Firefox gets patch for critical zeroday that’s being actively exploited
Mozilla has released a new version of Firefox that fixes an actively exploited zeroday that could allow attackers to take control of users’ computers.
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NYC broadband plan calls for fiber everywhere, with ISPs sharing network
Enlarge / New York City.
The New York City government has released an “Internet Master Plan” that calls for universal broadband throughout the five boroughs, relying on open-access fiber networks …
Unpatched VPN makes Travelex latest victim of “REvil” ransomware
Enlarge / It may take longer to get your money changed when you travel, since Travelex is doing everything on paper because of a ransomware attack.
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Unable to unlock gunman’s iPhones, the FBI (once again) asks for Apple’s help
In a move that may signal another high-stakes clash over encryption, the FBI is asking Apple for help decrypting two iPhones believed to have belonged to Mohammed …
Iran courted US security expert for years, seeking industrial hacking training
Iran has over the past decade built up its own organic hacking and cyberwarfare capabilities. But the groups associated with orchestrating Iran’s various cyberwarfare and cyber-espionage activities have also relied …
PGP keys, software security, and much more threatened by new SHA1 exploit
Three years ago, Ars declared the SHA1 cryptographic hash algorithm officially dead after researchers performed the world’s first known instance of a fatal exploit known as a “collision” on it. …
Researchers unearth malicious Google Play apps linked to active exploit hackers
Researchers have found more malicious Google Play apps, one of which exploits a serious Android rooting vulnerability so the app can take screenshots and collect other types of sensitive user …
Unpatched US government website gets pwned by pro-Iran script kiddie
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The defaced Federal Deposit Library Program website as it appeared on January 5.
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The Federal Deposit Library Program’s home page as it appeared in November.
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IRAN-CYBER’s scoreboard
Pick your poison: The potential Iranian responses to US drone strike
Enlarge / TEHRAN, IRAN – (ARCHIVE): A file photo dated September 18, 2016 shows Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani during Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s meeting with Revolutionary Guards, in Tehran, Iran.
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IRS drops longstanding promise not to compete against TurboTax
The Internal Revenue Service’s new agreement with the tax-software industry prohibits companies from hiding their free options from search engines and allows the IRS to offer its own tax-return software …