By Mark Ward, Technology correspondent, BBC News The WannaCry worm has wrought havoc around the world for days but it is not the first to spread so far, so fast.…
Day: May 17, 2017
Chrome on Windows has credential theft bug
.SCF files present ID, password to fetch icons for attack file By Richard Chirgwin Google’s Chrome team is working to fix a credential theft bug that strikes if the browser…
Bell Canada hacked: 2m account details swiped by mystery miscreants
By Shaun Nichols Bell Canada said Tuesday 1.9 million customer account details were swiped by hackers – although stressed no payment card numbers or passwords were slurped. The nation’s largest…
WannaCry ransomware cyber-attack 'may have N Korea link'
Dave Lee, North America technology reporter Who was behind the huge global cyber-attack? One prominent theory right now is North Korea – but what we know is far from conclusive.…