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Pro-Russia Killnet hackers claim DDoS attack on EU Parliament website

By Rene Millman published

News The attack was launched shortly after MEPs voted to brand Russia a state-sponsor of terrorism for its invasion of Ukraine

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The IT Pro Podcast: How secure is metaverse tech?

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IT Pro Podcast If we're not careful, the risks of this new frontier could outweigh the rewards

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Podcast transcript: How secure is metaverse tech?

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IT Pro Podcast Read the full transcript for this episode of the IT Pro Podcast

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Revealed: The top 200 most common passwords of 2022

By Rory Bathgate published

News While the most common passwords worldwide are largely the same, gender and region did have an effect on frequency

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US federal agency breached by Iranian state-backed hackers via Log4Shell exploit

By Connor Jones published

News The initial intrusion was discovered in February but a full incident response wasn't launched until June

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Australia considers ransomware payment ban, additional Medibank files leaked

By Rory Bathgate published

News REvil has claimed responsibility for the attack amidst continued refusal by Medibank to pay the ransom

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Lenovo patches ThinkPad, Yoga, IdeaPad UEFI secure boot vulnerability

By Rory Bathgate published

News Mistakenly used drivers could allow hackers to modify the secure boot process

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Yanluowang ransomware leaks suggest pseudo Chinese persona, REvil links

By Connor Jones published

News It's the second major ransomware organisation to have been rocked this year after internal chat logs were leaked by anonymous hackers

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Second-ever OpenSSL critical vulnerability teased, 10 years after Heartbleed

By Rory Bathgate published

News All OpenSSL versions beyond 3.0 are at risk, with more details due to be released alongside a patch on 1 November

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The sooner the FIDO Alliance can shut down passwords, the better

By Davey Winder published

Opinion Passwords aren’t going anywhere, but that hasn’t stopped the dream of a passwordless future – and it seems that Apple, Google and Microsoft agree

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