Last week, the UK government confirmed plans to force Internet companies to undermine security by weakening or backdooring encryption. As Privacy News Online reported back in March, the UK's Home…
Britain's hospitals have been brought to a standstill because of ransomware infecting obsolete and unpatched Windows XP systems. The same obsolete operating system is powering Britain's nuclear weapons arsenal. Is…
A lot of computers, including those at hospitals and other critical institutions, are being hit by a new wave of ransomware. The weaponized parts of this software were developed by…
Private Internet Access is happy to release the results of our OpenVPN audit. In concurrence with the release of this report, OpenVPN has released OpenVPN 2.4.2 which is the latest update…
Contents 1 Executive Summary2 Introduction2.1 Scope2.2 Approach2.3 Classification and Severity Rating3 Findings3.1 Summary of Findings3.2 Static Analysis Results3.3 Dynamic Analysis Results3.4 Detailed Findings3.4.1 OVPN-01: Sensitive authentication token not wiped on…
The Intel remote vulnerability which was recently disclosed has been discussed in more detail, and it's much, much worse than you thought. It's not just that the Intel servers are…
The UK government is seeking an expansion to their mass surveillance powers on the Internet. The plans were leaked and released by the Open Rights Group. The draft rules were only officially circulated…
A Florida judge has granted a motion to compel two suspects in an ongoing case to reveal their smartphone passcodes. Prosecutors were granted a motion to compel two defendants to give…
According to security researchers, media, and now Intel themselves, a security hole allowing remote code execution (RCE) has been present in Intel CPUs since 2008. The exploit was usable on…
Lyrebird.ai, a new tech startup out of Montreal, Canada, promises to let you recreate anyone's voice with just a single minute of recording data. They even promise to be able…