ESP32 microchip has a backdoor
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Lurks in its Bluetooth firmware

Espressif’s popular ESP32 microchip, found in over a billion devices, has been caught with its digital trousers down, thanks to an undocumented "backdoor" lurking in its Bluetooth firmware. 

Zombie camera army breaking the internet
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30,000 hijacked security cameras stitched into wrecking ball

A swarm of zombified security cameras has unleashed the biggest cyber onslaught ever recorded, battering the internet with a tidal wave of digital garbage.

Apple fights UK back door
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We get to do what we like now

Apple, the self-proclaimed guardian of user privacy, is throwing a tantrum over the UK's "back door" into its oh-so-secure iCloud systems.

Australia comes the raw prawn with Kaspersky
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Unacceptable security risk

The Aussie government has expelled Kaspersky Lab from its digital corridors, citing significant security concerns.

Apple’s find my fiasco
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Bluetooth devices aren’t safe feature

Boffins at George Mason University have uncovered a glaring flaw new feature in Apple's overhyped Find My network.

Nvidia confirms serious security vulnerability
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Container toolkit for Linux

A newly discovered vulnerability in Nvidia’s Container Toolkit for Linux poses a significant cybersecurity risk.

Google uncovers critical vulnerability in Zen-Based CPUs
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Can make your “random” numbers always four

Boffins in Google’s Security Team have discovered a serious vulnerability in AMD Zen-based CPUs.

DeepSeek sends code to banned Chinese telco
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You probably were not expecting this

Security researchers have discovered that the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek's website contains computer code that transmits user login information to a banned Chinese state-owned telecommunications company.

DeepSeek data wide open
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03 February 2025

DeepSeek data wide open


Apparently, security was something it overlooked

Security outfit Wiz says it has found shedloads of sensitive data from the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek inadvertently exposed to the open internet.

“Everything I say is leaked”
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Zuckerberg moans at leaked meeting

At an all-hands meeting inside Meta on Thursday, the company's co-founder and chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said he was increasingly careful about what he said internally because there were more leaks than in in a Welsh soup.