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Kids’ smartwatch security tracker can be hacked by anyone

November 28, 2019 0 Comments av-test.org, children, gps, Internet of Things, IoT, kids, Law & order, location data, Privacy, security threats, sma m2 smartwatch, smart watch, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 11:32:46 +0000

For researchers at testing outfit AV-Test, the SMA M2 kids’ smartwatch is just the tip of an iceberg of terrible security.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OslMbiNGOKg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Ransomware attack freezes health records access at 110 nursing homes

November 28, 2019 0 Comments Cloud, cloud storage, data loss, ehr, electronic health records, medical records, nursing homes, Ransomware, ryuk, security threats, vcpi, virtual care provider

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 11:25:38 +0000

In some cases, nurses can’t update and order drugs. For one assisted-living facility, lack of timely Medicaid billing could force closure.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/tUJXZ9IXE28″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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HPE warns of impending SSD disk doom

November 28, 2019 0 Comments data loss, data storage, hewlett packard, hp, hpe, security threats, solid-state drives, ssd

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 11:16:58 +0000

The company has revealed that many of its SSDs are set to permanently fail by default after 32,768 hours of operation.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/zce3qXAYQ1A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook, Twitter profiles slurped by mobile apps using malicious SDKs

November 27, 2019 0 Comments advertising, Android, data loss, data slurping, facebook, iOS, Marketing, mobiburn, Mobile, mobile marketing, one audience, oneaudience, Privacy, profile slurping, profiles, rogue sdks, sdk, sdks, security threats, Social networks, third party apps, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:49:19 +0000

Hundreds of users gave permission to these third-party apps to access their social media accounts, but the apps got more handsy than that.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/TEWLcroc9-8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Splunk customers should update now to dodge Y2K-style bug

November 27, 2019 0 Comments Bug, configuration files, data loss, security threats, splunk, timestamp, vulnerability, y2k

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:37:29 +0000

Splunk has issued a critical warning regarding a showstopping Y2K-style date bug in one of the platform’s configuration files.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/wscOPxOjeto” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Police arrest alleged Chuckling Squad member who hijacked @Jack Dorsey

November 27, 2019 0 Comments @jack, 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, account hijack, account hijacking, Celebrities, chuckling squad, debug, hack, Hacked, Jack Dorsey, Law & order, MFA, react, santa clara, security threats, SIM swaps, SMS, Social networks, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 11:58:43 +0000

Debug, another Chuckling Squadder, told Motherboard that the kid was weird, “Swatting celebrities for a follow back.”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LWmwsxXvjmg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Parents say creep hacked their baby monitor to tell toddler they ‘love’ her

November 26, 2019 0 Comments baby monitor, baby monitors, fredi, IoT, iot security, Privacy, security threats, taococo, unsecure wifi

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 12:02:39 +0000

The Taococo FREDI baby monitor has repeatedly been criticized for being easy to hack.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/lcvDFj3ym4E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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National Veterinary Associates catches dose of ransomware

November 26, 2019 0 Comments cyberattack, data loss, malware, national cyber security centre, national veterinary associates, nva, Ransomware, security threats

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 11:16:10 +0000

Ransomware attacks don’t discriminate – and are just as happy targeting those with four legs as those with two.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ph3qbePJfZk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Russia to ban sale of devices that don’t come with “Russian software”

November 25, 2019 0 Comments Apple, dns, Government security, government surveillance, Huawei, Mobile, putin, runet, russia, security threats, sovereign internet law

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:31:17 +0000

The Russian Government’s campaign to control how its citizens use the internet seems to be gathering steam.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GmGUPDAdwPA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Hacker gets 4 years in jail for NeverQuest banking malware

November 25, 2019 0 Comments banking malware, Botnet, Law & order, lisov, malware, neverquest, russia, russian hacker, security threats, stanislav vitaliyevich lisov, trojan, vawtrak

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:26:05 +0000

The NeverQuest Trojan has been used by cybermuggers to try to weasel millions of dollars out of victims’ bank accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/wzl5484w02Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>