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Total Articles Found: 11

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  • Radiohead refuses to pay $150,000 ransom for ‘hacked’ recordings, releases them instead
  • Shitrix: Hackers target unpatched Citrix systems over weekend
  • Security researcher arrested after data on every adult in Bulgaria hacked from government site
  • Webex flaw allowed anyone to join private online meetings – no password required
  • Your “smart” household appliance might have a short lifespan
  • Amazon Ring fired staff for snooping on customers’ security videos
  • LastPass releases its 3rd Annual Global Password Security report
  • Did your BMW just download a security patch?
  • 218,000 private unencrypted AlphaBay dark web messages exposed
  • Two zero-day vulnerabilities disclosed after Foxit refuses to patch PDF Reader

Your “smart” household appliance might have a short lifespan

Published: 2020-06-08 19:34:45

Popularity: 26

Author: Graham Cluley

Keywords:

  • Botnet
  • Guest blog
  • Security threats
  • Vulnerability
  • botnet
  • IoT
  • vulnerability
  • Are you itching for an internet fridge? Hankering for a smart washing machine? Thirsting for an IoT-enabled thermostat? Well, think twice before you make a potentially costly mistake when deciding what appliance you will be next be purchasing for your home. Read more in my article on the Bitdefender BOX blog.

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    Webex flaw allowed anyone to join private online meetings – no password required

    Published: 2020-01-26 13:13:09

    Popularity: 93

    Author: Graham Cluley

    Keywords:

  • Privacy
  • Vulnerability
  • Cisco
  • vulnerability
  • WebEx
  • Cisco, the makers of Webex, had warned users of the online conferencing service that a vulnerability allowed unauthorised remote users to listen in on private online meetings – without having to enter a password.

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    Shitrix: Hackers target unpatched Citrix systems over weekend

    Published: 2020-01-13 12:14:18

    Popularity: 137

    Author: Graham Cluley

    Keywords:

  • Malware
  • Vulnerability
  • citrix
  • Shitrix
  • vulnerability
  • Over the last few days hackers have made multiple attempts to exploit a critical vulnerability found in Citrix technology, used by tens of thousands of businesses worldwide. Take action to protect your systems now before the exploit hits you in the face.

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    LastPass releases its 3rd Annual Global Password Security report

    Published: 2020-01-14 17:24:54

    Popularity: 20

    Author: Graham Cluley

    Keywords:

  • Feed only
  • Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at LastPass. Thanks to the great team there for their support! LastPass has analyzed over 47,000 businesses to bring you insights into security behavior worldwide. The report helps you explore changes in password security practices worldwide, and see where businesses are still putting themselves […]

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    Amazon Ring fired staff for snooping on customers’ security videos

    Published: 2020-01-10 16:19:01

    Popularity: 24

    Author: Graham Cluley

    Keywords:

  • Privacy
  • Amazon
  • Amazon Ring
  • doorbell
  • It’s not only external hackers who pose a threat to the customer data that your company stores.

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    Security researcher arrested after data on every adult in Bulgaria hacked from government site

    Published: 2019-07-18 07:58:06

    Popularity: 105

    Author: Graham Cluley

    Keywords:

  • Data loss
  • Law & order
  • Privacy
  • Vulnerability
  • bulgaria
  • data breach
  • vulnerability
  • Police in Bulgaria have arrested a 20-year-old man after a hack against the Bulgarian tax authority, known as the National Revenue Agency (NRA), which saw data on every single adult living in Bulgaria stolen, and offered to the media.

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    Radiohead refuses to pay $150,000 ransom for ‘hacked’ recordings, releases them instead

    Published: 2019-06-12 07:08:00

    Popularity: 684

    Author: Graham Cluley

    Keywords:

  • Data loss
  • data breach
  • extortion
  • Radiohead
  • How do you stop a hacker from making a fortune out of the files they have stolen from you? Files that thousands of people are probably desperate to own? Simple. You make the files readily available to anyone on the internet to access.

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    Did your BMW just download a security patch?

    Published: 2019-03-08 00:25:18

    Popularity: None

    Author: None

    LLM Says: "Car hack!"

    Luxury car manufacturer BMW has rolled out a patch for a security flaw that could have allowed hackers to open the doors of some 2.2 million vehicles.

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    218,000 private unencrypted AlphaBay dark web messages exposed

    Published: 2019-03-07 23:23:03

    Popularity: None

    Author: None

    Someone has exploited a vulnerability to view 218,000 private unencrypted messages exchanged by users of the AlphaBay dark web marketplace.

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    Two zero-day vulnerabilities disclosed after Foxit refuses to patch PDF Reader

    Published: 2019-03-07 22:54:01

    Popularity: None

    Author: None

    Researchers have disclosed two zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Foxit's PDF Reader after the vendor revealed it has no plans to fix the security flaws.

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    Naked rowers calendar hit by denial-of-service attack following Russia 'ban'

    Published: 2019-03-07 22:37:04

    Popularity: None

    Author: None

    “If they can’t cope with a few naked bums, then frankly that’s quite sad.”

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