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A week in security (August 5 – 11)

August 12, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, APT28, awis, backdoors, bitcoin, bmi, brain-machine interface, chrome incognito, CTNT report, dslr flaw, facebook, Fancy Bear, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services, IRIS, Mark Zuckerberg, messenger kids, phishing, protonmail, Ransomware, robocall, robocall scam, sextortion, smart homes, steam, Strontium, weekly blog roundup

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:38:31 +0000

The latest cybersecurity news for the week of August 5–11. We touch on problematic backdoors, the grim possibility of the Internet of Thoughts, and smart home improvement. We also released a retrospective report on ransomware.

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A week in security

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Facial recognition technology: force for good or privacy threat?

August 12, 2019 0 Comments amazon, brooklyn, cctv, china, facial recognition, hong kong, Internet of Things, IoT, LFR, Microsoft, orlando, Privacy, san francisco, surveillanceware, uk, united states, US

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

It seems facial recognition technology, as technology so often does, has raced far ahead of our ability to define its ethical use. We take a hard look at major concerns brewing in cities around the world.

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Security TrendMicro

Customer Perspective: Catching the thief lurking in the shadows with EDR and MDR

August 12, 2019 0 Comments Managed Detection and Response, Security, Spotlight

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:17:00 +0000

A guest blog by Ian Loe, Senior Vice President, Cybersecurity, NTUC Enterprise Co-operative Limited News flash: aided by time, persistence and smarts, advanced cybersecurity felons are leapfrogging traditional security systems to compromise confidential data. Realising this, we at NTUC Enterprise have been looking into new security technologies that help address these rising concerns. One of…

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Security TrendMicro

Cyberattack Lateral Movement Explained

August 12, 2019 0 Comments Cybercrime, Security, Vulnerabilities, XDR

Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:11:56 +0000

[Lightly edited transcript of the video above] Hi there, Mark Nunnikhoven from Trend Micro Research, I want to talk to you about the concept of lateral movement. And the reason why I want to tackle this today is because I’ve had some conversations in the last few days that have really kind of hit that…

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Security Wired

Hackers Can Turn Everyday Speakers Into Acoustic Cyberweapons

August 12, 2019 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 21:07:56 +0000

A security researcher has demonstrated how to force everyday commercial speakers to emit harmful sounds.

Security Wired

Watch a Drone Take Over a Nearby Smart TV

August 12, 2019 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 18:00:00 +0000

Smart TVs continue to look dumber by the day.

Security Sophos

Hacking 4G hotspots – when did you last update?

August 12, 2019 0 Comments hotspot, vulnerability, Wi-fi

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:04:22 +0000

Your 4G hotspot might seem very basic and low risk compared to your phone, but you need to keep it patched just as carefully!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/bLbnSDKyWeU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Apple will hand out unlocked iPhones to vetted researchers

August 12, 2019 0 Comments Apple, Black Hat, bounties, dev-fused iPhone, ethical hackers, hackerone, iOS, iOS Security Research Device Program, iPhones, jailbroken, MacOS, Mobile, Operating Systems, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:44:22 +0000

It formalizes the reality: “pre-jailbroken” iPhones were already on the black market.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SFMBPoyjIsk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook facial recognition: class action suit gets court’s go ahead

August 12, 2019 0 Comments biometrics, BIPA, court decision, court ruling, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, Illinois, Law & order, Patel v. Facebook, Privacy

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:34:30 +0000

The court said facial recognition could well harm privacy rights, given its “detailed, encyclopedic, and effortlessly compiled” biometrics collection.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/En8PlzNDHD0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

GDPR privacy can be defeated using right of access requests

August 12, 2019 0 Comments Black Hat 2019, data loss, Data privacy, GDPR, GDPR compliance, General Data Protection Regulation, identity theft, James Pavur, Privacy, right of access requests, security threats

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:07:10 +0000

A British researcher has uncovered an ironic, gaping security hole in the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – right of access requests.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EyJdhSW2bqw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>