Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


Ukraine Invasion Threatens US Cybersecurity

Hacking groups throughout the world are increasing their activities as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Some of these groups are supporting a particular side, while others simply want to take advantage of the resulting chaos.

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.  250th edition

It is nearly five years since I started curating this weekly Saturday cybersecurity news round-up.  I hope you are finding this column useful.


“Change Password”

[2022.03.17] Oops: – Instead of telling you when it’s safe to cross the street, the walk signs in Crystal City, VA are just repeating ‘CHANGE PASSWORD.’ Something’s gone ...

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


Central bank digital currencies: The fiat future of cryptocurrency?

CBDCs are here, and coming on stronger than ever. Their impact on the world is still unknown, but they could transform finance for good.


Plundered bitcoins recovered by FBI – all 3,879-and-one-sixth of them!

Phew! An audacious crime… that didn’t work out.  But $189 million recovered.


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Weekend Update

Happy New Year!!

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


Serious Security: OpenSSL fixes “error conflation” bugs – how mixing up mistakes can lead to trouble

Have you ever seen the message “An error occurred”? Even worse, the message “This error cannot occur”? Facts matter!


Security and Your Phone:  What the Risks Are and How to Stay Safe

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Weekend Update

Merry Christmas!!

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


Office 2021 Provides On-Premises Productivity Apps

Microsoft has released a new version of its on-premises productivity suite for those customers who are not interested in using cloud-based productivity apps. Find out what [more…]

The post Office 2021 Provides On-Premises Productivity Apps appeared first on CHIPS


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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


Bruce Schneier Edition


Excellent Write-up of the SolarWinds Security Breach

[2021.08.30] Robert Chesney wrote up the Solar Winds story as a case study, and it’s a really good summary.

This one is a must read.


Surveillance of the Internet Backbone

[2021.08.25] Vice has an article about how ...

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


New online service will hack printers to spew out spam

This attack is happening to  one of my clients.

After a Twitter user hacked over 50,000 printers last week to promote PewDiePie’s YouTube channel as part of a guerilla marketing campaign, a new service has spawned over the weekend advertising the same type of functionality, but for ...

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