IoT devices: The good, the bad and the ugly
Cognosec has revealed critical security flaws in ZigBee, one of the most popular wireless communication standards used by Internet of Things (IoT) devices today.Speaking at …
Angler EK exploits recently patched IE bug to deliver ransomware
“If they haven’t already, Internet Explorer users would do well to implement the security update provided by Microsoft last month, as among the fixed vulnerability …
HTC phone stores fingerprints in easily accessible plaintext
Pressing a finger on your mobile phone’s fingerprint scanner has to be the easiest, most seamless way to unlock the device, and this is why more and more manufacturers …
Fraudsters steal nearly $47 million from Ubiquiti Networks
US networking technology company Ubiquiti Networks has been swindled by fraudsters and has lost nearly $47 million.According to the quarterly financial report the company …
Google adds another obstacle for developers of deceptive Chrome extensions
Starting on September 3, Google will begin disabling inline installation (i.e. installation from the developer’s website) for extensions linked to deceptive sites and …
UK job recruiters network hit by hacker, user info dumped online
TEAM (The Employment Agents Movement), the largest network of independent recruiters in the UK, has been hit by a Saudi Arabian hacker that goes by the online handle JM511.The …
Info of 2.4 million Carphone Warehouse customers stolen
Personal and financial information of 2.4 million customers of British mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse have likely been compromised in a breach, along with encrypted …
Week in review: New OS X threats, and how to protect your privacy on Windows 10
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles:What’s the state of your software?In the face of the repeated high profile breaches of …
File-stealing Firefox bug exploited in the wild, patch immediately!
A critical Firefox vulnerability has been spotted being exploited in the wild.The bug, reported by security researcher Cody Crews, allows attackers to violate Firefox’ …
EFF’s Privacy Badger prevents users being tracked online
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has finally released version 1.0 of Privacy Badger, a browser extension that blocks some of the sneakiest trackers that try to spy on your …
Pentagon’s unclassified email system breached, Russian hackers blamed
Pentagon’s Joint Staff unclassified email system, used by 4,000 military and civilian personnel, has been compromised by attackers, and it has been taken offline until …
The GasPot experiment: Hackers target gas tanks
Physically tampering with gasoline tanks is dangerous enough, given how volatile gas can be. Altering a fuel gauge can cause a tank to overflow, and a simple spark can set …
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