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‘Urgent/11’ flaws affect 200 million devices – from routers to elevators

July 31, 2019 0 Comments Internet of Things, IoT, Patching, RTOS, security threats, Urgent/11, vulnerability, VxWorks, Wind River

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:43:19 +0000

There are 11 security flaws affecting VxWorks: “the most widely used operating system you may never have heard about”.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nC9Xn3LZE9k” 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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Cyberattacks on connected cars could gridlock entire cities

July 31, 2019 0 Comments autonomous cars, Car security, cars, connected cars, Internet of Things, IoT, security threats, vehicle wifi

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 10:40:34 +0000

It would require taking over and stranding 20% of a city’s cars to freeze traffic, and only 10% to impede ambulances, physicists calculate.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/21-9DXPF4gg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Hackers target Telegram accounts through voicemail backdoor

July 30, 2019 0 Comments 2SV, Brad Arkin, Government Hack, Hacker, Law & order, security threats, Social networks, telegram, voicemail, voicemal hack

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:39:06 +0000

As politicians should know by now, secure messaging apps such as Telegram can quickly become a double-edged sword.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/JiHkgvqqGmE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Post-Equifax settlement, NY updates data breach notification laws

July 30, 2019 0 Comments Breach Notification, credit monitoring, data loss, Equifax, identity theft, Law & order, New York, Privacy, security threats, SHIELD Act

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:16:25 +0000

Equifax is fined $675 million, while New York data breach notification law now covers biometrics, passwords, and more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/D5ggPWpjbBQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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NAS targeted by brute force ransomware attacks

July 29, 2019 0 Comments eCh0raix, NAS, Ransomware, RDP, remote access, security threats, Synology

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:25:57 +0000

Cybercriminals are targeting numerous Network Attached Storage vendors with a new wave of ransomware.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/65WSz3fpK98″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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NAS vendors hit by brute force ransomware attacks

July 29, 2019 0 Comments eCh0raix, NAS, Ransomware, RDP, remote access, security threats, Synology

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:25:57 +0000

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Apple’s July patchfest fixes bugs in multiple products

July 24, 2019 0 Comments Apple, Apple patch, High Sierra, iOS, MacOS, Operating Systems, OS X, security threats, Sierra, tvOS, vulnerability, watchOS

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 10:33:27 +0000

Apple released fixes for various products this week, including one for a bug that has been public with proof-of-concept code for two months.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/DMw-BH1iNW0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Scoperta una falla di sicurezza in una nota pompa infusionale

July 23, 2019 0 Comments Le nuove minacce, security threats, Vulnerabilità

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 05:45:35 +0000

I ricercatori hanno rilevato due vulnerabilità di sicurezza, una delle quali grave, nelle pompe per infusione Becton Dickson (BD)<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/pHGRm1e6-Bo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Big password hole in iOS 13 beta spotted by testers

July 23, 2019 0 Comments Apple, face ID, iOS, iOS 13, iPad, iPhone, Mobile, Operating Systems, password security, passwords, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 10:18:52 +0000

A security clanger has been spotted in the current beta version of iOS 13 which allows anyone to access a user’s stored web and app passwords without having to authenticate.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/aZwDCfTPAro” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>