Phil Muncaster Researchers have found a serious vulnerability in a commonly used cryptographic library, compromising the security of potentially millions of RSA encryption keys used to protect a wide range…
Day: October 18, 2017
Child safety smartwatches ‘easy’ to hack, watchdog says
By Joseph Venable, Technology reporter Some smartwatches designed for children have security flaws that make them vulnerable to hackers, a watchdog has warned. The Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC) tested watches…
Social media data shared by spy agencies
UK spy agencies are collecting citizens’ social media and medical data, a court has heard. The details emerged in a case brought by Privacy International, looking at the legality of…
Adobe patches Flash bug used for planting spying tools
Adobe has patched a new Flash security flaw that was being used by attackers to install spying tools on victims’ computers. The security bug was delivered using malicious Flash files…