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

Mandiant names APT43 group as North Korean operation

Mandiant names APT43 group as North Korean operation

Espionage funded by cyber crime.
Mar 29 2023 9:22AM
Wi-Fi protocol vulnerability allows traffic decryption

Wi-Fi protocol vulnerability allows traffic decryption

Proof-of-concept published.
Mar 28 2023 11:58AM
Cisco Catalyst 9300 supply chain vulnerability patched

Cisco Catalyst 9300 supply chain vulnerability patched

Attacker with physical access could install "persistent code".
Mar 23 2023 12:09PM
Samsung 'internet-to-baseband' bug can be attacked over the phone

Samsung 'internet-to-baseband' bug can be attacked over the phone

Technical details secret for now.
Mar 17 2023 11:49AM
Aruba Networks patches ClearPass bugs

Aruba Networks patches ClearPass bugs

Three software branches fixed.
Mar 15 2023 10:14AM
Microsoft patches include two bugs already exploited

Microsoft patches include two bugs already exploited

Including a "ping of death".
Mar 15 2023 10:13AM
Patch Tuesday could break Cisco endpoint management

Patch Tuesday could break Cisco endpoint management

Vendor working on a hotfix.
Mar 13 2023 10:00AM
Researchers discover 'kill switch' in Starlink terminals

Researchers discover 'kill switch' in Starlink terminals

Management interface patched in December.
Mar 6 2023 11:35AM
Cisco ships critical fix for IP phones

Cisco ships critical fix for IP phones

Remote code execution in management interface.
Mar 2 2023 12:32PM
VMware Carbon Black has critical vulnerability

VMware Carbon Black has critical vulnerability

Patch also issued for vRealize, VCF bug.
Feb 22 2023 11:09AM
ClamAV vulnerability hits Cisco security software

ClamAV vulnerability hits Cisco security software

Remote code execution bug patched.
Feb 20 2023 10:50AM
Intel patches dozens of bugs

Intel patches dozens of bugs

Baseboard management controller has authentication bypass.
Feb 16 2023 12:24PM
Microsoft patches three exploited zero-days

Microsoft patches three exploited zero-days

Patch Tuesday covers a total of 77 vulnerabilities.
Feb 15 2023 11:57AM
US CISA publishes ESXi ransomware recovery tool

US CISA publishes ESXi ransomware recovery tool

As outbreak spreads.
Feb 9 2023 11:56AM
Alphabet shares dive after Google's Bard makes mistake in ad

Alphabet shares dive after Google's Bard makes mistake in ad

US$100 billion drop highlights AI hype.
Feb 9 2023 11:55AM
F5 working to patch BIG-IP API bug

F5 working to patch BIG-IP API bug

Denial of service, possible code execution discovered by Rapid7.
Feb 6 2023 10:34AM
VMware logging software gets security patch

VMware logging software gets security patch

Two critical RCEs among vRealize Log Insight fixes.
Jan 25 2023 10:54AM
Quantum computers won't break RSA encryption any time soon

Quantum computers won't break RSA encryption any time soon

Fujitsu simulation finds Shor’s algorithm still too hard to run.
Jan 25 2023 10:53AM
Oracle issues more than 300 security fixes

Oracle issues more than 300 security fixes

More than 70 critical vulnerabilities patched.
Jan 19 2023 11:48AM
AWS had a dangerous undocumented API

AWS had a dangerous undocumented API

Undetectable reconnaissance.
Jan 18 2023 11:08AM