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Gigabyte Firmware Flaws Allow the Installation of UEFI Ransomware

Yesterday, at the BlackHat Asia 2017 security conference, researchers from cyber-security firm Cylance disclosed two vulnerabilities in the firmware of Gigabyte BRIX small computing devices, which allow an attacker to write malicious content to the UEFI firmware. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/gigabyte-firmware-flaws-allow-the-installation-of-uefi-ransomware/
Largest Survey Ever Reveals World's Favorite Programming Language

The Stack Overflow yearly developer survey has become a tradition in the industry, and the place to get your bearings of popular or upcoming trends. This year, over 64,000 developers answered the survey, making this the largest such study. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/largest-survey-ever-reveals-worlds-favorite-programming-language/
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/