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

Trend Micro discloses vulnerabilities in enterprise products

Trend Micro discloses vulnerabilities in enterprise products

Including authentication bypass.
May 15 2023 11:30AM
Protocol bug leaves Aruba access points exposed

Protocol bug leaves Aruba access points exposed

Not all products can be patched.
May 12 2023 11:29AM
Microsoft's patches include Outlook preview pane vulnerability

Microsoft's patches include Outlook preview pane vulnerability

Two exploited vulnerabilities in Patch Tuesday crop.
May 10 2023 12:03PM
Cyber agencies find espionage infrastructure in 50-plus countries

Cyber agencies find espionage infrastructure in 50-plus countries

Russian attack tool infrastructure laid bare.
May 10 2023 12:02PM
MSI Boot Guard keys leaked

MSI Boot Guard keys leaked

Supply chain attacks could follow.
May 8 2023 12:35PM
Microsoft patches Azure API service against three vulnerabilities

Microsoft patches Azure API service against three vulnerabilities

Researchers found request forgery, file upload bugs.
May 8 2023 12:34PM
International sting takes down dark web marketplace

International sting takes down dark web marketplace

Covers nine countries and 288 arrests.
May 3 2023 12:32PM
Microsoft to allow businesses to charge customers in Teams

Microsoft to allow businesses to charge customers in Teams

Payments add-on launches with US, Canada support.
May 2 2023 12:59PM
Apple ships mini-patch under Rapid Security Response program

Apple ships mini-patch under Rapid Security Response program

Users report early stumbles.
May 2 2023 12:58PM
AI powering clickbait news sites

AI powering clickbait news sites

NewsGuard warns of bogus content farms.
May 2 2023 12:58PM
VMware patches critical vulnerability

VMware patches critical vulnerability

Issues fixes for Workstation, Fusion products.
Apr 26 2023 12:01PM
Old protocol has new DoS-amplification bug

Old protocol has new DoS-amplification bug

CISA issues alert.
Apr 26 2023 12:00PM
Obsolete financial trading software led to 3CX vulnerability

Obsolete financial trading software led to 3CX vulnerability

Victims also found in energy, financial sectors.
Apr 24 2023 10:59AM
Google OAuth bug left accounts open to permanent compromise

Google OAuth bug left accounts open to permanent compromise

‘GhostToken’ exposed users to data theft and more.
Apr 24 2023 10:58AM
Fancy Bear used old SNMP bug to infect routers

Fancy Bear used old SNMP bug to infect routers

Cisco vuln from 2017 exploited in malware campaign, UK and US warn.
Apr 19 2023 10:28AM
Juniper Networks issues critical patches

Juniper Networks issues critical patches

Apache Commons Text and expat brought vulnerabilities with them.
Apr 14 2023 9:40AM
Microsoft patches seven critical bugs

Microsoft patches seven critical bugs

And one bug under exploitation.
Apr 12 2023 11:44AM
Mandiant says 3CX attack probably came from North Korea

Mandiant says 3CX attack probably came from North Korea

Security update on the way.
Apr 12 2023 11:43AM
Cisco completes fix for critical Telepresence server bug

Cisco completes fix for critical Telepresence server bug

Coming "late April".
Apr 10 2023 11:21AM
Popular softphone weaponised in supply chain attack

Popular softphone weaponised in supply chain attack

Uninstall 3CX Electron, switch to web version.
Apr 3 2023 10:09AM