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Monthly Archives: April 2017

How a Woman’ Fitbit Fitness Tracker Helped Solve Her Murder Case

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Car Hackers Remotely Steal Keyless BMW within Seconds
Hacker holds Netflix to ransom over ‘Orange is the New Black’
Google tightens noose on HTTP: Chrome to stick ‘Not secure’ on pages with search fields
pemcracker – Tool For Cracking PEM Files
Millions of Android Devices Vulnerable to Network Scan Attack
9 essential tools for the security-conscious mobile worker
South Korean Bitcoin Exchange Yapizon Hacked; $5 Million Stolen
WikiLeaks Reveals CIA Tool ‘Scribbles’ For Document Tracking

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Facebook and Google linked to the $100 million phishing scheme

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Critical Vulnerability Found in Samsung’s Tizen-based Smart TV

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.

News in brief: Kashmir blocks social media; ‘whaling’ victims revealed; TalkTalk GDPR fine ‘would be £59m’
Facebook admits it is being used as propaganda tool by ‘malicious actors’
Network management vulnerability exposes cable modems to hacking
Threatpost News Wrap, April 28, 2017
IoT Devices Will Now Have Their Own Private Network – CloudFlare Orbit
Sonia disowns Rahul video virus? It’s a hoax
Fake Chrome extensions inject code into web pages

Recently, here at our research lab, we have seen an increase in the number of JS/Chromex.Submelius threats detected, says Camilo Gutiérrez Amaya. The post Fake Chrome extensions inject code into web pages appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Lawmaker calls on ISPs to stop customers being hit by viruses
Is cybersecurity now as important as health and safety?

World Day for Safety and Health at Work takes place on April 28th 2017. You should use this as an opportunity to improve your cybersecurity posture. The post Is cybersecurity now as important as health and safety? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Amazon Echo Look: Super or Scary?
GrSecurity Kernel Patches Will No Longer Be Free To The Public
Meet the Nu-Nerds These College-Age Hackers Will Soon Shape Our Future
Open Internet Advocates Vow to Fight Trump FCC’s Plan to Kill Net Neutrality
Sports fans protest at plans to scan their faces as they head for the match
Russian Tor Relay Operator Facing Terrorism Charges
FCC: net neutrality is ‘politically motivated government overreach’
Young duo sentenced over role in TalkTalk data breach

Two men are facing a prison sentence after admitting their part in the recent TalkTalk data breach. The post Young duo sentenced over role in TalkTalk data breach appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

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Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Ransomware, Cyberespionage Dominate Verizon DBIR
Lack of Communication Achilles’ Heel for Ransomware Fighters

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Annual Verizon security report says sloppiness causes most data breaches
Chrome to Mark More HTTP Pages ‘Not Secure’

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LinuxSecurity.com: Updated python27 packages are now available as a part of Red Hat Software Collections 2.4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: Updated httpd24 packages are now available as a part of Red Hat Software Collections 2.4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]

Vulnerability in Portrait Display service; millions of IoT devices affected
News in brief: Cassini dives into Saturn’s rings; Mexican pirate site move; Twitter under fire from spooks

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Worm.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Worm.

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Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.

Discovery of 8,800 servers sends warning to Asian cybercriminals
Banks confident of their approach to security – but still get hit by hackers
The Time Has Arrived to Embrace Hackers
Attack Method Highlights Weaknesses in Microsoft CFG
DoD’s Largest Bug Bounty Program “Hack the Air Force” Launched
ISP brought down by warring malware families
Samsung Smart TV flaw leaves devices open to hackers
Keybase on Fedora: crypto for everyone
Murder victim’s Fitbit contradicts husband’s version of events
A Look at the 4 Main Functionalities of NetSuite
Foiled! 15 tricks to hold off the hackers
Healthcare providers ‘cannot be complacent over data security’

Consumers have placed a high level of trust in healthcare organizations to keep their data safe, but companies cannot afford to take this for granted. The post Healthcare providers ‘cannot be complacent over data security’ appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

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Hack the US Air Force, and make cash… legally!
Smashing Security #018: Windows is a virus. True or False?

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Almost two million Androids infected by FalseGuide malware, masquerading as game guides
Air Force Hopes To Attract Hackers With Bug Bounty Program

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New Linux SSH Brute-force LUA Bot Shishiga Detected in the Wild
Stealth Bomber maker admits hackers stole workers’ W-2 tax forms
Do you know where your old email addresses are?
News in brief: celebs’ phone hacking settled; German court raps Facebook; Ashley Madison victims hit again