An ongoing study investigating security bugs in Microsoft Office has so far led to two security patches.

Online dating profiles and social media accounts add to the rich data sources that allow criminals to tailor attacks.

By Waqas

Famed secure email service provider VFEmail has become a victim of a hack attack by an unknown cybercriminal. The company claims that it has suffered a “catastrophic destruction” of its US servers and almost two decades of data and backups in only a few hours. The entire digital infrastructure of the company got destroyed by […]

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Member details exposed following web admin error

Member details exposed following web admin error

The issue affects default installations of Ubuntu Server and Desktop and is likely included in many Ubuntu-like Linux distributions.

Ever since Apple announced enhanced privacy protection for macOS Mojave 10.14 last September, a dedicated band of researchers has been poking away at it looking for security flaws. Here's another.

There are no permission dialogues for apps in certain folders for macOS Mojave, which allows a malicious app to spy on browsing histories..

... and enables de-authenticaton attacks that could knock targeted systems off the Wi-Fi and onto one of these nefarious cables.

Here's the latest Naked Security podcast - enjoy!