Tech News Brief: Twitter's New Avatars, CodePlex Shuts Down, IAAF & NY Post Hacked
A quick round-up of various stories going on in tech right now [...]
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A quick round-up of various stories going on in tech right now [...]
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Tech News Brief: Twitter's New Avatars, CodePlex Shuts Down, IAAF & NY Post Hacked
A quick round-up of various stories going on in tech right now
This IoT Dildo Has an Embedded WiFi Streaming Camera and Laughable Security
A "smart" dildo with an embedded video camera, sold under the name of Siime Eye and created and assembled by US manufacturer Svakom, contains a slew of security flaws that allow attackers to watch video streams without authorization and even go as far as to replace firmware and completely take over the device. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/this-iot-dildo-has-an-embedded-wifi-streaming-camera-and-laughable-security/
A "smart" dildo with an embedded video camera, sold under the name of Siime Eye and created and assembled by US manufacturer Svakom, contains a slew of security flaws that allow attackers to watch video streams without authorization and even go as far as to replace firmware and completely take over the device. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/this-iot-dildo-has-an-embedded-wifi-streaming-camera-and-laughable-security/
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This IoT Dildo Has an Embedded WiFi Streaming Camera and Laughable Security
A "smart" dildo with an embedded video camera, sold under the name of Siime Eye and created and assembled by US manufacturer Svakom, contains a slew of security flaws that allow attackers to watch video streams without authorization and even go as far as…
Windows NTP Time Service Sends Wrong Time to Users Worldwide
A mysterious issue is affecting the default Windows NTP server (time.windows.com), according to multiple complaints coming from Reddit and Twitter users. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-ntp-time-service-sends-wrong-time-to-users-worldwide/
A mysterious issue is affecting the default Windows NTP server (time.windows.com), according to multiple complaints coming from Reddit and Twitter users. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-ntp-time-service-sends-wrong-time-to-users-worldwide/
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Windows NTP Time Service Sends Wrong Time to Users Worldwide
A mysterious issue is affecting the default Windows NTP server (time.windows.com), according to multiple complaints coming from Reddit and Twitter users.
21 Years Later, Experts Connect the Dots on One of the First Cyber-Espionage Groups
New clues discovered that bring light onto the operations of the first-ever cyber-espionage group called Moonlight Maze. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/21-years-later-experts-connect-the-dots-on-one-of-the-first-cyber-espionage-groups/
New clues discovered that bring light onto the operations of the first-ever cyber-espionage group called Moonlight Maze. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/21-years-later-experts-connect-the-dots-on-one-of-the-first-cyber-espionage-groups/
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21 Years Later, Experts Connect the Dots on One of the First Cyber-Espionage Groups
New clues discovered that bring light onto the operations of the first-ever cyber-espionage group called Moonlight Maze.
Google and Lookout Discover Highly Advanced Android Spyware
Google and Lookout researchers published a report today revealing the activities of a new Android malware family, which they believe to be the Android counterpart of the Pegasus iOS spyware. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-and-lookout-discover-highly-advanced-android-spyware/
Google and Lookout researchers published a report today revealing the activities of a new Android malware family, which they believe to be the Android counterpart of the Pegasus iOS spyware. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-and-lookout-discover-highly-advanced-android-spyware/
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Google and Lookout Discover Highly Advanced Android Spyware
Google and Lookout researchers published a report today revealing the activities of a new Android malware family, which they believe to be the Android counterpart of the Pegasus iOS spyware.
Self-Deleting Malware Makes ATMs Spit out Cash
Security researchers have uncovered one of the most sophisticated ATM heists to date, involving a group of cyber criminals specialized in hacking bank networks using fileless malware, and ATM malware that spits out cash and then self-deletes. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/self-deleting-malware-makes-atms-spit-out-cash/
Security researchers have uncovered one of the most sophisticated ATM heists to date, involving a group of cyber criminals specialized in hacking bank networks using fileless malware, and ATM malware that spits out cash and then self-deletes. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/self-deleting-malware-makes-atms-spit-out-cash/
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Self-Deleting Malware Makes ATMs Spit out Cash
Security researchers have uncovered one of the most sophisticated ATM heists to date, involving a group of cyber criminals specialized in hacking bank networks using fileless malware, and ATM malware that spits out cash and then self-deletes.
