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

Salesforce email compromised for phishing attacks

Salesforce email compromised for phishing attacks

Now patched against "Phishforce".
Aug 3 2023 2:39PM
Malware spotted on Barracuda email gateways

Malware spotted on Barracuda email gateways

CISA issues new warning.
Jul 31 2023 12:30PM
TETRA radio protocol found to be vulnerable

TETRA radio protocol found to be vulnerable

Weak encryption in emergency services radio.
Jul 26 2023 11:54AM
OPSEC "fumble" exposed JumpCloud attackers

OPSEC "fumble" exposed JumpCloud attackers

North Korea’s UNC4889 behind attack, says Mandiant.
Jul 26 2023 11:52AM
Docker users careless with secrets

Docker users careless with secrets

More than one in 12 images leak secrets.
Jul 19 2023 11:47AM
Citrix zero-day vulnerability under attack

Citrix zero-day vulnerability under attack

NetScalar appliances affected.
Jul 19 2023 11:46AM
Microsoft scrambles zero-day fixes in bumper patch crop

Microsoft scrambles zero-day fixes in bumper patch crop

Multiple vulnerabilities exploited in the wild.
Jul 12 2023 11:39AM
More MOVEit vulnerabilities disclosed, patched

More MOVEit vulnerabilities disclosed, patched

Database contents could be exposed.
Jul 10 2023 11:37AM
Cisco not patching Nexus switch vulnerability

Cisco not patching Nexus switch vulnerability

Broken encryption.
Jul 7 2023 11:03AM
Critical vulnerability discovered in Arcserve backup software

Critical vulnerability discovered in Arcserve backup software

Admin access leads to RCE.
Jul 4 2023 10:43AM
Exploit emerges for Cisco VPN client vulnerability

Exploit emerges for Cisco VPN client vulnerability

Arbitrary file deletion created privilege escalation vector.
Jun 22 2023 11:34AM
Apple rushes out patches for exploited zero day bugs

Apple rushes out patches for exploited zero day bugs

Targeted in “Triangulation” spyware campaign.
Jun 22 2023 11:30AM
Progress Software moves on another MOVEit vulnerability

Progress Software moves on another MOVEit vulnerability

Irresponsible disclosure by third party.
Jun 19 2023 11:46AM
Microsoft patches 94 vulnerabilities

Microsoft patches 94 vulnerabilities

Patch Tuesday comes around.
Jun 14 2023 11:52AM
Chinese attackers exploiting unpatched VMware ESXi instances

Chinese attackers exploiting unpatched VMware ESXi instances

Mandiant spots zero-day attacks.
Jun 14 2023 11:52AM
Cisco patches critical vulnerability in collaboration kit

Cisco patches critical vulnerability in collaboration kit

Expressway, TelePresence VCS have password reset flaw.
Jun 12 2023 10:35AM
ChatGPT can help software supply-chain attackers

ChatGPT can help software supply-chain attackers

More security woes for LLMs.
Jun 7 2023 11:55AM
Hackable research satellite scheduled for launch

Hackable research satellite scheduled for launch

To improve cybersecurity of space platforms.
Jun 5 2023 9:59AM
Researchers pack 19 cores into standard fibre

Researchers pack 19 cores into standard fibre

1.7 petabit per second sent over 67km.
May 31 2023 3:21PM
Google Cloud database service patched against critical vulnerability

Google Cloud database service patched against critical vulnerability

Attacker could get sysadmin on CloudSQL.
May 29 2023 11:44AM