Month: November 2018

Now Russian Hackers Are Using Brexit As Part Of Their Cyber Attacks

…read more Source:: PacketStorm


How Docker Containers Can Be Exploited To Mine Cryptocurrency

…read more Source:: PacketStorm


Marriott Hack Hits 500 Million Starwood Guests

…read more Source:: PacketStorm


After Microsoft Complaints, Indian Police Arrest Tech Support Scammers At 26 Call Centers

An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: New Delhi police have arrested 63 suspects in the last two months working and operating 26 call centers that were engaging in tech support scams, posing as tech support staff at Microsoft, Google, Apple, and other major tech companies. The raids on Delhi-based call centers have taken…


Deck the halls with … oh, no. DXC tells staff they may not have a job in the New Year

Depressing Xmas Comms which employees have whole holiday to think about it With Christmas around the corner, DXC Technology have warned yet more frontline techies – the feet on the street that support customers – they might not have a job in the New Year.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Middle East youth and tech: What’s happened since the Arab Spring?

The Arab Spring showed the potential of young people in the Middle East armed with technology. But the picture since then has been patchy. …read more Source:: ZDNet


This is how Docker containers can be exploited to mine for cryptocurrency

Containers are becoming a target for cryptojacking in rising numbers. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Marriott’s Starwood hotels mega-hack: Half a BILLION guests’ deets exposed over 4 years

One of, but not the worst, in history US hotel chain Marriott has admitted that a breach of its Starwood subsidiary’s guest reservation network has exposed the entire database – all 500 million guest bookings over four years, making this one of the biggest hacks of an individual org ever.… …read more Source:: Register


New Part Day: The Twenty Five Cent USB Microcontroller (With A Toolchain!)

Last year, Jiangsu Yuheng Co., Ltd introduced a new microcontroller. The CH554 is a microcontroller with an E8051 core with a 24 MHz clock, a little more than 1 kB of RAM, and a bit more than 14 kB split between the code and data Flash. In short, it’s nothing too spectacular, but it makes…


Blockchain study finds 0.00% success rate and vendors don’t call back when asked for evidence

Where is your distributed ledger technology now? Though Blockchain has been touted as the answer to everything, a study of 43 solutions advanced in the international development sector has found exactly no evidence of success.… …read more Source:: TheRegister