Chinese Group Is Hacking Cloud Providers to Reach Into Secure Enterprise Networks
A cyber-espionage group that first surfaced in 2009 is using a novel tactic into hacking its targets by first breaching one of its cloud service providers, and then reaching inside the company's secure business network via the cloud service's approved communications channels. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-group-is-hacking-cloud-providers-to-reach-into-secure-enterprise-networks/
A cyber-espionage group that first surfaced in 2009 is using a novel tactic into hacking its targets by first breaching one of its cloud service providers, and then reaching inside the company's secure business network via the cloud service's approved communications channels. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-group-is-hacking-cloud-providers-to-reach-into-secure-enterprise-networks/
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Chinese Group Is Hacking Cloud Providers to Reach Into Secure Enterprise Networks
A cyber-espionage group that first surfaced in 2009 is using a novel tactic into hacking its targets by first breaching one of its cloud service providers, and then reaching inside the company's secure business network via the cloud service's approved communications…
Hacker Magazine Offers $10,000 for Trump's Tax Returns, Again!
Hacker magazine 2600 said today it would pay $10,000, possibly more, to anyone who provides it with Trump's tax returns. The magazine ran a similar pledge last year before the presidential election but without any success. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/hacker-magazine-offers-10-000-for-trumps-tax-returns-again/
Hacker magazine 2600 said today it would pay $10,000, possibly more, to anyone who provides it with Trump's tax returns. The magazine ran a similar pledge last year before the presidential election but without any success. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/hacker-magazine-offers-10-000-for-trumps-tax-returns-again/
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Hacker Magazine Offers $10,000 for Trump's Tax Returns, Again!
Hacker magazine 2600 said today it would pay $10,000, possibly more, to anyone who provides it with Trump's tax returns. The magazine ran a similar pledge last year before the presidential election but without any success.
Google and Apple Issue Security Updates for Critical Broadcom WiFi Vulnerabilities
Owners of Android and iOS devices should pay special attention to security updates released by Google and Apple on Monday, as they contain fixes for a series of critical bugs affecting their phone's WiFi component. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-and-apple-issue-security-updates-for-critical-broadcom-wifi-vulnerabilities/
Owners of Android and iOS devices should pay special attention to security updates released by Google and Apple on Monday, as they contain fixes for a series of critical bugs affecting their phone's WiFi component. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-and-apple-issue-security-updates-for-critical-broadcom-wifi-vulnerabilities/
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Google and Apple Issue Security Updates for Critical Broadcom WiFi Vulnerabilities
Owners of Android and iOS devices should pay special attention to security updates released by Google and Apple on Monday, as they contain fixes for a series of critical bugs affecting their phone's WiFi component.
IoT Vendor Bricks Customer Product Following Negative Reviews
Over the weekend, a disgruntled customer was taught a lesson in civility after the owner of an IoT company disabled client's product after a post on the vendor's forum and a negative Amazon review. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/iot-vendor-bricks-customer-product-following-negative-reviews/
Over the weekend, a disgruntled customer was taught a lesson in civility after the owner of an IoT company disabled client's product after a post on the vendor's forum and a negative Amazon review. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/iot-vendor-bricks-customer-product-following-negative-reviews/
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IoT Vendor Bricks Customer Product Following Negative Reviews
Over the weekend, a disgruntled customer was taught a lesson in civility after the owner of an IoT company disabled client's product after a post on the vendor's forum and a negative Amazon review.
Hackers Empty ATMs by Drilling One Small Hole
Hackers are using a combination of low and high-tech attacks to make ATMS spit out cash, according to Kaspersky researcher Igor Soumenkov, who presented this novel attack at this year's Security Analyst Summit, taking place in St. Maarten this week. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-empty-atms-by-drilling-one-small-hole/
Hackers are using a combination of low and high-tech attacks to make ATMS spit out cash, according to Kaspersky researcher Igor Soumenkov, who presented this novel attack at this year's Security Analyst Summit, taking place in St. Maarten this week. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-empty-atms-by-drilling-one-small-hole/
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Hackers Empty ATMs by Drilling One Small Hole
Hackers are using a combination of low and high-tech attacks to make ATMS spit out cash, according to Kaspersky researcher Igor Soumenkov, who presented this novel attack at this year's Security Analyst Summit, taking place in St. Maarten this week.
