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Monthly Archives: August 2017

Enigma ethereum marketplace hijacked, investors duped by phishing scam
Getting A Girlfriend : The Hacker’s Way – Part 2
Identity fraud in the UK at ‘epidemic’ levels as cases rise 5% – report
Facebook is making its Safety Check feature permanent
Adware API sends smartmobe data home to Chinese company
Lottery-hacking sysadmin’s unlucky number comes up: 25 years in the slammer
Leaked: Private photos of Tiger Woods, Miley Cyrus, Kristen Stewart and others

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British Intelligence Knew WannaCry Hero Would be Arrested by FBI
Neptune Exploit Kit Dropping Cryptocurrency Miners Through Malvertisements
Smart robots prove stupidly easy to hack for spying and murder

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IDG Contributor Network: Winter is coming. Protect your content kingdom
Apple iCloud Keychain easily slurped by cops, ElcomSoft claims

Type: Vulnerability. Oracle Java SE is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Oracle Java SE is prone to a memory-corruption vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Oracle Java SE is prone to a memory-corruption vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment; fixes are available.

US Navy investigating whether its crashed ship was hacked
News in brief: AWS buckets leak more data; NHS hit by hacker; ‘Mr Smith’ may publish GoT episodes
A $500 Device can Crack iPhone 6 and 7 Passcodes within Minutes
Android Spyware Linked to Chinese SDK Forces Google to Boot 500 Apps
Anonymous hacker says they stole 1.2 million NHS patients’ data
Foxit to Fix PDF Reader Zero Days by Friday
US appeals court curbs police power to seize cellphones
New Fileless Cryptocurrency Miner Hits Windows Using EternalBlue Flaw
‘Smart’ solar power inverters raise risk of energy grid attacks
US Navy suffers third ship collision this year
Fake news: Mozilla joins the fight to stop it polluting the web
Nude photos of Anne Hathaway leaked online by hackers
Fuze Patches TPN Handset Vulnerabilities
Industrial Cobots Might Be The Next Big IoT Security Mess
The FBI is briefing US companies against using Kaspersky products, claims report
Foxit backtracks after declining to fix zero-days exposed by ZDI
Gamescom 2017: It’s all fun and games until black hats step in

ESET researchers have discovered a new sneaky malware threat named Joao, targeting gamers worldwide. The post Gamescom 2017: It’s all fun and games until black hats step in appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Disbanding your security team may not be an entirely dumb idea
Boffins blast beats to bury secret sonar in your ‘smart’ home
Open AWS S3 bucket leaked hotel booking service data
Phisherfolk dangle bait at dot-fish domain
Enigma Marketplace Hacked; $500,000 in Ethereum Stolen

Have you ever been out with friends, had a little too much to drink, and left your credit card in a bar? Or maybe you thought you’d stowed your child’s social security card safely away in your desk drawer, but now you can’t find it. It may seem like losing these items is just an […]

Beware – Smartphones Can Be Hacked With Malicious Replacement Parts
Hackers scam half a million from Enigma digital currency investors
Facebook Awards $100K to Researchers for Credential Spearphishing Detection Method
News in brief: ban on killer robots urged; Apple’s hidden job advert; torrent sites blocked Down Under
10% of UK’s top firms would be screwed in a cyber attack – survey
‘Gloomy times ahead’ for security on critical infrastructure, warn experts
The $500 gizmo that cracks iPhone passcodes – and how to stop it
Two zero-day vulnerabilities disclosed after Foxit refuses to patch PDF Reader
Meeting and Hotel Booking Provider’s Data Found in Public Amazon S3 Bucket
HBO hackers threaten to leak Game of Thrones’ season finale
Return to sender: military will send malware right back to you
British snoops at GCHQ knew FBI was going to arrest Marcus Hutchins
Sony social media accounts hijacked as hackers claims to have stolen PSN database
GCHQ knew FBI was planning to arrest WannaCry’s ‘accidental hero’ before he travelled to the USA
Concerns ignored as Home Office pushes ahead with facial recognition
The 5 cyber attacks you’re most likely to face

As a consultant, one the security biggest problems I see is perception: The threats companies think they face are often vastly different than the threats that pose the greatest risk. For example, they hire me to deploy state-of-the-art public key infrastructure (PKI) or an enterprise-wide intrusion detection system when really what they need is better […]

Fail2Ban 0.10 finally released
PlayStation social media accounts briefly hacked

Sony became the latest entertainment company to suffer at the fingertips of hackers after their PlayStation social media channels were temporarily hacked on Sunday evening. The post PlayStation social media accounts briefly hacked appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Mirai copycats fired the IoT-cannon at game hosts, researchers find
Foxit PDF Reader is well and truly foxed up, but vendor won’t patch
Sony Hacked Again: OurMine Hacks PlayStation’ Twitter and Facebook

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Bitcoin-accepting sites leave cookie trail that crumbles anonymity
Developer permanently deletes 3 months of work files; blames Visual Studio Code
How to Remove Ads from Android Apps
Man hacks top British News platform to get social media followers
Sonar-based attack could help hackers infer when you’re having sex
Autistic Man Hacked Sports Direct Website To Get Employment
Google’ software shows how to remove watermarks from Stock photos
Blowing the Whistle on Bad Attribution
US DoD, Brit ISP BT reverse proxies can be abused to frisk internal systems – researcher

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No, the cops can’t get a search warrant to just seize all devices in sight – US appeals court
Fake Bittrex cryptocurrency exchange site stealing user funds

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Berkeley boffins build better spear-phishing black-box bruiser
Critical vulnerability lets hackers play with safety system of modern cars
Vendor Exposes Backup of Chicago Voter Roll via AWS Bucket
News in brief: few girls studying computing; new Galaxy Note battery issue; fine over parking data breach
How likely is a ‘digital Pearl Harbor’ attack on critical infrastructure?
It’s Not Exactly Open Season on the iOS Secure Enclave
Uber users beware; Faketoken Android malware hits ride-sharing apps
Drone firm says it’s stepping up security after US army ban
So long and thanks for all the phish: Red teams need to be smarter now
‘Pulse wave’ DDoS – another way of blasting sites offline
Threatpost News Wrap, August 18, 2017
Q: How many drones are we bombing ISIS with? A: That’s secret, mmkay
10 gadgets to have while traveling
Cybercrime update: Big trouble in dark markets?

Many of the components required to commit cybercrime can be bought and sold online if you know the right part of the internet in which to look. The post Cybercrime update: Big trouble in dark markets? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Phone location privacy – for armed robber – headed to Supreme Court
What weighs 800kg and runs Windows XP? How to buy an ATM for fun and profit
Skilled bad actors use new pulse wave DDoS attacks to hit multiple targets
A Deep Flaw in Your Car Lets Hackers Shut Down Safety Features
Rogers Cup ‘Tech and Tennis Day’ cybersecurity panel

While you might not think tennis and cybersecurity have much in common, both can be unpredictable and therefore require you to keep your eye on the ball. The post Rogers Cup ‘Tech and Tennis Day’ cybersecurity panel appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

The Cyber News Rundown brings you the latest happenings in cyber news weekly. Who am I? I’m Connor Madsen, a Webroot Threat Research Analyst, and a guy with a passion for all things security. Any more questions? Just ask. Scottish Parliament Successfully Stops Cyberattack Officials in the Scottish Parliament have issued a statement regarding a […]

New NIST draft embeds privacy into US govt security for the first time
Hacker Publishes iOS Secure Enclave Firmware Decryption Key

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Russia boots off DailyStormer and CloudFlare removes DDoS protection