Richard Chirgwin

Richard Chirgwin is a veteran of Australia's tech press, covering IT, telecommunications, security, networking, and protocols. Prior to iTnews, he worked at The Register for 9 years.

Recent articles by Richard Chirgwin

Atlassian issues urgent Confluence patch

Atlassian issues urgent Confluence patch

Template injection RCE fixed.
Jan 17 2024 11:04AM
GitLab fixes account takeover vulnerability

GitLab fixes account takeover vulnerability

2FA provides some protection.
Jan 16 2024 10:35AM
Critical bugs patched in Nvidia AI kit

Critical bugs patched in Nvidia AI kit

KVM daemon vulnerabilities.
Jan 15 2024 11:28AM
Juniper patches multiple router bugs

Juniper patches multiple router bugs

Web interface subject to RCE.
Jan 15 2024 11:28AM
Cisco patches unified messaging bug

Cisco patches unified messaging bug

Arbitrary file upload, command execution.
Jan 11 2024 10:58AM
Ivanti patches two exploited zero-day bugs

Ivanti patches two exploited zero-day bugs

Volexity researchers attribute attacks to Chinese actors.
Jan 11 2024 10:56AM
Microsoft fixes ancient Kerberos impersonation bug

Microsoft fixes ancient Kerberos impersonation bug

First Patch Tuesday of 2024.
Jan 10 2024 12:02PM
Okta's data breach bigger than first thought

Okta's data breach bigger than first thought

All customer service contact details leaked.
Nov 30 2023 12:55PM
Veeam patches ONE monitoring platform

Veeam patches ONE monitoring platform

Possible server RCE.
Nov 9 2023 10:58AM
Confluence vulnerabilities under active ransomware exploitation

Confluence vulnerabilities under active ransomware exploitation

Patch immediately.
Nov 8 2023 10:24AM
EU row over certificate authority mandates continues

EU row over certificate authority mandates continues

‘Article 45’ threatens user security, tech sector claims.
Nov 6 2023 12:08PM
Cisco Firepower firewalls patched for critical bug

Cisco Firepower firewalls patched for critical bug

As part of larger update covering 27 vulnerabilities.
Nov 2 2023 2:16PM
Critical vulnerability found in Atlassian Confluence software

Critical vulnerability found in Atlassian Confluence software

Drop everything and patch, company warns.
Nov 1 2023 12:16PM
Poison pill a risk to AI

Poison pill a risk to AI

Training data the sector’s weak link.
Oct 30 2023 10:57AM
VMware warns to patch now against exploitable bugs

VMware warns to patch now against exploitable bugs

Exploit code published on GitHub.
Oct 25 2023 11:40AM
Microsoft pitches glass as eternal storage medium

Microsoft pitches glass as eternal storage medium

"Project Silica" puts terabytes on the permanent record.
Oct 19 2023 12:22PM
Oracle issues mammoth patch collection

Oracle issues mammoth patch collection

Mostly fixing third-party utilities.
Oct 19 2023 12:21PM
Critical Citrix NetScaler bug needs more than patches

Critical Citrix NetScaler bug needs more than patches

Updated systems might still be exploited, says Mandiant.
Oct 19 2023 12:21PM
Google researchers spot WinRAR exploits in the wild

Google researchers spot WinRAR exploits in the wild

Russian, Chinese actors using patched vulnerability.
Oct 19 2023 12:20PM
China issues IPv6 requirement for router makers

China issues IPv6 requirement for router makers

Taking effect December 1.
Oct 18 2023 2:56PM