Security
Microsoft Exchange Server exposes tens of thousands of organisations to cyber attack
Hackers can install tools that allow total remote control over affected systems
Airline IT provider SITA suffers data breach
Tens of thousands of airline passengers have been impacted as a result of the attack on SITA's servers
Notorious Russian hacker forums attacked by mysterious cyber actors
Data breaches have left forum members worried that their data may be used by law enforcement agencies to uncover their real identities
Thank Zuck it's Friday #5 - Budget, Vaccine passports and Browser tracking
The Computing team discuss the week's top technology news, including Rishi Sunak's latest budget, the argument around vaccine passports, and Google's intention to stop selling ads based on tracked browser history
Microsoft patches four zero-day bugs impacting Exchange Server
Microsoft blames Chinese actor Hafnium for having already exploited the faults
The pitfalls and opportunities of a digital health passport
Political, social and privacy concerns stand in the way of what, on the face of it, seems like a quick and easy solution to fixing the global economy
Google plans to stop selling ads based on tracked browsing history
Google says its new approach will enhance privacy, but critics say it moves essential parts of the open web into the firm's walled garden
Google SEO algorithm tricked by malware to legitimise fake sites
It is actively delivering malicious payloads through highly-focused campaigns in the US, South Korea and Germany
Microsoft announces passwordless authentication in Azure and updates to Teams and Outlook
Announcements made at Ignite 2021 event
CVSS assigns severity score of 10.0 to Rockwell controller vulnerability
"Tracking PLC components to fix the problem will be hard," said one commentator
SolarWinds executives blame intern for 'solarwinds123' password lapse
SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna said that the password had been in use as early as 2017
Far-right platform Gab blames 'demon hackers' for security breach
The attackers are sharing information from the far-right site with journalists and researchers
Critical vulnerability found in Snow Software's Inventory Agent
The weakness has a CVSS score of 8.3 out of 10
Facebook ordered to pay $650m to settle facial recognition lawsuit
Settlement of class-action lawsuit one of the largest ever for privacy violation
Fifty percent of all ransomware attacks are against manufacturers, research
Orange Cyberdefence blames cultural problems that leave the manufacturing sector particularly vulnerable
Oxford University confirms breach of its Covid-19 lab
Although Oxford says no clinical studies were compromised, the attackers are likely to sell the data to nation states
GCHQ will use AI to combat child abuse and human trafficking
GCHQ has committed to using AI in a 'fair and transparent' way
Npower shuts down mobile app following data breach
Npower will not turn its mobile app back on after the attack
Mozilla's new Firefox feature blocks cross-site cookie tracking
Total Cookie Protection creates a separate 'cookie jar' for each website, preventing users from being tracked across the web
China-linked Jian spyware was copied from NSA code, researchers
The APT31 group cloned a cyber-offensive tool developed by the NSA to create Jian, which was then used against a US target
'Silent stealing': cyber fraudsters expand mass, low-return operations in the pandemic
Criminals are targeting hundreds of thousands of individuals for as little as £10, reasoning that such thefts are less likely to be reported
Here's how to stay safe online - in the pandemic and beyond
The coronavirus pandemic threw working lives into disarray, but we cannot afford to sacrifice security for convenience
'Silver Sparrow' malware infects about 30,000 Macs worldwide
But so far the new attack does...nothing
Thank Zuck it's Friday #3 - Data adequacy, Darktrace and 'spy pixels'
Join the Computing team for episode three of the podcast that gives you the lowdown on the hottest tech news of the week
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