News archive — Page 5
Source-backed reporting on VPNs, privacy, scams, data breaches and online security—plus the practical steps worth taking next.
News archive
Reports 41–50
Clear summaries, visible dates and direct source links—without turning every security story into a VPN sales pitch.
Plex Tells Server Owners to Install Security Update Now
Plex has released Media Server 1.43.3 and Plex Desktop 1.115.0 for multiple security issues. NAS users may need to install the package manually if their device's app store has not caught up.
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Fake Job Interviews Are Spreading Malware: What to Check
A convincing recruiter, video call and familiar cloud document can still lead to a malicious interview task. UK jobseekers should verify the role independently and refuse unexpected software installs.
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Single-Hop VPNs Face Fresh Traffic-Analysis Warning
US senator Ron Wyden has asked the NSA to update its VPN guidance after a congressional analysis said a powerful observer could correlate encrypted traffic entering and leaving a single VPN server. The concern does not mean ordinary VPN encryption has been broken.
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Dropbox Accounts Accessed Through Lenovo ID Verification Flaw
Dropbox says an attacker registered fraudulent Lenovo IDs with other people's email addresses and used the linked sign-in route to enter some Dropbox accounts without their Dropbox passwords. Dropbox and Lenovo say they have mitigated the legacy integration issue.
Read analysisFake Downing Street Listing Exposes Booking.com Fraud Gaps
Which? created a fake Booking.com holiday listing for 10 Downing Street, accepted a controlled test booking and sent an external payment link through the platform's messaging system. Booking.com says the limited test does not reflect the experience of most listings.
Read analysisUK SMS Blaster Case Shows Why Scam Texts Can Look Local
A Preston man has been jailed for using a rogue mobile-antenna system from a van near the Trafford Centre to send fraudulent texts directly to nearby phones. Investigators recovered thousands of compromised payment-card records.
Read analysisP&O Ferries Says Passenger Data Link Was Shared on One Sailing
P&O Ferries says a link containing certain personal information about customers on one Calais-to-Dover sailing was inadvertently shared with several other passengers. The ICO has received the incident report and is assessing it.
Read analysisManchester Airports Group Says Data on 8.7 Million Customers Was Accessed
Manchester Airports Group says hackers accessed data linked to about 8.7 million customers of Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports. MAG says the affected system held no bank or payment data and airport operations were not affected.
Read analysisFraudulent Breast-Screening Email Asked Patient for Private Images
NHS Western Isles says a fraudulent message sent after a breast-screening appointment requested photographs or video for assessment. The board says its staff would never ask patients to send such images by email.
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Android Car Head Units Hit by Proxy-Botnet Malware
Kaspersky says attackers abused a legitimate update channel in some DoFun-powered Android car head units to install malware for ad fraud and proxy traffic. DoFun told the researchers it fixed the security issues.
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