Anonymous #OpIsrael Participants Targeted with RATs by Unknown Threat Actor
Anonymous members who wanted to participate in this year's annual #OpIsrael cyber-attacks were the targets of an intelligence gathering operation carried out by an unknown threat actor. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/anonymous-opisrael-participants-targeted-with-rats-by-unknown-threat-actor/
Anonymous members who wanted to participate in this year's annual #OpIsrael cyber-attacks were the targets of an intelligence gathering operation carried out by an unknown threat actor. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/anonymous-opisrael-participants-targeted-with-rats-by-unknown-threat-actor/
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Anonymous #OpIsrael Participants Targeted with RATs by Unknown Threat Actor
Anonymous members who wanted to participate in this year's annual #OpIsrael cyber-attacks were the targets of an intelligence gathering operation carried out by an unknown threat actor.
Install Windows 10 Creators Update Starting Today With This Microsoft Tool
Microsoft will officially release Windows 10 Creators Update on April 11, the same day it will retire Windows Vista, but users unwilling to wait that long can install it starting today, April 5, using the Windows 10 Update Assistant. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/install-windows-10-creators-update-starting-today-with-this-microsoft-tool/
Microsoft will officially release Windows 10 Creators Update on April 11, the same day it will retire Windows Vista, but users unwilling to wait that long can install it starting today, April 5, using the Windows 10 Update Assistant. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/install-windows-10-creators-update-starting-today-with-this-microsoft-tool/
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Install Windows 10 Creators Update Starting Today With This Microsoft Tool
Microsoft will officially release Windows 10 Creators Update on April 11, the same day it will retire Windows Vista, but users unwilling to wait that long can install it starting today, April 5, using the Windows 10 Update Assistant.
Microsoft Reveals for the First Time the Data It Collects in Windows 10
Microsoft turned a new leaf today and published a list of diagnostics data the company will be collecting from users of Windows 10 Creators Update, scheduled for launch next week, on April 11. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-reveals-for-the-first-time-the-data-it-collects-in-windows-10/
Microsoft turned a new leaf today and published a list of diagnostics data the company will be collecting from users of Windows 10 Creators Update, scheduled for launch next week, on April 11. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-reveals-for-the-first-time-the-data-it-collects-in-windows-10/
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Microsoft Reveals for the First Time the Data It Collects in Windows 10
Microsoft turned a new leaf today and published a list of diagnostics data the company will be collecting from users of Windows 10 Creators Update, scheduled for launch next week, on April 11.
LMAOxUS Ransomware: Another Case of Weaponized Open Source Ransomware
An Indian developer is playing around with an open source ransomware builder, which in the long run may end up causing serious problems for innocent users. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lmaoxus-ransomware-another-case-of-weaponized-open-source-ransomware/
An Indian developer is playing around with an open source ransomware builder, which in the long run may end up causing serious problems for innocent users. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lmaoxus-ransomware-another-case-of-weaponized-open-source-ransomware/
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LMAOxUS Ransomware: Another Case of Weaponized Open Source Ransomware
An Indian developer is playing around with an open source ransomware builder, which in the long run may end up causing serious problems for innocent users.
LMAOxUS Ransomware: Another Case of Weaponized Open Source Ransomware
An Indian developer is playing around with an open source ransomware builder, which in the long run may end up causing serious problems for innocent users. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lmaoxus-ransomware-another-case-of-weaponized-open-source-ransomware/
An Indian developer is playing around with an open source ransomware builder, which in the long run may end up causing serious problems for innocent users. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lmaoxus-ransomware-another-case-of-weaponized-open-source-ransomware/
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LMAOxUS Ransomware: Another Case of Weaponized Open Source Ransomware
An Indian developer is playing around with an open source ransomware builder, which in the long run may end up causing serious problems for innocent users.
