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Hacked devices can be turned into acoustic weapons

August 13, 2019 0 Comments acoustic cyber weapons, bluetooth, DEF CON, Def Con 2019, Defcon, malware, Matt Wixey, PricewaterhouseCoopers, PwC, research, security threats, sounds, soundwaves, vulnerability, Wi-fi

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 13:54:10 +0000

Security researcher Matt Wixey found that many gadgets aren’t protected from being turned into hearing-damaging weapons. Or melting.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/S9CML6xBVTQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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More than 2m AT&T phones illegally unlocked by bribed insiders

August 8, 2019 0 Comments AT&T, bug bounties, CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, hackerone, insider threats, Law & order, malware, Mobile, Muhammad Fahd, phone unlocking, unlocked phones, wire fraud

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:28:54 +0000

The alleged, now indicted ringleader paid more than $1m in bribes to insiders who planted malware and hardware for remote unlocking.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/5KmgBCGFT2U” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Don’t let the crooks ‘borrow’ your home router as a hacking server

August 7, 2019 0 Comments Botnet, cybersecurity, Hacking, home router, malware, ssh

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 14:18:42 +0000

Crooks don’t have to break *into* your network to benefit – they can bounce *off* it so you take the blame and look like a hacker yourself.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/5y3xxyh3DoA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Baldr vs The World: A SophosLabs report

August 6, 2019 0 Comments Baldr, crimeware, malware, passwords, Privacy, SophosLabs Uncut, stealer, vpn

Credit to Author: Albert Zsigovits| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 13:00:15 +0000

A new stealer enjoys a wild ride, but is it a flash in the pan or a long term threat?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/fFTTXujJgXM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Baldr malware unpicked with a little help from crooks’ bad opsec

August 6, 2019 0 Comments Baldr, malware, SophosLabs

Credit to Author: Mark Stockley| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 13:00:47 +0000

New research from Sophos takes an exhaustive look at the Baldr password stealer.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/W2OuD9MrGs8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Georgia hit with malware yet again

July 31, 2019 0 Comments data loss, Georgia, Government security, Law & order, malware, police, Ransomware, ryuk, SamSam, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 13:11:11 +0000

The Department of Public Safety says it won’t pay, but given the umpteen times the state’s agencies have been hit, somebody’s not listening.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_Ny4QNCGDto” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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WannaCry hero avoids prison

July 28, 2019 0 Comments Cybercrime, FBI, Hutchins, Law & order, malware, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Naked Security writer| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 23:38:26 +0000

This article has been removed. It was the opinion of one person and doesn’t reflect the usual style of Naked Security and Sophos.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/2E-U5fgwrNI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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WannaCry hero gets off lightly, avoids prison – was justice done?

July 27, 2019 0 Comments Cybercrime, FBI, Hutchins, Law & order, malware, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 23:38:26 +0000

Wrote malware for money, went straight, got busted, didn’t go to prison. Has US cybercrime enforcement gone soft?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/2E-U5fgwrNI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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BlueKeep guides make imminent public exploit more likely

July 26, 2019 0 Comments BlueKeep, Exploit, malware, Microsoft, proof of concept, RDP, Windows, worm

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 11:40:12 +0000

A public exploit for Microsoft’s BlueKeep vulnerability is just days away. In fact, for those with deep pockets, it’s already here.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ECYOzBCkJ4g” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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EvilGnome – Linux malware aimed at your desktop, not your servers

July 26, 2019 0 Comments EvilGnome, Linux, malware, Podcast, shell script

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:59:41 +0000

EvilGnome was written to target the comparatively small but committed community who use Linux on their laptops.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/E4CH_8oYLak” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>