Maker of popular quiz apps on Facebook exposed personal data of 120 million users
A developer of Facebook quizzes under the brand NameTests has been found to have exposed the personal information of as many as 120 million Facebook users, according to a report from TechCrunch. The company behind NameTests, German app maker Social Sweethearts, created popular social quizzes…
Microsoft’s Azure IoT Edge enters general availability, new features added
Microsoft has announced that its Azure IoT edge solution has entered general availability, allowing the company’s enterprise customers to bring their edge solutions to production. Azure IoT edge is a fully managed service that delivers cloud intelligence locally by deploying and running artificial intelligence (AI),…
Defending Against Illicit Cryptocurrency Mining Activity
The popularity of cryptocurrency, a form of digital currency, is rising; Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, Ethereum, and Ripple are just a few types of the cryptocurrencies available. Though cryptocurrency is a common topic of conversation, many people lack a basic understanding of cryptocurrency and the risks…
New Malware Family Uses Custom UDP Protocol for C&C Communications
Security researchers have uncovered a new highly-targeted cyber espionage campaign, which is believed to be associated with a hacking group behind KHRAT backdoor Trojan and has been targeting organizations in South East Asia. According to researchers from Palo Alto, the hacking group, which they dubbed…
Wi-Fi WPA3 security is here, along with Easy Connect for IoT
Wi-Fi is pretty much the wireless technology that binds us all to the Internet. Given the prevalence of laptops and mobile devices and the costs of cellular data like LTE, Wi-Fi is still the preferred way to connect to the Internet both at home and…
Four Cyber Security Risks and How to Address Them
Security should be at the top of the mind for any organization. It has been estimated that damages from cyber crime would cost around $6 trillion annually by 2021. With growing threats to information systems and data, it is extremely important for organizations to remain…
Default Passwords Aid Satori IoT Botnet Attacks
Researchers at Netlab 360 detected a surge in malicious activity scanning and infecting several IoT devices, attempting to make them part of Satori, a variant of the Mirai IoT botnet that is used to take down websites and mine digital coins. Experts point to lack of oversight…
Google Home’s data leak proves the IoT is still deeply flawed
Google / WIRED / Artizarus The Internet of Things (IoT) security problem isn’t going away. The connected network of billions of devices – from smart doorbells to office printers – is regularly found to have privacy problems and be open to attack by potential hackers….
Magento Hackers Using Simple Evasion Trick to Reinfect Sites With Malware
Security researchers have been warning of a new trick that cybercriminals are leveraging to hide their malicious code designed to re-introduce the infection to steal confidential information from Magento based online e-commerce websites. So, if you have already cleaned up your hacked Magento website, there…
GDPR – PyRoMineIoT spreads via EternalRomance exploit and targets targets IoT devices in Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Fortinet discovered PyRoMineIoT, a new strain of crypto-currency miner that exploits the NSA-linked EternalRomance exploit to spread. PyRoMineIoT is a new strain of crypto-currency miner that exploits the NSA-linked EternalRomance remote code execution exploit to spread, the malware also abuses infected machines to scan for vulnerable Internet of Things (IoT) devices….
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