GCHQ-developed phone security 'open to surveillance'

A security researcher has said software developed by the UK intelligence agency GCHQ contains weaknesses making it possible to eavesdrop on phone calls. By Chris Baraniuk, Technology reporter The security…

Popular 3G/4G data dongles are desperately vulnerable, say hackers

Vulnerable to remote code execution. Richard Chirgwin Cellular modems from four vendors have been popped by security researchers, who have documented cross-site scripting (XSS), cross-site request forgery (CSRF), remote code…

26,000 Cisco devices 'open to hijacking'

More than 26,000 Cisco devices sold by Australia’s dominant telco Telstra are open to hijacking via hardcoded SSH login keys and SSL certificates. Darren Pauli The baked-in HTTPS server-side certificates…

26,000 Cisco devices 'open to hijacking'

More than 26,000 Cisco devices sold by Australia’s dominant telco Telstra are open to hijacking via hardcoded SSH login keys and SSL certificates. Darren Pauli The baked-in HTTPS server-side certificates…

600,000 cable modems have an easy to pop backdoor in a backdoor

Brazilian whacks Arris for easy-t-o-guess default password, fix promised fast. Darren Pauli Security bod Bernardo Rodrigues has found a backdoor-within-a-backdoor affecting some 600,000 Arris cable modems. The broadband kit company…