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Apple Watch scams target Twitter and Facebook users
It didn’t take long for spammers to jump on the Apple Watch bandwagon – they set up a Twitter account named “Apple Giveaways”, and began spamming out …
Smartwatches and corporate data
I was super excited when my wife got me a smartwatch. In addition to the geeky coolness factor of a smartwatch, being a long-time security professional I was also interested …
Hacking Nest Thermostat
TrapX confirmed the design flaws discovered in the Nest Learning Thermostat. They validated the attack vector presented at the Black Hat 2014 conference by compromising the …
Seagate acknowledges NAS 0-day, announces patch
After security researcher OJ Reeves publicly revealed the existence of a remote code execution zero-day flaw affecting Seagate’s Business Storage 2-Bay NAS line of …
SanDisk InfiniFlash storage targets Big Data workloads
SanDisk unveiled an all-flash storage platform that creates a new category for the IT industry, termed by IDC as Big Data Flash. Built using open source software, …
D-Link fixes critical router flaws
D-Link has released new firmware for its DIR-820L Wi-Fi dual band cloud router, which fixes a number of security vulnerabilities. One of these can apparently be exploited by …
0-day flaw in Seagate NAS devices endangers thousands
Seagate’s Business Storage 2-Bay NAS line of products, which is popular both with home and business users, sports a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability that can …
How safe are Android-based children’s tablets?
Looking for an Android-based tablet for your child but don’t know which one to choose? If you are concerned about the security of your child’s data – as you …
Superfish not the only app using Komodia’s SSL-busting code
As Lenovo backtracked on its initial position that the Superfish adware pre-installed on some of its notebooks is not a security danger, and released a security advisory about …
Flaw makes Cisco routing hardware vulnerable to DoS attacks
A serious vulnerability affecting the software of some of Cisco’s routing hardware systems for telecommunications and Internet service providers could be exploited to …
Over 250,000 home routers sport same SSH keys, warns researcher
With a simple search, John Matherly, the creator of Shodan, has discovered with it more than 250,000 routers that share the same SSH key, meaning they also share the same …
New Android Trojan fakes device shut down, spies on users
A new Android Trojan that tricks users into believing they have shut their device down while it continues working, and is able to silently make calls, send messages, take …
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