Katty Kay: 'It's been a privilege to sit in this chair'
Legendary anchor Katty Kay signs off from the BBC for the final time.
Newly Discovered Dell Bugs Impact 30 Million PCs
Security researchers have warned that at least 30 million Dell computers may be at risk after discovering multiple vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code within the machines’ BIOS. Security vendor Eclypsium said 129 Dell models were affected by the chain of four bugs, which have a cumulative CVSS score of 8.4 (high). “These…
Marketplace platform has critical vulnerabilities • The Register
A Berlin startup has disclosed a remote-code-execution (RCE) vulnerability and a wormable cross-site-scripting (XSS) flaw in Pling, which is used by various Linux desktop theme marketplaces. Positive Security, which found the holes and is not to be confused with Russia’s Positive Technologies, said the bugs are still present in the Pling code and its maintainers…
Repurposed REvil Ransomware Used in Attacks
Cybercrime as-a-service , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Secureworks: New Group Apparently Waging Attacks Using Same Code Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • June 24, 2021 Ransom note from attackers using LV malware (Source: Secureworks) A newly identified threat group is using a repurposed version of REvil ransomware to wage…
Irish Ransomware Attack Recovery Cost Estimate: $600 million
Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Director of HSE, Nation’s Healthcare System, Describes the Costs Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • June 24, 2021 The recovery costs for the May ransomware attack on Health Service Executive, Ireland’s publicly funded healthcare system, is likely to total…
‘EU-UK diplomacy needed to revive tourism’
Diplomacy and co-operation between the UK and EU could help ensure easier travel, Portuguese MEP Claudia Monteiro de Aguiar has said. Her comments came after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said all member states should quarantine arrivals from the UK considering the dangers of the spread of Delta variant. But the MEP told BBC World News:…
Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Affects Millions of Dell Devices
Eclypsium has discovered a number of vulnerabilities, the combined exploitation of which allows remote code execution on Dell computers. The vulnerabilities affect the BIOSConnect feature of intelligent technology to maximize the performance of SupportAssist computers. The vulnerability chain scored 8.3 out of a maximum 10 on the CVSS severity scale. The cumulative exploitation of the…
Lawyer saw no sign that software mogul McAfee would kill himself
John McAfee testifying via video during an extradition hearing at the National Court in Madrid on June 15. (AP pic) BARCELONA: Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee’s lawyer said on Thursday he had seen no sign before the entrepreneur’s death in a Spanish prison that he would take his own life. Spanish coroners were conducting an…
Tikhanovskaya: Painful to see my husband in court
Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has spoken about the trial of her husband Sergei Tikhanovsky which is taking place in a closed court. He is accused of inciting violence ahead of the election and she rejects the charges. “It is fake trial of course and fake judges, fake prosecutors, because they made this process closed…
Millions of Dell devices at risk due to SupportAssist security vulnerabilities
Security researchers from Eclypsium have discovered a total of four vulnerabilities in Dell’s SupportAssist software. As the software is pre-installed on the majority of Dell machines running Windows, millions of systems are at risk of remote attack. Eclypsium says that a total of 129 Dell models are affected by the security issues. The chain of…