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Your CCTV devices can be hacked and weaponised
More and more homes are being equipped with CCTV. While it can be very useful, it also poses numerous threats. What are the most common ones users can face? Video cameras, or CCTV, are becoming a more and more widespread feature of life. In fact, smart home security...
Apple patches actively exploited iPhone, iPad zero-day and 18 other security flaws
Apple has released an update providing a number of patches for iOS and iPadOS, including one zero-day that “may have been actively exploited". Tracked as CVE-2022-42827, the zero-day vulnerability was the result of an out-of-bounds write error in the kernel, which...
The ultimate guide to deleting yourself from social media
Worried about oversharing – or just want to kick the social media habit? ITPro have outlined concrete steps you can take to delete your identity from the most popular sites and services. Personal information has never been more accessible. Your social media profile...
What are the key business features in macOS Ventura?
A key feature that may interest organisations is passkeys, a new method for signing in to websites and apps across all Apple devices. Apple claims that the new passwordless approach will eliminate the possibility of breaching user accounts through data breaches since...
Dubai’s BitOasis signs deal with Mastercard for crypto-linked cards
Source: Reuters Reporting by Yousef Saba Editing by David Holmes DUBAI, Oct 25 (Reuters) - BitOasis, a Middle East-focused cryptocurrency exchange based in the United Arab Emirates, said on Tuesday it had signed an agreement with Mastercard (MA.N) to launch...
Chrome extensions with 1 million installs hijack targets’ browsers
Source: Bleeping Computer By: Bill Toulas Researchers at Guardio Labs have discovered a new malvertizing campaign pushing Google Chrome extensions that hijack searches and insert affiliate links into webpages. Because all these extensions offer color customization...
macOS 13 Ventura is coming to your Mac today!
Apple revealed the new features coming to macOS during the WWDC keynote back in June, and now the new version of the Mac operating system – Ventura – is ready for release to Mac users. Apple has said that it will release macOS Ventura on Monday 24 October. Here’s what...
These are the top passwords hackers use against remote access. Time to change yours?
Researchers at Rapid7 have looked at the security of admin passwords used to protect the two main protocols for remotely accessing corporate networks – and the results aren't great. The two protocols – Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Secure Shell (SSH) – are widely...
Dutch Police Trick DeadBolt Hackers into Giving Away 150 Decryption Keys
The Dutch National police have used a chink in hackers’ armor to obtain free decryption keys and restore victims’ data. DeadBolt ransomware operators, known to be targeting regular folk with data encrypting malware, got tricked out of more than 150 decryption keys by...
Hackney Council Ransomware Attack Cost £12m+
A local government authority in London was forced to spend over £12m ($11.7m) in a single financial year to help it recover from a devastating ransomware attack, according to a local report. The October 2020 attack, traced to the Pysa/Mespinoza variant, resulted in...