Some of you may have heard about VPN protocols that let you establish a connection between your device and a server, such as OpenVPN and IPsec. But there’s a brand new shiny protocol that promises to be faster and more secure at the same time — WireGuard. But WTF is a VPN anyway? A VPN […]
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VPNFilter malware that attacks routers is far more dangerous than thought
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VPNFilter, a recently discovered malware that attacks routers and switches, is far more dangerous than originally thought.
Cisco Talos, which first posted information about VPNFilter in May, has now updated its blog with new findings about this threat, and the results are not good.
Originally, Cisco Talos said that VPNFilter attacks several brands of home and small office routers — namely Linksys, MikroTik, NETGEAR and TP-Link — as well as QNAP’s NAS devices, with the ability to steal certain types of data and render infected devices unusable. Read more…
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A newly discovered iOS bug lets an attacker construct a simple text message which, when sent to an iPhone, immediately freezes and possibly restarts it.
Software developer Abraham Masri has identified the bug and christened it chaiOS (which we must admit is a pretty awesome name). Masri told BuzzFeed, who first wrote about the bug, that he found it while “fuzzing with the operating system.”
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Google says Spectre and Meltdown were the worst vulnerabilities in a decade
Now that the patches across various platforms for the recently discovered Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities have largely been deployed, Google has detailed how it managed to address these threats on its cloud services such as Gmail and Search befo…
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