Getty Images reader comments 49 with 39 posters participating, including story author Share this story When we teach people how to avoid falling victim to phishing sites, we usually advise closely inspecting the address bar to make sure it does contain HTTPS and that it doesn’t contain suspicious domains such as google.evildomain.com or substitute letters such […]
Monthly Archives: March 2022
The Download: Activists are targeting Russians with open-source ‘protestware’
—Patrick Howell O’Neill The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Food prices are soaringUkraine supplies much of the world’s wheat, corn, and barley—and its farmers are unlikely to be able to plant this season. (NYT $) + Climate change is compounding the problem. (Wired $) + A Ukrainian MP […]
Activists are targeting Russians with open-source “protestware”
But node.ipc also had code added to it that located its users and, if they were found within Russia or Belarus, wiped files. The malicious code on March 15, according to Liran Tal, a researcher at the cybersecurity firm Snyk. The new code was hidden within base64-encoded data that will make it hard to spot. […]
A big bet to kill the password for good
Elena Lacey reader comments 23 with 19 posters participating Share this story After years of tantalizing hints that a passwordless future is just around the corner, you’re probably still not feeling any closer to that digital unshackling. Ten years into working on the issue, though, the FIDO Alliance, an industry association that specifically works on […]
Leaked ransomware documents show Conti helping Putin from the shadows
Wired | Getty Images reader comments 2 with 2 posters participating Share this story For years, Russia’s cybercrime groups have acted with relative impunity. The Kremlin and local law enforcement have largely turned a blind eye to disruptive ransomware attacks as long as they didn’t target Russian companies. Despite direct pressure on Vladimir Putin to […]
Sabotage: Code added to popular NPM package wiped files in Russia and Belarus
Getty Images reader comments 53 with 44 posters participating, including story author Share this story The developer of a popular open source package has been caught adding malicious code to it, leading to wiped files on computers located in Russia and Belarus. The move was part of a protest that has enraged many users and […]
The Download: Fixing America’s cybersecurity and part 2 of The Secret Police investigation
What is it: Stronger government oversight, rules mandating that organizations meet minimum cybersecurity standards, closer partnerships with the private sector, a move away from the current market-first approach, and enforcement to make sure any new rules are followed. Precedent: The new strategy will take its cue from some of the nation’s most famous regulatory landmarks, […]
Inside the plan to fix America’s never-ending cybersecurity failures
“The good news is that we actually know how to solve these problems,” says Glenn Gerstall, general counsel at the National Security Agency until 2020. “We can fix cybersecurity. It may be expensive and difficult but we know how to do it. This is not a technology problem.” Another major recent cyberattack proves the point […]
Griffin on Tech: The PM is off to the US to spruik our tech
Peter Griffin, Editor. 18 March 2022, 10:56 am It’s always been the big dream for New Zealand tech start-up founders, to make it in the biggest market of well-heeled buyers – America. We’ve had some success in doing so, but mainly in lucrative niches and in the business to business space rather than selling to […]
The PM is off to the US to spruik our tech
Peter Griffin, Editor. 18 March 2022, 10:56 am It’s always been the big dream for New Zealand tech start-up founders, to make it in the biggest market of well-heeled buyers – America. We’ve had some success in doing so, but mainly in lucrative niches and in the business to business space rather than selling to […]