Alarm raised over ‘high-severity’ vulnerabilities in Matrix messaging protocol Summary The Matrix Foundation published an off-cycle security release to patch two high-severity vulnerabilities affecting the Matrix federated messaging protocol. Details…
Pennsylvania attorney general says cyberattack knocked phone, email systems offline Summary The Office of Pennsylvania’s attorney general reported a cyberattack that has taken its phone and email systems offline and…
Estonians behind $577 million cryptomining fraud sentenced to 16 months Summary Two Estonian nationals, Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin (both 40), were sentenced in Washington state to 16 months in…
New York lawsuit against Zelle creator alleges features allowed $1 billion in thefts Summary The New York Attorney General, Letitia James, has sued Early Warning Services (EWS), the company behind…
New ‘Curly’ threat actor found targeting sensitive organisations in Georgia, Moldova Summary Security researchers at Bitdefender have uncovered an espionage campaign run by a group they call “Curly COMrades,” active…
Chap found chunks of an asteroid older than Earth in his suburban living room Summary A small meteorite — now named the McDonough Meteorite — crashed through an Atlanta homeowner’s…
Ransomware crew spills Saint Paul’s 43GB of secrets after city refuses to cough up cash Content summary The Interlock ransomware group has published a 43GB trove of files it says…
NASA mulls sending a rescue rocket to boost Swift observatory’s orbit Summary NASA is exploring commercial ways to raise the orbit of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after faster-than-expected orbital…
I started losing my digital privacy in 1974, aged 11 Summary Mark Pesce describes a recent urgent-care visit in the US where a nurse, after checking his ID, recited an…
Some users report their Firefox browser is scoffing CPU power Summary Users have noticed Firefox consuming extra CPU and electricity, apparently caused by a background process called Inference. The likely…
