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FTC warns Christmas buyers that smart toys are a security risk

December 11, 2019 0 Comments children's privacy, Coppa, FTC, kids, Privacy, security threats, smart toys, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:11:22 +0000

Thinking of giving a young person an internet-connected ‘smart’ toy this Christmas? You may want to think again.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/t82KjRHVgzo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Snatch ransomware pwns security using sneaky ‘safe mode’ reboot

December 10, 2019 0 Comments Ransomware, RDP, security threats, snatch ransomware, SophosLabs

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:17:58 +0000

The Sophos Managed Threat Response (MTR) team has warned the industry of a dangerous new ransomware trick.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Yn1KNlHf434″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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EU releases its 5G conclusions

December 10, 2019 0 Comments 5G, 5g cybersecurity, china, EU, Government security, government surveillance, Huawei, Mobile, Privacy, security threats, telecomms, uk, usa

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:00:53 +0000

The Council of the European Union sent a memo summarizing its thoughts on the “need to mitigate security risks linked to 5G”.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/xeeZjuXDL08″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Networking attack gives hijackers VPN access

December 9, 2019 0 Comments CVE, cve-2019-14899, Linux, MacOS, Operating Systems, OS X, security threats, university of new mexico, virtual private network, vpn, vpn hack, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 12:31:50 +0000

Researchers have discovered a flaw in macOS, Linux, and several other operating systems that could let attackers hijack VPN connections.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/L7I8CdL_Udk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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HackerOne pays $20,000 bounty after breach of own systems

December 9, 2019 0 Comments bug bounty, bug disclosure, hackerone, haxta4ok00, responsible disclosure, security threats, session cookie, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 12:08:39 +0000

In an embarrassing twist, bug bounty platform HackerOne has paid a $20,000 reward to a researcher who reported a security flaw inadvertently caused by one of its staff during… a bug submission.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/iDklXemCQZs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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$5m bounty set on the alleged head of Evil Corp banking Trojan group

December 9, 2019 0 Comments andrey ghinkul, aqua, banking trojans, bitpaymer, bounty, bugat, data loss, dridex, emotet, evil corp, igor turashev, Law & order, maksim yakubets, malware, Ransomware, russia, security threats, smilex, ta505, threat group, zeus

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 10:53:32 +0000

Know where Maksim “Aqua” Yakubets is? Can you pry him out of Russia and his Lamborghinis? The biggest ever cybercrook reward awaits!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nU-wUMypTSA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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OpenBSD devs patch authentication bypass bug

December 6, 2019 0 Comments -schallenge, CVEs, openbsd, Operating Systems, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:31:27 +0000

One of the internet’s most popular free operating systems allowed attackers to bypass its authentication controls.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/bK2Mj1OlenI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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iCloud-hacking politician to be sentenced on Christmas eve

December 5, 2019 0 Comments celebgate, Celebrities, cloud storage, data loss, fappening, fatima moreira de melo, Hacked, icloud, laura ponticorvo, Law & order, mitchel van der k, netherlands, nude celebrities, Privacy, security threats, vvd

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:09:42 +0000

Former Dutch city council member Mitchel van der K invaded hundreds of iCloud accounts “frequently and repeatedly”.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/s-5lDDIutIw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Machine-raiding Python libraries squashed by community

December 5, 2019 0 Comments malicious payload, malware, python, python package index, python3-dateutil, security threats

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:55:04 +0000

Python developers have once again fallen victim to malicious software libraries lurking in their favourite package manager.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/84sg5-2L6eI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Critical DoS messaging flaw fixed in December Android update

December 5, 2019 0 Comments Android, android patching, CVEs, Google, Linux, Mobile, Operating Systems, patch level 2019-12-01, patch level 2019-12-05, Patching, Project Mainline, qualcomm, Samsung, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:25:24 +0000

Android’s December 2019 updates arrived this week, patching a small list of system and Qualcomm flaws across the operating system’s two patch levels.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Z6rqHUlLVrM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>