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Court Orders DreamHost to handover data on anti-Trump site

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DreamHost smashed in DDoS attack: Who’s to blame? Take a guess…
Guilty in Absence: Pirate Bay Founders to pay €405,000 to Record Labels
Biometrics watchdog breaks cover, slams UK cops over facial recog
Adware Spreading Via Social Engineering, Facebook Messenger
Hack Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal app; get $500,000
A blast from the past: Mobile trojans abusing WAP-billing services
Deprecated, Insecure Apple Authorization API Can Be Abused to Run Code at Root
Verizon: US government requests for phone records on the up
Malware rains on Google’s Android Oreo parade
Energy firm slapped with a fine after making 1.5m nuisance calls
Are you a student? Your personal data is there for the asking
Probing the online phish market reveals thriving, profitable underworld
Smashing Security #039: Woah – are we talking to a cyborg?
Cybersecurity world faces ‘chronic shortage’ of qualified staff
BankBot trojan tries to sneak apps onto your Android smartphone without permission
DMARC anti-phishing standard adoption is lagging even in big firms
Accused! Yahoo! hacker! pleads! not! guilty! in! US! court!
Beware; dangerous new malware ‘Joao’ hits gamers worldwide
WikiLeaks a ‘hostile intelligence service’, SS7 spying, Russian money laundering – all now on US Congress todo list

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AccuWeather: Our app slurped your phone’s location via Wi-Fi but we like totally didn’t use it
Experts Show How Easy It Is To Hack Home & Industrial Robots Remotely
VoIP bods Fuze defuse triple whammy of portal security vulnerabilities
Zerodium Offers $500K for Secure Messaging App Zero Days
US prosecutors drop demand for 1.3m IP addresses of folks who visited anti-Trump site
News in brief: Google pulls 500 apps from Play; lottery boss sentenced; drone owners told to update
ROPEMAKER Exploit Allows for Changing of Email Post-Delivery
Business Email Compromise Campaign Harvesting Credentials in Numerous Industries
The .fish website that caught visitors in a phishing net
Hundreds of Android Apps on Google Play Store Infected with Spyware
Man gets 25 years for hacking lottery computers and winning $2.2 million
Storm breaks over AccuWeather phoning home without consent
Did ROPEMAKER just unravel email security? Nah, it’s likely a feature
Hackers can control damaged phones using replacement screens

Replacement screens for cracked smartphones bought from third party vendors could leave you vulnerable to hackers, a new study has revealed. The post Hackers can control damaged phones using replacement screens appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Sometimes hacks can be more about mischief than malice
Banking trojan-slingers slip past Google Play’s malware defences
What are the risks of allowing people to use their smartphone at the bank?

Using smartphones at a bank might seem like the most routine habit in the world but sometimes these smartphones are being used as way to gain access to the bank’s WiFi and sensitive data. The post What are the risks of allowing people to use their smartphone at the bank? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Google bakes in sweeter security for Android Oreo
Enigma ethereum marketplace hijacked, investors duped by phishing scam
Watch Hackers Hijack Three Robots for Spying and Sabotage
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