Latest articles by Keumars Afifi-Sabet
Apple patches iOS 12 after hackers exploit WebKit Engine flaws
News The emergency patch addresses two bugs abused to launch remote code execution attacks
Personal data exposed in McDonald’s data breach
News Hackers steal information from systems based in the US, South Korea and Taiwan
Vodafone partners with industry giants to develop Open RAN network
News Samsung and Dell are among the firms contributing to the first European network of this kind
DoJ shuts down infamous stolen credentials marketplace Slilpp
News The platform offered 80 million stolen credentials from roughly 1,400 banking and e-commerce providers, including Amazon and PayPal
EA hackers steal source code for FIFA, Battlefield game series
News Stolen data has now been posted for sale on the dark web
Latest Android 12 beta puts privacy front and centre
News Developers roll out a privacy dashboard alongside shortcuts to limit app access to components like the microphone and camera
Weekly threat roundup: Windows, Chrome, VMware
News Pulling together the most dangerous and pressing flaws that businesses need to patch
El Salvador becomes the first nation to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender
News The shock move comes as many countries and institutions distance themselves from the ever-fluctuating cryptocurrency
UK gov's digital skills failure costing £6bn in lost GDP per year
News Tech execs demand public subsidies to encourage investment, while the skills minister expresses ‘surprise’ at the widening crisis
Google is shifting YouTube infrastructure to Google Cloud
News The migration will help to bolster Google Cloud’s reputation as Google aims to rely less on advertising revenue
GitHub to prohibit code that’s used in active attacks
News The coding repository updates its policies to tighten up security in light of concerns it might be exploited
Weekly threat roundup: Froala, WordPress, Siemens
News Pulling together the most dangerous and pressing flaws that businesses need to patch
FireEye to sell its core products and branding for $1.2bn
News The new company will retain Mandiant Solutions as it looks to grow the cyber forensics division
Samsung unveils 'zoned namespace' SSDs for cloud and data centres
News The ZNS storage units offer up to four times longer lifespan for systems running bit data and AI applications
Mozilla modernises Firefox UI with design overhaul, privacy protections
News Developers claim the refreshed browser is cleaner, more intuitive, and responsive to users' browsing habits
Cyber attack shuts down food giant JBS
News Australian operations have been suspended for at least 24 hours as IT professionals work to restore services
Amazon devices to start communicating with each other by default
News From 8 June, Amazon devices will form low-bandwidth ‘Sidewalk’ networks with nearby units to avoid dropout and extend their working range
FBI partners with 'Have I Been Pwned' on breached password database
News The service, which lets you check if your details have been compromised, has also been converted to open source through the .NET foundation
How Brexit fuelled Lithuania’s ambitions to become Europe’s fintech capital
In-depth More than 200 companies including Revolut and ConnectPay make up the Baltic nation’s thriving fintech scene
DocuSign acquires ‘smart agreements’ startup Clause
News The startup’s technology will neatly complement DocuSign’s scale and distribution network, its founder claims
Weekly threat roundup: Apple's M1 chip, VMware, Trend Micro
News Pulling together the most dangerous and pressing flaws that businesses need to patch
Apple’s M1 chip contains “unfixable” hardware flaw, researcher claims
News The bug, which cannot be easily exploited, is more likely to be abused by advertising companies than cyber criminals
VMware urges vCenter customers to immediately patch their systems
News The company warns that ransomware gangs are primed to exploit two flaws to conduct remote code execution attacks
