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Critical flaws in the software of Sierra Wireless' AirLink routers enable an array of malicious attacks.

One of two dark net marketplaces taken down by coppers as they cuff 3 in Germany, 2 in LA

Three people have been arrested in Germany in connection with a dark net souk for drugs, dodgy documents and stolen data called the Wall Street Market.…

Learn the skills you need to fend off cybercriminals

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Something for the Weekend, Sir?  I arise with thoughts of robots having sex.…

Crestron, Barco wePresent, Extron ShareLink and more wireless presentation systems have an array of critical flaws.

Maybe it should be called World Password Shaming Day this year because, apparently, you suck

If there's anything worse that having to constantly come up with and enter passwords, it's the idiotic way in which we all do it.…

Researchers warn customers to reconsider the use of the camera’s remote access feature if the device is monitoring highly sensitive areas of their household or company.

One of the misconfigured Elasticsearch databases showed evidence of a ransomware attack.

Dell has patched two high-severity vulnerabilities in its SupportAssist software meant to aid security issues for customers.

Part of a slew of patches from the networking vendor, the CVSS 9.8 bug allows remote takeover of a vulnerable device.

Case will be heard over May and June

Julian Asssange unsurprisingly told a judge today that he did not “wish to surrender myself” to a US extradition request.…

Hardly reassuring on any level

Back in March, remote desktop specialist Citrix admitted hackers had romped through its core systems, and had purloined internal business documents. Now we're finding out the intrusion was much worse than first thought.…

Better ban this gear from non-US core networks, right?

Right on cue, Cisco on Wednesday patched a security vulnerability in some of its network switches that can be exploited by miscreants to commandeer the IT equipment and spy on people.…

Revive Adserver patches two vulnerability, one of which may have been used to allow hackers to deliver malware to third-party websites.

Duo also ask for two-year delay in celeb-studded ICO trial

Two men accused of running a cryptocurrency scam have asked for the entire case to be thrown out – because prosecutors may have accidentally obtained and read Slack conversations the duo had with their lawyers.…

Latest development in long-running lawsuit over electronic device slurping

Civil rights groups including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have pushed this week for a US judge to declare the search of mobile phones at America's borders to be unconstitutional.…

Replaced by one-time junior MoD minister Penny Mordaunt

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has been sacked from the British government after having leaked the news that Blighty isn’t completely banning Huawei from its 5G networks.…

And that's just the start of his legal woes

Former WikiLeaker-in-chief Julian Assange has been sentenced to 11 months in prison after jumping bail and fleeing into Ecuador's London embassy for more than seven years.…

There's insecure and then there's insecure

NordVPN has been told to stop misleading world+dog with claims in telly ads that public Wi-Fi is inherently insecure.…

Big Red rushes out software patch as ransomware scumbags move in

IT admins overseeing Oracle's WebLogic Server installations need to get patching immediately: miscreants are exploiting what was a zero-day vulnerability in the software to pump ransomware into networks.…