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"Further Details on Wipro Phishing Attack Revealed"More details have been shared by Flashpoint researchers, Jason Reaves, Joshua Platt, and Allison Nixon, pertaining to a phishing attack recently faced by the Indian IT consultancy firm, Wipro. Researchers have revealed that the perpetrators behind the…
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"2 Million IoT Devices Vulnerable to Complete Takeover"More than two million Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including IP security cameras, baby monitors, and smart doorbells, have been discovered to be vulnerable to being hijacked by attackers. Through the take over of these devices, attackers would be…
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"Data Privacy Research Front and Center at Human Computer Interaction Event"There are studies that have been conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan that explore best practices for phishing warnings and the flaws associated with breach notifications. Findings of research on data breaches reveal that most data…
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"Flaws Left Unpatched, Unstopped Malware Contribute to Growing IoT Attacks"According to a recent Internet of Things (IoT) security report completed by F-Secure, many users and companies who use IoT devices, lack good password security or do not use passwords at all to protect the devices. Also many users and…
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"Researchers Explore Remote Code Injection in macOS"Code injection is a method that is frequently used by malware authors to conceal their malicious activities and circumvent security protections implemented on targeted systems. Research surrounding code injection methods usually explore the use of these…
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"Over 50% of Firms Have 1,000+ Exposed Files, Ghost Users, Stale Passwords"The analysis of data risk assessments carried out by data security company’s Varonis’ engineers, used 700 companies across 30 industries to perform their study. It was found that more than half of all companies leave over 1,000 sensitive…
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"Chrome on Android: Phishing Attackers Can Now Trick You with Fake Address Bar"A new inception attack brings attention to the importance of displaying the URL bar on a mobile device as the possibility of phishing attackers abusing the concealment of the URL bar has been highlighted. According to a developer, named James Fisher, the…
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"Researchers Warn of Unpatched Vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server"Attackers' scans for the presence of a vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic servers have been detected by several security companies. According to researchers, the vulnerability that has not yet been patched is a deserialization bug that can be exploited by…
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"Exposed Database Reveals Details on Over 80 Million Us Households"Consumers' privacy has been invaded yet again as discovered by independent researchers led by Noam Rotem. The researchers discovered an unsecured databased stored on the cloud in which the details of more than 80 million U.S. households are exposed. The…
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"Attackers breached Docker Hub, grabbed keys and tokens"Docker, the company behind a popular virtualization tool, discovered that it had been breached by hackers. On Thursday, April 25th, 2019, the company discovered unauthorized access to a single Hub database storing a subset of non-…
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"NIST Tool Enables More Comprehensive Tests on High-Risk Software"The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated a tool to improve the testing of safety-critical programs such as those used in the operation of cars, power plants, and more, to ensure that these programs are really safe. The…