millions of Mac apps to supply chain attacks, experts have warned. Cybersecurity researchers EVA Information Security claim a dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C projects called CocoaPods, carried three vulnerabilities in…
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Man arrested for setting up fake flight Wi-Fi to steal fellow passenger details
A 42-year-old Australian man has been charged by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for allegedly conducting ‘evil twin’ Wi-Fi attacks on domestic flights and at airports in Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide. The man has been accused of creating fake Wi-Fi access points to steal email and social media credentials from…
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Turkey rocked by second day of internet blackouts
Popular social media platforms remain restricted for a second consecutive day in central Türkiye amid ongoing anti-Syrian riots. Internet blackouts are still in place in the south of the country, too, spilling over into Syria’s borderlands. Violence against Syrian refugees erupted in the Kayseri region on Sunday as authorities arrested…
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North Korean hackers are using malicious Google Chrome extensions to try and hack your data
North Korean state-sponsored threat actors have been observed, once again, using malicious Google Chrome extensions to (mostly) target people in South Korea. This time around, cybersecurity researchers from Zscaler ThreatLabz found a new campaign where hackers known as Kimsuky (AKA Velvet Chollima, a group known to be affiliated to the…
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