Weekend Update

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


The WannaCrypt ransomware scam – what you need to know [PODCAST]

A hoax about ransomware called “WannaCrypt” has been widely spammed out. But is an attack of this sort technically possible?


Volkswagen and Audi car infotainment systems hacked remotely

More IoT vulnerabilities. The latest example of this has arrived from researchers at Dutch pen-testers Computest, who decided to see what security woes they could uncover in two 2015 models, the Volkswagen Golf GTE and an Audi A3 Sportback e-tron, both made by Volkswagen Audi Group (VAG).


350,000 cardiac devices need a security patch

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month approved a firmware patch for devices made by Abbott’s (formerly St Jude Medical) that are vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks and which are at risk of sudden battery loss.


Medical devices vulnerable to KRACK Wi-Fi attacks

Medical devices from Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) that rely on Wi-Fi networks encrypted by Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) encryption are vulnerable to the KRACK Wi-Fi attacks, the company said in a security advisory.


Facebook’s getting a clear history button

In these days of post-Cambridge Analytica/Cubeyou privacy-stress disorder, privacy advocates, members of Congress and users have been telling Facebook that we want more than the ability to see what data it has on us.


Check your router – list of routers affected by VPNFilter just got bigger

The VPNFilter router malware, a giant-sized IoT botnet revealed two weeks ago, just went from bad to somewhat worse.

Two great articles that explain the VPNFilter exploit in detail.

Why the FBI wants you to reboot your router — and why that won’t be enough next time – by Brue Schneier

VPNFilter malware infecting 500,000 devices is worse than we thought – Ars Technica

Might be time to buy a new router!!  (DSL and Cable Modems are routers)


Why Intel’s smallest spin qubit chip could be a turning point in quantum computing

The chip, which is smaller than a pencil eraser, could lend itself to dramatic scalability for future computing scenarios.


 

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