• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Nov-27-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on VPN bug poses privacy threat to BitTorrent downloaders

A bug affecting some VPN services can be used to figure out a computer’s real IP addresses, including those of BitTorrent users, which could pose a huge privacy and possibly a legal risk.The vulnerability affects those services that allow port […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Nov-26-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Older Dell devices also affected by dangerous eDellRoot certificate

Users of Dell Windows-based laptops, desktops, tablets and other devices that were bought before August should check if their systems have the self-signed eDellRoot certificate that can compromise their private communications.The certificate was ins... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Nov-26-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Older Dell devices also affected by dangerous eDellRoot certificate

Users of Dell Windows-based laptops, desktops, tablets and other devices that were bought before August should check if their systems have the self-signed eDellRoot certificate that can compromise their private communications.The certificate was ins... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Nov-26-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Millions of embedded devices use the same hard-coded SSH and TLS private keys

Thousands of routers, modems, IP cameras, VoIP phones and other embedded devices share the same hard-coded SSH (Secure Shell) host keys or HTTPS (HTTP Secure) server certificates, a study found.By extracting those keys, hackers can potentially launc... Read More