Teenager Arrested in Austria for Spreading Philadelphia Ransomware
Austrian police arrested a 19-year-old teenager from Linz for infecting the network of a local company with the Philadelphia ransomware. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/teenager-arrested-in-austria-for-spreading-philadelphia-ransomware/
Austrian police arrested a 19-year-old teenager from Linz for infecting the network of a local company with the Philadelphia ransomware. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/teenager-arrested-in-austria-for-spreading-philadelphia-ransomware/
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Teenager Arrested in Austria for Spreading Philadelphia Ransomware
Austrian police arrested a 19-year-old teenager from Linz for infecting the network of a local company with the Philadelphia ransomware.
Amazon to Refund $70 Million of Unauthorized In-App Charges Made by Children
Amazon and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have agreed to drop all ongoing litigation, paving the way for Amazon to refund over $70 million to customers whose kids made unauthorized in-app purchases. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/amazon-to-refund-70-million-of-unauthorized-in-app-charges-made-by-children/
Amazon and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have agreed to drop all ongoing litigation, paving the way for Amazon to refund over $70 million to customers whose kids made unauthorized in-app purchases. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/amazon-to-refund-70-million-of-unauthorized-in-app-charges-made-by-children/
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Amazon to Refund $70 Million of Unauthorized In-App Charges Made by Children
Amazon and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have agreed to drop all ongoing litigation, paving the way for Amazon to refund over $70 million to customers whose kids made unauthorized in-app purchases.
Crooks Founded Two ISPs to Hide Illegal TV Streaming Platform
A group of criminals went as far as to register and manage two Internet Service Providers in two different countries in order to manage an illegal TV streaming platform that offered IPTV (IP Television) service to customers all over the world. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/crooks-founded-two-isps-to-hide-illegal-tv-streaming-platform/
A group of criminals went as far as to register and manage two Internet Service Providers in two different countries in order to manage an illegal TV streaming platform that offered IPTV (IP Television) service to customers all over the world. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/crooks-founded-two-isps-to-hide-illegal-tv-streaming-platform/
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Crooks Founded Two ISPs to Hide Illegal TV Streaming Platform
A group of criminals went as far as to register and manage two Internet Service Providers in two different countries in order to manage an illegal TV streaming platform that offered IPTV (IP Television) service to customers all over the world.
New Malware Intentionally Bricks IoT Devices
A new malware strain called BrickerBot is bricking Internet of Things (IoT) devices around the world by corrupting their storage capability and reconfiguring kernel parameters. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-malware-intentionally-bricks-iot-devices/
A new malware strain called BrickerBot is bricking Internet of Things (IoT) devices around the world by corrupting their storage capability and reconfiguring kernel parameters. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-malware-intentionally-bricks-iot-devices/
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New Malware Intentionally Bricks IoT Devices
A new malware strain called BrickerBot is bricking Internet of Things (IoT) devices around the world by corrupting their storage capability and reconfiguring kernel parameters.
RensenWare Will Only Decrypt Files if Victim Scores .2 Billion in TH12 Game
A new ransomware called RensenWare was discovered today by MalwareHunterTeam that makes a unique ransom demand; score over 0.2 billion in the LUNATIC level of TH12 ~ Undefined Fantastic Object or kiss your files goodbye! [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rensenware-will-only-decrypt-files-if-victim-scores-2-billion-in-th12-game/
A new ransomware called RensenWare was discovered today by MalwareHunterTeam that makes a unique ransom demand; score over 0.2 billion in the LUNATIC level of TH12 ~ Undefined Fantastic Object or kiss your files goodbye! [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rensenware-will-only-decrypt-files-if-victim-scores-2-billion-in-th12-game/
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RensenWare Will Only Decrypt Files if Victim Scores .2 Billion in TH12 Game
A new ransomware called RensenWare was discovered today by MalwareHunterTeam that makes a unique ransom demand; score over 0.2 billion in the LUNATIC level of TH12 ~ Undefined Fantastic Object or kiss your files goodbye!