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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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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=””/>

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NVIDIA patches high-severity bugs in Windows GPUs and SHIELD

August 6, 2019 0 Comments NVIDIA, Patch, privilege escalation, security threats, Windows

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:25:21 +0000

NVIDIA has patched five bugs in its Windows GPU display driver, three of which could allow an attacker to execute code on the system.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ZH4iPUoEUDc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Fake Dell support rep admits to talking US colleges out of $874,000

August 6, 2019 0 Comments BEC, Dell, extradition, Law & order, phishing, security threats, spear phishing, tech support scam

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:23:23 +0000

His victims: UCSD and a Pennsylvania university. He hid out in Kenya for nearly 8 months before being nabbed.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/vcTREDMg0FE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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GitHub ‘encourages’ hacking, says lawsuit following Capital One breach

August 6, 2019 0 Comments Amazon cloud services, breach, capital one, class action, data loss, github, insider threats, Law & order, lawsuit, privilege escalation, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:17:54 +0000

The class action charges Capital One and GitHub, charging it with being “friendly” (at least) toward hacking and for the hackers’ posts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SJBRTxPFXi8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Attackers ransom bookseller’s exposed MongoDB database

August 6, 2019 0 Comments Bob Diachenko, data loss, database breach, MongoDB, Ransomware, security threats

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:07:42 +0000

Another database has fallen to extortion hackers, this time containing 2.1 million records belonging to Mexican bookseller, Librería Porrúa.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/FcH0s9NIc4o” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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4 million Club Penguin Rewritten accounts exposed in breach

August 3, 2019 0 Comments backdoor, Club Penguin Rewritten, data breach, data loss, Hackers, rogue admin, rogue employee, security threats

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 11:57:08 +0000

The hugely popular gaming site Club Penguin Rewritten suffered a serious data breach.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OOy5KTZxQEM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Club Penguin Rewritten breach caused by rogue admin backdoor

August 2, 2019 0 Comments backdoor, Club Penguin Rewritten, data breach, data loss, Hackers, rogue admin, rogue employee, security threats

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 11:57:08 +0000

The hugely popular gaming site Club Penguin Rewritten suffered a data breach that exposed 4m user accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/x6kzQPgIdNM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Researchers hack camera in fake video attack

August 1, 2019 0 Comments camera hack, Forescout, Hacking, Internet of Things, IoT, IP surveillance cameras, security threats, surveillance, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 12:03:13 +0000

Tampering with surveillance cameras is a common activity for Hollywood heroes and criminals alike. Now, researchers have shown how they can do it in real life.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/t4JcdCzKtZI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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North Carolina county falls for BEC scam, to the tune of $1,728,083

August 1, 2019 0 Comments BEC scams, business email compromise, Cabarrus County, fraud, Government security, Law & order, North Carolina, phishing, Scam, security threats, spearphishing, whaling

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 11:00:50 +0000

The county could only claw back some of the $2,504,601 it paid to a scammer posing as a contractor working on building a new high school.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/h5cAeqdGji8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>